Associate Creative Director, Digital Art

EVERSANA INTOUCH•Chicago, IL

About The Position

EVERSANA INTOUCH® is a global, full-service marketing agency network serving the life sciences industry, and is part of a fully integrated commercialization platform through EVERSANA®. The agency provides next-generation creative and media services, enterprise solutions, and data analytics services. They find inspiration in the human experiences of patients, doctors, and each other, collaborating to make health care more achievable by connecting patients and physicians with necessary information and tools. The company embraces diversity in backgrounds and experiences, believing that people make the difference in cultivating an inclusive culture. The Associate Creative Director, Digital Art will join the creative team, bringing a strong background in art direction, exceptional leadership skills, and a passion for digital work. This role involves working closely with the Creative Director and other team members to develop and execute visually compelling digital work that aligns with brand vision, works within a Design System, and utilizes a component library. The position requires a hands-on creator and strategic leader who can do the work, elevate it, and lead the team, ensuring creative output is strategic, consistent, and delivered smoothly across teams. The individual will guide the creative vision to align with brand strategy and business goals, elevate ideas, and maintain brand consistency across all deliverables. Exceptional systems thinking and art direction talent within a multimedia landscape are essential. The role demands curiosity, an unquenchable thirst for knowledge to sculpt converting digital experiences, and the ability to inspire by knowing and setting trends in visual design. The ACD will push creative boundaries, lead and collaborate within a team, present creative solutions eloquently, anticipate and adjust for problems, and contribute to the health of the Creative department by growing new business, leveraging industry insights, and developing client brands. A commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is also required.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent education plus professional experience
8+ years of digital, print, traditional and trade marketing experience
Strong knowledge of pharmaceutical marketing and all that it entails: disease state and product science, therapeutic industry standards, legal restrictions and competitive markets
Must be highly digital, understand design systems and digital components and working with Figma and pattern libraries.
DAOR experience is required
Able to handle resourcing for direct reports with fast turnarounds
Knowledge and background in working with therapeutic clients
Book of strategic and beautiful work
Management and supervisory skill set
Understanding of both the creative and strategic aspects of advertising and leadership
Strong proficiency with Adobe Suite
Figma expert

Nice To Haves

Sense of humor

Responsibilities

Work closely with the Creative Director and other team members to develop and execute visually compelling Digital work that aligns with our brands vision works, within a Design System and utilizes a component library.
Concept, direct, manage, and communicate at a high level while ensuring creative output is strategic, consistent, and delivered smoothly across teams.
Guide the creative vision so work aligns with brand strategy and business goals.
Elevate ideas —push teams beyond the obvious, refine concepts, and maintain quality.
Maintain brand consistency across all deliverables.
Think AND execute.
Have exceptional systems thinking and art direction talent within a multimedia landscape.
Be curious and have an unquenchable thirst for knowledge — of the problem, the possible solutions and our target — in order to sculpt the digital experiences that convert.
Inspire by knowing the trends and innovations in visual design and setting the stage for the next wave.
Push the envelope by leveraging industry knowledge and creative abilities to push past the safe option into compelling, uncharted territories.
Be a leader and team player, with the ability to guide creative and collaborate as part of a larger team in an ever-changing environment.
Present the vision, eloquently explaining every aspect of a creative solution and how it solves the client challenge, including leading rock-solid pitch efforts and presentation prowess.
Anticipate and adjust for problems and roadblocks throughout any stage of the creative process.
Be a core contributor, responsible for the health of the Creative department, finding ways to grow new business, leveraging industry insights and further developing our clients’ brands and helping them move to better ways of working.
Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.
All other duties as assigned.