Executive Vice President, Creative Director

Responsibilities

• Creative Leadership & Execution: Leveraging deep, strategic creative development expertise, you will ensure the highest standards in visual storytelling, conceptual design, and brand consistency across all campaigns while continuously highlighting and developing the agency’s creative vision, ensuring cohesiveness across departments and providing guidance to the creative team of art directors, copywriters, designers and other cross-discipline players. You will not just oversee but become a maker when the opportunity to inspire, mentor, and educate with a hands-on approach presents itself.
• Strategic Direction: Collaborate with leadership and clients to develop creative strategies that advance brand objectives and drive business growth for pharmaceutical clients.
• Business Growth: Bring energy and enthusiasm to each new business opportunity through thoughtful, fresh, and strategic ideation bespoke to each new brand.
• Team Development: Inheriting a talented, diverse, and multi-functional team of SVPs, you will mentor, develop, and embolden creative staff while fostering an environment that encourages innovation, professional growth, and collaboration.
• Client Engagement: Serve as a senior point of contact for all Saatchi & Saatchi Health’s clients, presenting creative concepts and ensuring their vision is realized while maintaining agency standards.
• Resource Management: Oversee allocation of creative resources, budgeting for creative projects, and management of freelance or external creative partners as needed.
• Thought Leadership: Contribute to Saatchi & Saatchi Health’s and Publicis Health’s thought leadership and energize and inspire team members’ creativity based on advertising trends and innovation.

Requirements

• Creative advertising background in Art, Design, Writing, or related field.
• 15+ years of creative leadership experience, with at least 5 years in pharmaceutical advertising or healthcare communications.
• Exceptional portfolio demonstrating expertise in integrated campaign development for both pharmaceutical and traditional consumer brands.
• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical regulations, medical communications, and ethical advertising standards.
• Successful track record of pitching and winning new business.
• Proven ability to lead, inspire, and manage multidisciplinary creative teams.
• Strong knowledge and curiosity around technology and GenAI practices.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and client relationship skills.
• Strategic thinker with a passion for creativity and innovation.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Benefits

• Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. 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.