Executive Creative Director, Health & Wellness

dentsu•USA - Remote - Massachusetts, MA

2d•$285,200 - $350,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Executive Creative Director, Health & Wellness will partner with agency and client leadership to shape the future of the business and raise the creative ambition of the account. This leader will guide work that is culturally relevant, strategically rigorous, beautifully crafted, and effective throughout the customer journey. The role requires credible health and wellness experience, ideally including women's health or adjacent categories, and the ability to communicate complex or sensitive health topics clearly, empathetically, inclusively, and responsibly. As the senior creative partner to the client, the Executive Creative Director will bring a connected point of view across brand storytelling, social and creator-led work, retail environments, commerce, content, and activation. They will build, mentor, and inspire multidisciplinary teams while staying involved enough in the work to elevate ideas and execution at every stage. The role sets the overarching creative vision and standards for the account, develops connected ideas across channels, leads senior client relationships and executive presentations, and guides teams from insight and ideation through production and launch. It calls for strong understanding of modern culture, social behaviors, creators, retail, commerce, and thoughtful use of innovation, technology, and AI. The position is based remotely in Massachusetts, with candidates also able to reside in Boston, New York, Connecticut, or Rhode Island. Dentsu's hybrid working approach includes remote flexibility and regular in-person collaboration; employees within 90 minutes of a headquarters or hub office may be required to work in-office two to three days per week, including one Team Day, and all employees should be flexible to attend an office as business needs require.

Requirements

15 or more years of experience in creative leadership within an agency, brand, health, wellness, consumer, or related environment.
Demonstrated experience leading health and wellness work.
A portfolio of standout integrated work across brand and channel ecosystems, with examples in several areas such as social, content, retail, commerce, digital, experiential, OOH, video, CRM, creator, and influencer.
Proven ability to develop a central creative idea and adapt it across the full customer journey rather than treating channels as isolated executions.
Experience leading large, multidisciplinary teams and complex client relationships.
Strong presentation and communication skills, including the ability to engage senior stakeholders and clearly defend creative recommendations.
Comfort working in regulated or high-scrutiny categories and collaborating with medical, legal, and regulatory partners.
Bachelor's degree in advertising, design, marketing, communications, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience in women's health or a closely related category.
Strong preference for meaningful professional experience in women's health or adjacent categories.

Responsibilities

Set the overarching creative vision and standards for the account, spanning long-term brand platforms and fast-moving channel and retail activations.
Develop connected ideas that work across brand, social, content, creator and influencer, digital, retail, commerce, experiential, CRM, OOH, and video.
Create approaches that reflect women's lives and health journeys with nuance and credibility, particularly for sensitive topics.
Build senior client relationships, deliver executive-level presentations, and provide creative counsel that builds confidence, unlocks ambition, and supports account growth.
Lead multidisciplinary teams across art, copy, design, experience, social, content, and production.
Set a clear creative vision and raise the standard of work across briefs, channels, and audience touchpoints.
Champion through-the-line thinking so the brand idea is coherent and distinctive while purpose-built for each channel.
Guide teams from insight and ideation through production and launch, protecting the integrity, quality, and effectiveness of the work.
Balance emotional storytelling with clarity, credibility, and the practical information consumers need to navigate health decisions.
Use innovation, technology, and AI thoughtfully to improve creative exploration, personalization, production, and relevance.
Recognize creative opportunity in complex, regulated, educational, or retail-led assignments.
Partner with strategy, medical, legal, regulatory, and client stakeholders to create compelling and responsible work.
Translate scientific, product, or category complexity into accessible human ideas without compromising accuracy.
Stay current on cultural conversations, consumer expectations, category innovation, and changing health and wellness behaviors.
Attract, develop, and retain high-performing creative talent.