ACD-Level Art Director – Pharma Advertising

Spectrum Science

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About The Position

At Spectrum Science, our mission—connecting humankind to its best healthlife—comes to life through a culture rooted in curiosity, collaboration, and innovation. We believe breakthrough ideas happen when diverse perspectives are embraced and people are empowered to challenge what’s possible.
Join our team of award-winning health-focused experts across advertising, clinical trial experience, communications, consulting, media, medical communications, and patient engagement. Together, we create the momentum that moves science, brands, and careers forward.
We’re looking for an ACD-level Art Director with pharma communications (Comms) experience to engage with us on a variety of projects. We need to build a team with strong conceptual thinking, detailed design-eye, and the ability to translate complex science into clear, compelling visual ideas. We seek big-idea development and brand activation stewardship, with omnichannel art direction—from HCP to consumer—across campaigns, PR-related opportunities, and launch work within healthcare and pharma. We’re looking for people with that “earned-first” mentality.
You’ll partner with copywriters, strategists, medical, and account teams to shape the visual expression and conceptual voice of major healthcare brand initiatives—delivering work that’s strategically sound, medically accurate, and creatively inspiring.

Requirements

• 7–10+ years of art direction and design experience, with at least 3–5 years in healthcare/pharma agencies or brand activation communications.
• Portfolio and résumé that demonstrate your abilities developing big campaign ideas.
• Expertise in developing and art directing brand activations, digital storytelling, content capture, and experiential concepts.
• Understanding of FDA, legal, and medical review processes within pharma comms.
• Confident presentation and storytelling skills—able to articulate creative ideas visually and verbally.
• Collaborator who thrives in a fast-paced, idea-driven environment

Responsibilities

• Lead the art direction and visual concept development for integrated pharma and healthcare campaigns, from brand identity and design systems to omnichannel execution.
• Partner with an ACD-CW and other creative team members to develop big brand ideas.
• Translate strategic insights and medical content into compelling visual storytelling across layouts, mood boards, storyboards, presentations, and integrated campaign expressions—while staying compliant.
• Collaborate closely with copywriters to ensure cohesion between message and visual expression across every touchpoint.
• Direct and refine design across channels (digital, social, video, print, experiential, PR, email/CRM), adapting visual systems to audience and context.
• Present work confidently to internal stakeholders and clients, championing ideas with clear rationale, strong visual storytelling, and strategic clarity.
• Support production and help craft final assets for accuracy, craft, and fidelity to the idea through MLR, shoots, and final delivery.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed