Associate Creative Director - Technical Writer - Animal Health

Barkley is in search of an Associate Creative Director (Technical Writer) with technical writing experience, specifically in animal health to become part of our creative team in our Kansas City (HQ) office. 

To join our team you must possess a meticulous mind with an ability to digest, synthesize and write technical information for regulated industries. You must also have experience writing and understanding scientific studies, references and citations, important safety information and category best practices. That means we’re looking for someone like you – with a desire to make things creative enough to sing and scientific enough to fly.

You'll have the opportunity to work in any imaginable marketing medium for globally-recognized animal health brands. You'll get to thrive in a growing office with an energetic, hungry team of nice, driven, big-hearted and huge-motored people.

In addition to coming up with great ideas that regulatory teams approve, we also like our writers to be able to write! So show us your technical prowess, clever headlines, sharp copy, screenplays, witty ChatGPT prompts, etc.

Responsibilities

• Gain a thorough understanding of the client’s business and industry.
• Promote regulatory consistency and FDA compliance during project lifecycles, including fact checking with accurate referencing and citations.
• Develop creative strategies and ideas that are innovative and that sell.
• Concept and execute advertising consistency with the agreed-upon strategy.
• Under the direction of the Creative Director, see all work through completion on time
  and on budget.
• Work productively and harmoniously as a teammate with Brand leaders, Art Directors, Designers and Project Managers who share responsibility on a given project.
• Present creative materials to clients, as needed.
• Review proofs, rough cuts, etc. for accuracy before final production.

Qualifications

• 3+ years writing experience within a healthcare or pharmaceutical advertising agency environment.
• Understand the project lifecycle of pharmaceutical advertising materials.
• Thorough knowledge of current AMA style; experience with medical, regulatory, legal reviews.
• Extremely detail oriented, thorough and accurate with the ability to understand and write medical and scientific terminology.
• Demonstrated ability to think creatively and provide marketable solutions in conceiving, developing, and producing tactics.
• Proven experience managing rapidly shifting priorities and deadlines in high-pressure situations.

 

Barkley’s Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

• We believe being radically diverse and inclusive is the key to becoming one of the world’s great creative idea companies. By embracing everything that makes our partners who they are and what makes them unique to the world around them, we create the conditions and capacity to help creative, original thinking thrive. 
• Barkley is committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging as part of our corporate strategic goals, supported by a formal DEI+B program, Employee Resource Groups, Director of Diversity leadership and agency commitment to The Brand Lab.