Associate Creative Director, Art

Avalere Health is building meaningful healthcare brand communications, and the Associate Creative Director, Art plays a hands-on role in shaping how those ideas come to life. Working in a hybrid setup from New York, this position reports to the Creative Director and partners with Art Directors, Copywriters, and Designers to lead projects across a range of media while keeping creative quality consistently high.

Role overview

The Associate Creative Director (ACD) helps conceive and execute brand communication and engagement work, serving as a creative authority and a day-to-day driver of concept development and delivery. In this joint responsibility with the Creative Director, you help ensure the agency’s creative output is impactful and effective, while acting as Lead Creative on brands and mentoring junior and mid-weight teammates.

Key responsibilities

• Set and reinforce high creative standards through your own work and through encouragement, interaction, and collaboration with others
• Develop and direct concepts for advertising and promotional campaigns
• Take a creative leadership position on brands and projects, shaping creative strategy and delivery with brand teams and creative colleagues
• Present current creative thinking and actively contribute to raising the agency profile as a leading healthcare creative communications agency
• Build strong interpersonal relationships, working smoothly with colleagues while pushing and encouraging them
• Champion collaboration and the power of creativity, promoting a culture where others are supported to do the same
• Supervise, mentor, and actively train junior staff, including identifying and addressing training requirements where relevant
• Constructively challenge others to think differently about the creative ideation process
• Support agency growth by identifying new business opportunities and suggesting appropriate new initiatives, including follow-through
• Demonstrate an understanding of commercial aspects and help ensure the Creative Department meets performance targets
• Lead new business pitch work, directing and presenting as required

Requirements

• Experience in a creative role within a recognized healthcare advertising agency
• Entrepreneurial mindset and drive to explore new creative opportunities
• Interest in shaping and improving the offering and ways of working, with the ability to provide creative counsel to brand teams
• Ability to build a clear and compelling narrative through concept presentations that guides clients through your creative ideas
• Willingness to test new approaches and deliver innovative creative solutions that can improve patients’ lives and individual health experiences
• Strong understanding of communication platforms and design tools, from video and PowerPoint to websites and apps, as well as print and immersive experiences
• Evidence of mentorship, teamwork, and collaboration from recent work
• MUST BE PROFICIENT IN FIGMA

Technologies

• Figma
• PowerPoint

Benefits

• 401K plan with an employer match contribution up to 4% (immediately vested)
• Life insurance
• Disability coverage
• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• Flexible working arrangements, including hybrid and remote work
• Option to work from anywhere across the globe for two weeks each year
• 20 vacation days plus one personal well-being day
• Recognition of 9 public holidays
• Gifted end-of-year holidays
• Early Summer Friday finish in June, July, and August
• Access free counselling through the employee assistance program and personalized health support
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, family leave, and fertility policies

Location: New York, NY (hybrid) • Salary: USD 150,000 - 165,000 per year

AI tools statement: Avalere Health may use AI tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing CVs/resumes, assessing responses, or transcribing interviews. These tools assist the Talent team but do not replace human judgment, and final hiring decisions are made by humans.