Full-Time
Associate Creative Director
Social Media Copywriter
Posted on 10/31/2025
Tombras
201-500 employees
Ad agency blending data and creativity
No salary listed
Knoxville, TN, USA
Hybrid
 Social Media (1) |
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- Desire to create award winning advertising with a team of highly motivated creatives
- Team management and client facing experience
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to build strong relationships, internally and with clients
- Ability to apply conceptual strategy, brainstorm facilitation, day-to-day directing of a project to completion
- Ability to proofread content for grammatical accuracy and maintain style consistency across pieces
- Working knowledge of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, TikTok, Reddit, and other emerging social media platforms
- An attitude of positivity and exploration
- Connecting brands to real people in real-time, all the time
- Leading and directing cross-disciplinary development and execution of short-term (project specific) and long-term (account specific) creative strategies for a variety of clients across various industries including CPG, beverage/alcohol, QSR and casual dining, retail, fitness, fashion, automotive, and government
- Working closely with the CCO, Group Creative Directors and Creative Directors to implement the vision and direction for the client and team
- Collaborating with creative directors, art directors, copywriters, strategists, videographers and photographers, editors, designers, and animators. All in-house.
- Coordinating with creative director and resource manager in projections for, and assignment of, creative discipline group members to client projects
- Working on everything from high-level brand concepting and ideation to daily execution on client deliverables
- Presenting concepts to agency leadership and clients with confidence.
Tombras is a 450+ person, full-service advertising and marketing agency with a digital mindset. It works with a wide range of national brands and combines data insights with creative campaigns to drive business results. The company distinguishes itself as one of North America’s top independent agencies, emphasizing the integration of data and creativity across channels rather than relying on a single medium. Its goal is to help clients grow by delivering measurable outcomes through integrated, data-informed marketing and communications.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
1946
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Grown 2x in five years to 550+ employees and $1B annual media billings.
- Offers in-house capabilities spanning Strategy, Creative, Media, Data Science, and PR.
- Recognized as 2026 A-List Agency with largest U.S. family-owned status.
What critics are saying
- Opinionated leaders Fitzloff, Adams, Palmer, Daines defect, losing adidas and Hinge clients.
- Integration clashes cause 20-30% turnover in Opinionated's 40-person team within 12 months.
- WPP or Publicis buyout forces sale, ending independent edge in 18 months.
What makes Tombras unique
- Tombras is the only data-led, full-service independent agency growing without funding.
- Acquisition of Opinionated creates bi-coastal footprint from Knoxville to Portland.
- Holds equity in Worldwide Partners, world's largest independent network across 50 countries.
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Benefits
Unlimited Paid Time Off
Generous parental leave
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Company Match
401(k) Retirement Plan
Company News
Amidst massive industry disruption and consolidation, deal puts Tombras in a category of one as the only data-led, full-service independent growing without outside funding KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Knoxville-based Tombras today announced the most significant move in its mission to become the world's leading independent agency by acquiring Opinionated, the reigning Ad Age A-List Standout and Small Agency of the Year honoree. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, and known for its ability to steward marquee blue chip brands, the agency's creative pedigree perfectly complements Tombras' data-led, full service creative and media capabilities. While already serving clients nationally, the strategic move cements Tombras' coast-to-coast footprint and makes it the only bi-coastal agency rooted in the heartland
Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins' son joins the National Diaper Bank Network to shine a spotlight on diaper need, which impacts 1 in 2 US familiesNEW HAVEN, Conn., May 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Diaper Bank Network (NDBN) — a nonprofit organization and foremost expert on diaper need dedicated to ensuring that individuals, children and families have access to the basic necessities they require to thrive — has teamed up with writer-director/actor Jack Henry Robbins in a PSA that asks society to focus less attention on nepo babies and more on the fact that 1 in 2 U.S. families with young children can't afford diapers
The news of the award comes on the tail of Tombras winning the Agency Standout Award in 2022 and 2023. The ad agency is run by Dooley Tombras, the current... The post Knoxville-headquartered Tombras is named 2024 Independent Agency of the Year appeared first on Teknovation.biz.
Spirit Charitable Foundation hosts seventh annual Spirit Open with more than 200 participants. Event photos are available for download here. DANIA BEACH, Fla., Nov. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Spirit Charitable Foundation's seventh annual Spirit Open was in full swing earlier this week, raising more than $1.2 million for nonprofit organizations throughout Spirit Airlines' (NYSE: SAVE) network. The Foundation hosted the annual charity event with more than 200 participants whose generosity helps advance its mission and the meaningful work of its nonprofit partners