VP, Group Copy Supervisor

Omnicom Health Group is the largest healthcare marketing and communications network in the world—partnering with clients to achieve meaningful change through better, more innovative communications. With more than 5,000 dedicated healthcare communications specialists from every corner of science, medicine, marketing, and communications, we recognize that it takes the best of talent to deliver the best of health.

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Title: VP, Group Copy Supervisor

Company/Location: Omnicom Health Group / NewYork

Department/Discipline: Group Copy

Description

The VP, Group Copy Supervisor helps to create a comprehensive copy platform for each assigned account, with minimal supervision. The VP, Group Copy Supervisor works as a team with art directors to develop conceptual approaches to meet Client objectives and should be able to handle a large brand with more than one indication or multiple smaller indications.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Contribute to creating a comprehensive copy platform for each assigned account, with minimal supervision
• Work as a team with art directors to develop conceptual approaches to meet Client objectives
• Demonstrate sound understanding of marketing
• Manage team workflow and be able to handle a large brand with more than one indication or multiple smaller indications
• Provide strategic input into marketing/advertising initiatives
• Demonstrate thorough knowledge of Client's business
• Attend relevant trade shows and share learnings with team
• Demonstrate understanding of market research to create test materials and be an effective research attendee
• Develop and maintain positive, productive relationships with appropriate members of
  
  
  

Client/Agency team

• Maintain positive relationships with internal business group departments such as Editorial and Traffic
• Demonstrate high level of professional craftsmanship and superior writing skills
• Be aware of, and familiar with, medical and scientific information that pertains to Agency brands
• Maintain awareness of current advertising, marketing, and other communications
• Demonstrate the ability to work in various forms of media
• Provide constructive and direct on-going feedback and generate performance reviews for team members
• Manage, mentor and supervise
• Present effectively and clearly communicate creative concepts to sell Agency work to Clients
• Follow jobs from startup into production
• Review/edit copy within group to ensure that it is accurate, on strategy and creatively excellent
• Route all copy to Associate Creative Director or Creative Director for review before it goes to client
• Function autonomously on a day to day basis; but involve supervisor in major decisions
  
  
  

Additional Responsibilities

• Communicate effectively and professionally both internally and externally
• Demonstrate good problem-solving and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrate ability to set priorities while handling multiple projects and to delegate work appropriately
• Uphold Agency quality standards in servicing the Client
• Foster a positive team atmosphere demonstrating respect for peers and supervisors
• Foster senior level partnerships with creative/account colleagues
• Uphold the Company Values in all decisions and interactions
  
  
  

Management Responsibilities

• Assign work to assure project deadlines are met
• Monitor overall workload to effect efficiency and assure that waiting or downtime is minimized
• Keep supervisor or department head apprised of any workload challenges/concerns on assigned team accounts that may necessitate hiring freelancers
• Monitor, review and approve direct report’s time sheets in terms of hours worked on specific jobs
• Provide constructive and direct ongoing feedback to direct reports
• Evaluate performance of direct reports and complete and deliver performance reviews
• Help supervisor manage and resolve staff issues including performance, personal presentation and internal interactions
• Recommend adjustments/additions to the roles and procedures of the department to achieve continuous improvement and efficiency across all accounts and/or specific accounts
• Help interview, train and orient new team members to the agency, department, and account(s) at the direction of department head
• Provide ongoing guidance to all team members and be available to them as a resource for account/agency/departmental policies, procedures, etc.
  
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 6-8 years of Copywriting experience; 2-3 years supervisory experience
  
  
  

The range below represents the low and high end of the base salary someone in this role may earn as an employee of an Omnicom Health Group company in the United States. Salaries will vary based on various factors including but not limited to professional and academic experience, training, associated responsibilities, and other business and organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of our total compensation package for employees. Salary decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each hire.

• $150,000 - $181,500
  
  
  

Omnicom Health Group is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is equally distributed, and we’re focused on developing diverse teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you