Creative Director, Medical Content

BEPC Inc is seeking a Creative Director, Medical Content to steer the creative direction of medical and scientific materials, leading a multidisciplinary team to produce clear, accurate, and engaging communications. This contract, hybrid role in South San Francisco requires balancing innovative design with regulatory discipline, ensuring MLR readiness and evidence-based claims. The position sits at the intersection of science and storytelling, aligning creative concepts with medical strategy and label requirements.

Responsibilities

• Own creative direction for medical and scientific content across multiple formats
• Develop patient materials
• Create Healthcare Professional (HCP) materials
• Educate on disease-state topics
• Produce assets for congress activities
• Redesign or generate social content
• Oversee internal scientific communications
• Translate complex clinical data and scientific narratives into clear, accurate, and engaging creative work
• Partner with medical affairs, brand marketing, and regulatory stakeholders to align concepts with medical strategy and label requirements
• Lead and mentor medical writers, designers, and production staff
• Run creative reviews and elevate studio standards
• Present creative work and rationale to senior stakeholders
• Defend creative decisions using both aesthetic and scientific reasoning
• Anticipate Medical-Legal-Regulatory (MLR) feedback and integrate review readiness into the creative process
• Contribute to studio playbooks with creative principles, medical content standards, and reference frameworks for future work

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 4 to 6 years of creative leadership experience
• At least 5 years directing medical, pharmaceutical, or healthcare content in-house, medical communications agency, or healthcare advertising agency
• Demonstrated portfolio of medical or scientific creative work, including HCP campaigns, patient education, MOA storytelling, Congress materials, and similar medical content
• Working knowledge of the regulatory landscape for promotional and non-promotional medical content, including FDA/OPDP expectations, fair balance, ISI placement, and on-label vs off-label boundaries
• Experience leading work through MLR (or equivalent Medical-Legal-Regulatory) review
• Experience collaborating effectively with medical, legal, and regulatory reviewers
• Strong conceptual and visual judgment across print, digital, video, and presentation formats
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Comfortable presenting to and negotiating with senior medical and commercial leaders

Technologies

• Veeva Vault PromoMats

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance

About BEPC

BEPC Inc., founded in 2007, is a 100% employee-owned company providing top-tier consulting and staffing solutions across industries like technology, engineering, manufacturing, and project management. BEPC emphasizes innovation and excellence, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment where our team members thrive. Competitive benefits include medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.

Location and Work Setup

• Location: South San Francisco, CA 94080 (Preferred)
• Ability to commute: South San Francisco, CA 94080 (Required)
• Work location: In person