Art Director - Health & Wellness

Art Director (AS Level) role focused on building human, culturally relevant visual campaigns across Burson’s Healthcare and Pharmaceutical portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Develop original creative concepts, sustainable campaign platforms, and thumb-stopping social and tactical activations that spark conversations and generate media buzz
• Define the visual approach, look & feel, tone, and visual storytelling across all assets for healthcare and pharmaceutical brand campaigns
• Collaborate with copywriters, strategy leads, and Associate Creative Directors to take multi-channel ideas from brief to execution
• Create mood boards, swipe files, production-ready layouts, key visuals, comps, color palettes, treatments, and high-impact presentation decks
• Present and articulate creative rationale and visual concepts to internal leadership and external clients
• Maintain a working understanding of the production lifecycle across video, digital, social, print, experiential, and emerging AI design tools
• Find creative solutions when facing budget constraints, regulatory/MLR feedback, or shifting strategic direction
• Package completed campaigns into case studies for internal education, new business pitches, and award submissions
• Provide basic direction, guidance, and mentorship to Associate Art Directors and Junior Creatives
• Work closely with cross-functional teams including account leads, strategy, production, and PR discipline leads
• Manage multiple healthcare briefs at once while maintaining quality control, attention to detail, and deadline accuracy
• Identify opportunities to streamline creative workflows and improve team collaboration
• Stay flexible and resilient as project demands, client needs, or regulatory requirements evolve

Requirements

• ~5 years of experience ideating and crafting visual concepts across multiple mediums in an agency setting; healthcare/pharma/wellness account experience highly preferred
• Portfolio showing strong conceptual thinking, elevated aesthetic sense, pixel-perfect visual design, and high-level execution across digital and social campaigns
• Ability to translate complex healthcare topics into accessible, engaging visual storytelling while navigating medical/regulatory guidelines without losing creative impact
• Expert hands-on proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator)
• Experience leveraging generative AI tools for ideation
• Strong presentation deck skills in PowerPoint

Technologies

• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Illustrator
• PowerPoint
• Generative AI tools

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package (details: https://mybenefits.wpp.com/public/welcome)

More About the Role

• Burson’s creative team seeks an ambitious, conceptual Art Director (AS Level) to act as an accelerant and creative catalyst across Healthcare and Pharmaceutical clients
• Support growth of key healthcare accounts by turning complex medical and scientific topics into human, culturally relevant, visual-first campaigns
• Partner with Associate Creative Directors and lead visual direction across earned, owned, paid, digital, social, and experiential platforms

Compensation

• Base salary range (at time of posting): USD $50,000–$105,000 per year

Work Location

• New York, NY (hybrid), with teams in the office around four days a week
• Accommodation and flexibility requests: discuss with the hiring team during the interview process