Associate Creative Director

Location: US Remote

Job Summary

Combining impeccable conception, design, and video skills with technical expertise, Associate Creative Directors work with the Global Head, Creative Strategy to deliver the highest possible creative caliber and quality across healthcare communications. Working in partnership with creative colleagues and account teams, Associate Creative Directors conceptualize and bring to life head-turning creative concepts across media.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Research, concept, and mock-up visual designs for exiting accounts and new business initiatives
• Deliver superb conceptual and design skills across media
• Present confidently to senior business and client stakeholders
• Produce scientifically accurate, high quality creative outputs for internal and external clients, accurately and consistently, in a fast paced, timeline driven environment
• Ensure all work meets corporate and client brand guidelines and quality assurance standards
• Stay abreast of congress and journal guidelines and creative trends to ensure all products adhere to specification while exceeding expectation
• Oversee creative integrity of all linked project outputs
• Competently project manage workload across multiple accounts, clients, and products, while maintaining caliber, quality, and accuracy
• Review and enhance outputs created by internal and client teams, including adaptation of exiting content for alternative print and digital formats
• Participate in account team status meetings
• Collaborate effectively within and across creative and account teams, to ensure the best possible solutions are delivered efficiently
• Support continuous improvement initiatives, as required
• Adhere to standard operating procedures and best practices
• Maintain timely and accurate timesheets

Line Management (optional)

• Provide and oversee the provision of effective line management, supporting the career and personal development of assigned line reports and department members
• Ensure all line reports and department members undergo performance review and have appropriate objectives and development plans in place
• Rapidly address under-performance and initiation of active management plans to support individuals, as required

Experience, Skills, and Qualifications

• Excellent concepting, technical, design, multimedia, and presentation skills with strong attention to detail, proven through extensive experience in a creative role in healthcare communications including commercial and medical communications
• Proven experience in concepting, creating and defending mock-ups, and delivering head-turning creative outputs across media including, but not limited to, creative concepts / campaigns, PPT presentations, video and animation, data visualization, medical congress booths, and scientific posters
• A strong work ethic, excellent communication and organizational skills, and a drive to exceed customer expectations/push creative boundaries
• Expertise in presenting to, liaising with, and driving consensus among internal and external clients to clarify, refine, and deliver to brief
• Excellent working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft PPT, and multimedia/animation applications
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, multi-tasking, and working to tight deadlines
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• A creative approach to problem-solving and an open-minded attitude
• Enthusiasm for learning new skills and software
• Educated to degree level or equivalent with a proven creative portfolio 

Travel Requirements

• As required by business needs