Omnicom Health is hiring: VP, Associate Creative Director, Art in New York

Job Title

VP, Associate Creative Director, Art

Location

New York, NY

Overview

Wildtype runs like no other. As the most Agile full‑service agency in healthcare, we aren’t beholden to ritual. Powered by diverse ideas, knowledge, and people, our unique creative process is a force of nature, removing obstacles between brand and growth in wild new ways.

Responsibilities

• Act as Creative Director’s right hand, taking over their functions when necessary.
• Demonstrate leadership qualities by motivating the team, facilitating great thinking, and keeping morale high.
• Proactively seek opportunities for improvement in the department and offer executable solutions.
• Keep the Creative Director(s) briefed on creative projects in a timely manner.
• Establish credibility with clients by developing knowledge of their business, brand, and internal structure.
• Manage outside vendor resources effectively, balancing cost and creative standards.
• Stay abreast of current advertising, design, and visual communications trends.
• Continuously explore cutting‑edge design styles and imagery.
• Demonstrate ability to work across various media, including a working knowledge of the print production process.
• Contribute creatively to new business efforts and present work effectively.
• Travel to client sites as required.
• Act as a brand steward, maintaining integrity and excellence in all materials developed.
• Provide fresh, unique, and strategic thinking for all brand marketing and advertising initiatives.
• Ensure agency work is on strategy and contributes to growing the client's business.
• Collaborate with copywriters to develop conceptual approaches that meet client objectives.
• Attend photo‑shoots and provide on‑the‑spot feedback to vendors.
• Act as a gatekeeper, ensuring all final products demonstrate highest quality creative and effectively communicate brand messages.
• Present and communicate creative concepts and rationale clearly to team and clients.
• Demonstrate ability to “zoom in and out,” balancing big‑picture thinking with detail orientation.
• Collaborate with client/agency creative and account teams.
• Create a collaborative work environment and handle conflicts positively and professionally.
• Work with account services from project start to finish, ensuring budget adherence.
• Maintain positive relationships with internal business group departments.
• Communicate effectively and professionally internally and externally.
• Use strong problem‑solving and interpersonal skills.
• Remain calm under high pressure.
• Project a professional attitude and foster a positive team atmosphere.
• Assist other team members as needed.
• Perform other duties assigned by management.
• Manage time and prioritize effectively, overseeing junior members and delegating assignments.
• Monitor workload to maximize efficiency and minimize downtime.
• Help manage and resolve staff issues, including performance and presentation.
• Recommend adjustments to processes for continuous improvement.
• Help interview, train, and orient new team members.
• Mentor reports and conduct annual performance reviews.
• Provide ongoing guidance to all team members regarding policies and procedures.
• Report workload challenges to supervisors when additional resources may be needed.
• Oversee team’s time‑off schedules, time reporting, and accurate timesheet maintenance.
• Make decisions that serve the agency’s and employees’ best interests.
• Embodies the core values: commitment, collaboration, creativity, and ethics.
• Provide leadership within the department and across the agency.
• Suggest improvements that impact agency policy and operations.
• Support the agency’s goals and mission.
• Present a professional and positive image of the agency internally and externally.
• Motivate direct reports and serve as a mentor.
• Identify, recruit, train, and develop talent.

Experience & Qualifications

• 8+ years of art design/direction experience, preferably in advertising.
• 3‑4 years of supervisory experience.
• Excellent oral communication and presentation skills.

Salary

Salary range: $150,000 – $193,500

Omnicom Health is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.