Art Director - Health & Wellness

Lead visual direction for healthcare and pharmaceutical campaigns, translating complex medical and scientific content into culturally relevant, human-centered creative across channels.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize and ideate original creative concepts, sustainable campaign platforms, and thumb-stopping social plus tactical activations designed to spark conversation and generate media buzz
• Set visual direction define the look and feel, tone, and visual storytelling for healthcare and pharmaceutical brand campaign assets
• Collaborate creatively work with copywriters, strategy leads, and Associate Creative Directors to develop multi-channel ideas from brief to execution
• Build hands-on design work develop mood boards, swipe, production-ready layouts, key visuals, comps, color palettes, treatments, and high-impact presentation decks
• Present and sell ideas clearly articulate creative rationale and visual concepts to internal leadership and external clients
• Own production readiness maintain strong working knowledge of the production lifecycle across video, digital, social, print, experiential, and emerging AI design tools
• Solve creative constraints find workable solutions when budgets tighten, regulatory/MLR feedback arrives, or strategic direction shifts
• Package work into case studies compile finished campaigns for internal education, new business pitches, and award submissions
• Mentor team members provide basic direction, guidance, and mentorship to Associate Art Directors and Junior Creatives
• Partner cross-functionally collaborate with account leads, strategy, production, and PR discipline leads to align execution
• Manage multiple briefs juggle several healthcare briefs at once while maintaining quality control, attention to detail, and deadline accuracy
• Improve workflows proactively identify opportunities to streamline creative processes and strengthen team collaboration
• Stay adaptable remain flexible and resilient as project demands, client needs, or regulatory requirements change

Requirements

• Experience around 5 years ideating and building visual concepts across multiple mediums in an agency environment; healthcare/pharma/wellness account experience highly preferred
• Portfolio demonstrated conceptual strength, elevated aesthetic sense, pixel-perfect visual design, and high-level execution across digital and social campaigns
• Healthcare acumen ability to translate complex healthcare topics into accessible, engaging visual storytelling while navigating medical/regulatory guidelines without losing creative impact
• Technical skills advanced hands-on ability in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator), experience using generative AI tools for ideation, and strong presentation-deck skills in PowerPoint

Technology

• Adobe Creative Suite
• Photoshop
• InDesign
• Illustrator
• PowerPoint

Location: New York, NY (hybrid)

Salary: USD 50,000 - 105,000 per yearly