Associate Creative Director

Chicago, IL (Remote)

$95K/yr – $120K/yrMid Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 8 days ago

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Job Summary

Lead and mentor a creative team to develop multi-channel campaigns, ensuring design excellence and brand standards while partnering with cross-functional teams to inform briefs and measure results.

  • Own end-to-end creative direction from concept to completion
  • Present to clients and advocate for bold ideas

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Concept creative ideas and execute multi-channel campaigns for existing and prospective clients.
  • Manage and motivate a small team of full-time and freelance designers and copywriters.
  • Establish and maintain design excellence and ensure brand standards are met for all client deliverables.
  • In collaboration with Account and Project Management, oversee creative scope, timelines, resourcing, and deliverables.
  • Partner with Account, Strategy, Data, and Analytics teams to develop briefs and evaluate results.
  • Present to clients, incorporating internal and external feedback, and advocate for creative ideas.
  • Maintain positive team morale while handling quick turnaround times and multiple deliverables.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of industry experience in increasingly managerial creative roles with a proven track record of success. Experience in the healthcare space is appreciated but not required.
  • Able to lead and direct a creative team from concept to completion.
  • Outstanding art direction and design experience across a variety of media including digital, social, collateral, print, broadcast, corporate comms, etc.
  • Visual Design background; great systematic design / multichannel experience as well as campaign / storytelling abilities.
  • Candidates must be well-versed in user-centered design methods and techniques.
  • Expert in Adobe CS, other design software a plus.
  • Superior communication, organization and time management skills.
  • A passion for managing and mentoring others to help them perform at their peak and grow in their careers.
  • Entrepreneurial spirit and can-do attitude.
  • BA or higher in Design, Art Direction, Communications, or a related field preferred.

Benefits

  • Real Chemistry offers a comprehensive benefit program and perks, tailored to your region. Globally, this includes offices in our key markets with free snacks to keep you running all day long, generous holiday and paid time off, options for private medical, dental, and vison plans, and support in saving for the future.
  • Other perks include mental wellness coaching and support and access to more than 13,000 online classes with LinkedIn Learning. Learn more about our great benefits and perks and search specific offerings in your region at: www.realchemistrybenefits.com.
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Real Chemistry drives the commercial success of healthcare companies by creating AI-powered, idea-driven healthcare experiences with the customer at the center. Over 2,000 experts from a wide range of disciplines collaborate without barriers under a single, unified mission: to transform what healthcare is to what it should be.

Founded in 2001
New York, New York, USA
2.5K employees (648 in marketing)
44% recommend to a friend
44% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
53.9K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
27.3%
Direct
53.5%
Referral
5.9%
Social
12.5%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.5K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
461 (18% of company)
Median Career Experience
14 years
Median Tenure
6 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
30

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