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Senior Vice President, Creative Director

Digitas, New York, NY, USA

Job type: Full Time


Creative Director At Saatchi & Saatchi Health, we believe in making the impossible possible in health. We partner with our clients to turn complexity into clarity, ideas into impact, and ambition into real-world outcomes. By combining creativity, data, and technology, we create work that doesn't just reach people--it moves them, connects with them, and makes a difference in their lives. Because when our people bring curiosity and courage to the work, we unlock new possibilities for our clients, and better outcomes for the patients they serve. We're here to push what health can be. And to make it matter.
Our Creative Directors are sharp, enthusiastic, hands-on leaders who galvanize their creative teams and constantly push to improve the creative output of the agency. They translate creative vision into inspiring and innovating creative concepts and digital initiatives. They develop significant client relationships and use these connections to help develop new business opportunities for the agency. They play a key role in the agency life, helping guide the strategic path of the company.
Responsibilities Manage several creative teams across multiple clients' accounts
Participate in new business development, client presentations and selling creative concepts internally and externally
Effectively win pitches while managing large-scale, cross-channel deliverables
Continually optimize results for every piece of creative the team produces
Ensure high quality, strategy and integrity of all creative output
Communicate client and brand goals to creative teams
Recruit, train, develop and motivate staff to improve their potential
Effectively manage assigned timeframes and budgets, including staffing and hours allocation on all projects
Work with account services to foster client relationships
Participate in agency thought leadership, including external sources and agency presentations
Maintain knowledge of current technological developments
Qualifications Bachelor's degree
10+ years of creative agency experience, including strong interactive/digital and multimedia experience with an art direction/design background
5+ years of experience in healthcare communications with strong DTC and HCP creative campaign chops
Award winning creative work/portfolio
Previous experience managing and leading teams
Familiarity with digital healthcare channels and executions
Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills
Ability to thrive in a collaborative agency environment with multi-disciplinary teams
Ability to travel
Publicis Health is the world's premier health-oriented agency network. A division of Publicis Groupe, Publicis Health manages top-tier agencies specializing in promoting innovative solutions in advertising, digital, branding, message delivery, market access, and medical communications. Publicis Health's mission is to be the indispensable force for health and wellness business transformation through the alchemy of creativity and technology—for good. With more than 5,000 employees around the world, Publicis Health manages 17 agency brands through 40 offices located in seven countries.