Midweight Art Director

London, UK (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Build visually compelling healthcare campaigns by translating complex science and patient insights into clear, emotionally engaging visuals, while steering end-to-end creative delivery with cross-functional partners.

  • Own concept-to-delivery across digital, social, and print channels.
  • Translate data and medical insights into accessible visuals that preserve scientific integrity.
  • Collaborate with strategy, medical writing, account services, and production to ensure on-brief outcomes.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute strong visual concepts and campaigns under the guidance of our Creative Directors.
  • Manage your own projects efficiently, ensuring all creative work is delivered on brief and on time.
  • Translate complex scientific concepts, data, and patient insights into clear, engaging, and visually stunning creative work.
  • Collaborate fluidly with our strategy, medical writing, account services, and production teams.
  • Stay ahead of the curve with the latest design trends, digital innovations, and platform capabilities.

Requirements

  • Proven experience as a creative within a Healthcare Marketing/Advertising agency.
  • A strong portfolio that showcases conceptual thinking, beautiful execution, and multi-disciplinary work across health, wellness, or pharma.
  • The ability to think beyond the brief and generate innovative, strategic visual concepts that work seamlessly across digital, social, and print.
  • A positive, collaborative, and contagious spirit—you’re a natural team player who thrives when working with others.
  • Excellent design and art direction skills, with a keen eye for detail, typography, layout, and visual storytelling.
  • A solid command of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) with skills in Premier/After Effects being a plus.
  • A good understanding of the production process (digital, print, and video) and how to work within budget and regulatory guidelines (e.g., ABPI code).
  • A talent for creating visual content that simplifies complex health messaging without losing its scientific integrity, inspiring clients and improving the patient/HCP experience.

    Benefits

    • 25 days annual leave, with the option to purchase up to an extra 5 days per year, plus your birthday off and a paid volunteering day
    • Generous enhanced parental leave policies
    • A robust pension scheme (up to 17.5% total contributions after probation)
    • Choice of Private Medical Cover (Bupa from day one), Dental cover, or a monthly £45 leisure allowance for your health & wellbeing
    • A fantastic Employee Assistance Programme (Telus) offering support, advice, and specialist counselling
    • Help at Hand: quick, free access to a remote GP, mental health support, physio, or a medical second opinion
    • Free 1-2-1 Coaching through Thrive Partners for professional or personal growth
    • A comprehensive Learning & Development programme to support your career trajectory
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    Ogilvy UK

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    Ogilvy UK inspires brands and people to impact the world. Our iconic, culture-changing, value driving ideas have delivered sustained growth for clients since David Ogilvy founded the company in 1948. Ogilvy UK has businesses specialising in Advertising Brand & Content, PR Social & Influence, Consulting & Behavioural Science, Ogilvy One and Health. Not to mention our boutique agency New Commercial Arts. Each deliver world-class award-winning creative solutions for clients including Coca-Cola, Mondelez, Sainsbury’s, Lloyds Banking Group, F1, The Mayor of London and Samsung. We build on our legacy through our Borderless Creativity mantra - operating, innovating and creating at the intersection of our capabilities and talent. It is at this inflection point where the impact and magic lies. We call this borderless creativity. Ogilvy UK also has six incredible employee networks dedicated to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - Roots, Rewired, Proud, Equals, MPower and Parents & Carers.

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    4.1%
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