Associate Creative Director, Art (Pharma DTC)

New York, USA (Hybrid)

$150K/yr – $190K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive creative direction and production for a pharma DTC launch, partnering with a true creative team to shape compliant, high-impact visuals.

  • Own concepting and execution across print, digital, OOH, and video campaigns.
  • Must-have: 8–12 years of agency pharma DTC experience.
  • Standout: FDA regulatory fluency and the ability to pre-empt compliance issues.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Set the visual language for a first-in-class DTC launch across print, digital, OOH, video, and whatever the campaign calls for next.
  • Partner with the ACD, Copy as a true creative team. Concept original campaign territories, branded and unbranded, to shape what this brand says and how it says it.
  • Manage execution of the production process: photo shoots, illustration direction, pre-press.

Requirements

  • 8-12 years of agency experience with real pharma DTC work in your portfolio — patient-facing campaigns and consumer-targeted visuals.
  • Expert-level Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Google Slides, PPT, Current AI Art Director Tools. It’s a plus if you know how to work in Figma.
  • A portfolio that shows conceptual thinking, not just execution.
  • FDA regulatory fluency. You know which visual choices create compliance problems before the MLR team does. You know how to find the approved safety language in a folder on the server and where to put it in the video storyboards.
  • You’ve done serious DTC pharma work and are hungry to go deeper, with Launch Experience a plus.

Preferred

  • It’s a plus if you know how to work in Figma.
  • Launch Experience a plus.

Benefits

  • We offer competitive benefits and other perks.