Executive Vice President, Executive Creative Director

New York City, NY (On-site)

$275K/yr – $335K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 11 days ago

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Job Summary

Lead creative strategy and teams to deliver integrated pharmaceutical campaigns with a strong, cohesive vision, driving growth and client satisfaction while ensuring regulatory and ethical standards.

  • Own creative direction and thought leadership across campaigns
  • Manage multidisciplinary teams and client relationships

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Creative Leadership & Excellence: 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.
  • Strategic Direction: Collaborate with leadership and clients to develop creative strategies that advance brand objectives and drive business growth for pharmaceutical clients.
  • Business Growth: Energized and excited about new business opportunities, bringing thoughtful, fresh, and strategic ideas to the table that are well-suited and bespoke to each new brand.
  • Team Development: 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 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 Heartbeat’s and Publicis Health’s thought leadership and energize and inspire team members’ creativity based on advertising trends and innovation.

Requirements

  • BA in Art, Design, Writing, Advertising, Communications, or related field.
  • 10+ 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.
  • 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.
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Heartbeat

4.2 Glassdoor

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
10.5 years
Median Tenure
8.7 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5