Creative Director, Art

New York City, NY (On-site)

$129K/yr – $207K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 5 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Own and drive the creative direction for pharma campaigns, overseeing strategy, briefs, client and team management, and new business pursuits.

  • Lead creative strategy and briefs
  • Nurture client relationships and ensure deadlines and budgets

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Work with copy counterpart to address creative quality through strong brand strategy, client management and team dynamics.
  • Inspire creative teams to produce the best work possible through a deep understanding of the current advertising landscape as well as technological trends and innovations.
  • Develop innovative creative strategies and ideas.
  • Help develop and review creative briefs that provide strategic insight(s) and creative inspiration.
  • Manage the workload for assigned account(s) to maximize the productivity and quality of work from the creative staff.
  • Demonstrate to clients that you understand and appreciate their marketing challenges and are responsive to their strategic needs.
  • Ensure that creative presentations to the client meet the highest professional standards.
  • Work with account services to foster client relationships.
  • Work with upper management to plan and participate in new business development, client presentations and selling creative concepts internally and externally.
  • Work with current creative staff to help them achieve professional and personal goals.

Requirements

  • Across 10+ years of experience, you know what it takes to slay Creative Direction.
  • Pharma agency experience is a must.
  • A proven track record of conceptual creative ability and judgment across HCP and DTC projects, including high science projects.
  • Onset, production experience
  • Successful client contact experience and ability to grow business organically
  • The ability to work collaboratively with account management and strategy
  • Excellent presentation skills
  • Successful experience in managing and leading creatives

Benefits

  • Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.
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Heartbeat

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Heartbeat is a full-service marketing agency for healthcare Challenger Brands. Challengers are playing a high-stakes game — they must battle behemoth competitors, upend ingrained audience habits, or transform a “me-too” product into “yes-please.” It is our lifeblood to change the fate for these brands. By questioning common wisdom and challenging category convention, we find novel ways to engage audiences, change behaviors, and shift marketing landscapes. That’s the mission, here are the creds: over 250 employees between NYC & LA; longtime agency leaders; a pile of awards from the likes of Clio Health, MM+M, and Med Ad News; the most diverse agency community in healthcare; and a culture that has been celebrated as a Best Place to Work by Ad Age and MM+M for eight years. Damn straight. For more information about Heartbeat, drop us a line at marketing@weareheartbeat.com.

Founded in 1998
New York, New York, USA
316 employees (134 in marketing)
91% recommend to a friend
98% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.8%
Direct
46.5%
Referral
5.8%
Social
17.4%
Paid
1.5%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~317

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
79 (25% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
8.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
7