Senior Art Director

Klick • Philadelphia, PA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Art Director develops strategically grounded creative concepts and visual solutions from initial idea through final production, working closely with copy, Creative, Client Services, Medical, and production partners. The role translates client objectives and audience insights into integrated campaign work while maintaining strong creative standards across channels. The Senior Art Director also guides junior creatives, presents work to clients, and helps ensure deliverables meet strategic, regulatory, production, budget, and timeline requirements.

Requirements

• 3+ years of art direction, visual communications, design, or advertising experience, with a portfolio demonstrating concept development and finished campaign work across multiple channels.
• Demonstrated experience developing creative concepts with copywriting partners and translating marketing strategy, audience insight, or client objectives into visual campaign executions.
• Experience presenting creative work to clients or senior stakeholders, including explaining strategic rationale, responding to feedback, and evolving concepts through review cycles.
• Hands-on experience directing designers, photographers, illustrators, or production partners from concept through final execution across multiple concurrent deliverables.
• Working knowledge of creative production workflows, including routing, print or digital production, image and stock usage rights, and quality control before final delivery.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional partners such as Client Services, strategy, production, science, medical, or regulatory teams to deliver accurate and approved creative work.

Nice To Haves

• Comfort and enthusiasm for using AI as a regular part of how work gets done.
• Bachelor’s degree in Advertising, Visual Communications, Graphic Design, or a related discipline, or equivalent portfolio-based professional experience.
• Experience applying art direction across healthcare, pharmaceutical, life sciences, or another highly regulated category.
• Experience supervising or mentoring junior art directors, designers, or other creative team members on active client projects.
• Experience managing creative work within defined project budgets, production schedules, and client delivery milestones.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute integrated advertising concepts and visual systems with copy partners, translating client strategy and audience insights into campaign-ready creative deliverables.
• Present and defend creative concepts to clients and Client Services teams, incorporating feedback while maintaining alignment with approved marketing objectives and brand strategy.
• Direct photographers, illustrators, designers, and production partners through the development of campaign assets, ensuring quality, usage-rights compliance, and delivery within agreed timelines.
• Partner with Science & Regulatory and Client Services teams to verify claims, resolve creative challenges, obtain required information, and move work through Klick’s routing and approval processes.
• Guide junior creatives across multiple assignments by providing clear art direction, reviewing work in progress, and helping teams deliver high-quality work against project scope, schedule, and budget.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree