Associate Creative Director, Art (Pharma)

USA (On-site)

$135K/yr – $150K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 3 days ago

Job Summary

Own and guide concept development and visual articulation across integrated campaigns, partnering with copy, strategy, and production to deliver brand-aligned, compliant creative. Lead and mentor art teams, drive multichannel execution, and ensure quality and consistency while pushing innovative ideas.

  • Own and guide concept development across print, digital, social, experiential, and video.
  • Lead and mentor art teams, ensuring brand, regulatory, and cross-functional alignment.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead concept development and visual articulation for integrated campaigns across print, digital, social, experiential, and video.
  • Translate strategic insights into compelling visual ideas that elevate the client’s brand.
  • Partner closely with copy leads to drive cohesive creative thinking.
  • Push creative boundaries while ensuring solutions remain strategically grounded.
  • Provide hands-on direction to designers and art directors throughout the creative process.
  • Present creative work confidently to internal stakeholders and clients.
  • Direct the creation of visual systems, campaign identities, and design approaches.
  • Ensure all visual outputs are consistent, brand aligned, and support core messaging.
  • Guide photo direction, illustration style, typography choices, color palettes, and layout decisions.
  • Oversee quality control for all visual deliverables.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of pharmaceutical art direction or design experience within creative or advertising agencies, including AOR and launch experience.
  • Rare disease experience strongly preferred.
  • Proven ability to lead and mentor copy teams, providing actionable and inspiring feedback.
  • Strong client-facing presence and excellent presentation skills.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communications or a related field
  • Portfolio demonstrating conceptual range and strong art direction and design across formats.
  • Proven ability to translate scientific content into persuasive and original creative work.
  • Strong collaboration skills and ability to partner closely with cross-functional teams.

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance. We cover a generous portion of employee contributions
  • 401K plan. We invest in present and future you, which is why we offer a generous match and immediate vesting on our plan
  • Parental Leave. Generous paid time off for parents to bond with their newest addition
  • Professional Development. Each employee has an annual budget to allocate to professional development opportunities. Employees are encouraged to take a workshop, attend a webinar, join associations, and do anything else that will help them grow in their careers.
  • And more! We offer flexible time off, life insurance, LTD, a robust employee assistance program, and more!
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CG Life

CG Life is a different breed of agency, built for the unique challenges of bringing precision medicine to market. Biopharma companies advancing therapies for rare and hard-to-treat diseases face a commercialization gap. They need a partner who has been there before, fluent in complex science, deeply attuned to rare disease ecosystems, and capable of orchestrating every step of commercialization. CG Life is more than an agency—we are defining a new class of partner that understands the full journey. We’re the locals, with expertise in scientific translation and market shaping, omnichannel activation, and patient/HCP engagement, all underpinned by data, AI, and deep domain expertise in rare and complex therapies.Let’s get to extraordinary. Together. Expert capabilities in:Brand StrategyPublic RelationsSocial MediaCreativeScientific CommunicationsOmnichannel Strategy & EnablementMedia PlanningAnalytics & Insights

Founded in 2003
Chicago, Illinois, USA
203 employees (49 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$135K/yr – $150K/yr

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Funding

Last Raise
Private Equity, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2023
    Private Equity

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.5K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$19.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
31.8%
Direct
51.2%
Referral
6.8%
Social
8.8%
Paid
1.3%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~203