Accenture is hiring: Life Sciences Associate Creative Director, Art in New York

Life Sciences Associate Creative Director, Art

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Accenture SongLife—A Partner for Growth The Agency of Record model we all grew up with was built for stability—long planning cycles, rigid campaigns, and success measured in outputs. Today demands something more. With evolving pipelines, diverse patient populations, and accelerated launches, the challenge is not just communication—it’s staying continually relevant.

We Are:

At Accenture SongLife, we reinvented the AOR to be a true growth engine for biopharma—anchored in one objective: helping you fuel growth by building continual relevance.

We do this by being Smarter, Faster, Better—smarter intelligence‑led, powered by AI, data, and life sciences expertise, faster an agile adaptive model that scales global blockbusters and targets rare disease communities, and better world‑class creativity combined with Accenture’s technology and consulting rigor.

You are:

A curious and collaborative life sciences creative art leader helping to drive customer success and business results globally at scale. You bring deep experience in pharmaceutical advertising and have worked across multiple brands and therapeutic areas. You enjoy learning about the latest trends in art, AI and other technology to bring new innovative creative ideas and solutions to all of our customers. You are a proactive, self‑motivated and inspirational candidate who combines strong aesthetic sensibilities with an analytical and strategic mind. You know your way around MLR reviews and feel at home with both internal teams and diverse client audiences. You understand when the needs are more high‑level or more tactical, and can pivot to being more hands on in execution of deliverables when it’s needed.

The work:

An art/visual design leader with a background in creating work that influences healthcare audiences (HCPs, patients, caregivers, etc.). They understand how to develop creative that will capture interest, build trust and work in a highly regulated industry—life sciences and/or health sector. They are collaborative with team members from multiple disciplines, including copy, strategy, UX but also client services, performance marketers, data/analytics, and more.

They understand how to create unique creative for emerging media and tech (especially helpful in unique healthcare platforms). The ACD, Art has experience creating unique campaigns for healthcare brands, can find compelling narratives in clinical data, and can interact confidently with both Life Sciences brand marketers as well as healthcare system/provider and patient audiences. They can easily become familiar with the brand, science, and strategic issues for each project they work on. Experience in multiple therapeutic areas is key. They will also understand how to create campaigns that aligns to our clients’ strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Participates in strategic and tactical meetings to develop effective campaigns and activations reflecting the clients’ objectives
• Delves into the claims, the data, and all facets of the brand
• Contributes innovative ideas and tactics appropriate to client marketing strategy
• Brainstorms campaign ideas with colleagues
• Contributes to thought leadership
• Partners with copywriters as well as other creative team members to develop engaging materials that maintain a high level of scientific accuracy, compelling campaign creative, and achieve our client’s strategic imperatives
• Partners with internal team and provides onsite support at key client meetings or events
• Attends and participates in MLR reviews as needed
• Works to tight deadlines and can juggle multiple projects
• Takes a proactive solutions‑oriented approach into all tasks
• Maintains high standards and ensures only the best work is released to the client

Here’s what you’ll need

• 8+ years of conceptual healthcare/art direction experience, preferably in a health care marketing or communications agency
• 5+ years of brand launch experience for both HCP and patient audiences
• 8+ years of proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• 8+ years of proven organizational and timeline prioritization skills; scheduling flexibility to accommodate work volumes and the ability to manage multiple assignments
• 5+ years of experience in strategic brainstorming, campaign development and creative execution and advertising (campaign concepts, websites, all digital tactics, print, etc.)
• 5+ years experience working in Adobe Creative Cloud
• 2+ years experience working with multiple GenAI tools (i.e. Firefly, MidJourney, OpenAI and more)

Bonus points if

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience

Compensation

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.

Role Location & Annual Salary Range

• California $73,800 to $182,600
• Cleveland $68,300 to $146,100
• Colorado $73,800 to $157,800
• District of Columbia $78,500 to $168,000
• Illinois $68,300 to $157,800
• Maryland $73,800 to $157,800
• Massachusetts $73,800 to $168,000
• Minnesota $73,800 to $157,800
• New York/New Jersey $68,300 to $182,600
• Washington $78,500 to $168,000

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Other Benefits

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Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

Industries

Business Consulting and Services

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