Creative Director
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Creative Director leading strategy, design, and mentorship for Salt Access, Blue Matter’s biopharma market access agency. Shaping compliant multichannel campaigns and client growth.
Responsibilities:
- Lead, inspire, and mentor the creative team across digital and print deliverables for pharmaceutical clients
- Collaborate with Agency leadership to define and execute the agency’s long-term creative vision, personality, and identity
- Own the agency’s evolving creative vision and standards
- Develop creative concepts, produce and review design work, and provide strategic, visual, and verbal direction
- Participate in brainstorming sessions and provide feedback on in-progress work
- Serve as creative lead for specific client accounts and maintain client relationships
- Align creative work with brand and business objectives and support regulatory requirements such as MLR, ISI, and fair balance
- Champion creative excellence while balancing originality, impact, and compliance
- Work with operations, project, and account teams to manage resourcing, capacity, timelines, and budgets
- Support business development through pitch decks and presentations of creative thinking
- Help grow client relationships and shape new service offerings
- Vet new hires and identify emerging capability needs as the agency scales
Requirements:
- Demonstrated ability to lead creative strategy, ideation, and execution across digital, print, presentations, banners, social, and other channels
- Prior experience working in the market access space is crucial
- Background in oncology, rare disease, or other specialty pharma spaces is a plus
- Hands-on proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, PowerPoint, and other relevant tools
- Exceptional visual design skills
- Ability to give clear, constructive feedback to creative teams
- Strong track record of mentoring creative teams and fostering professional growth
- Skilled in building relationships with clients, internal teams, and external partners
- Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills
- Experience supporting new business pitches and presenting and selling creative ideas to clients
- Experience contributing to the growth of an agency or business unit
- Comfortable shifting between high-level thinking and hands-on design
- Familiarity with pharmaceutical marketing and regulatory constraints, including MLR, ISI, fair balance, and referencing
- Strong understanding of brand strategy and its role in creative execution
- 8+ years of experience in creative roles, including at least 3 years in a senior or leadership capacity
- Prior agency and pharma experience strongly preferred
- Strong portfolio showcasing conceptual thinking, brand development, and multichannel execution
- Experience building or leading teams in a startup or growing small agency environment
- Experience managing freelancers or vendors
- Familiarity with the market access space, including key access trends and terminology
Benefits:
- Generous incentive compensation structure
- 401k with generous employer match, immediate vesting, and financial planning resources
- Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage options effective day 1 of employment
- Flexible spending account (FSA) or Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Company paid Short- and Long-Term Disability and Life insurance, plus additional voluntary options
- Paid parental leave for all new parents
- Health & Wellness Benefit, including gym memberships and $1000 annual reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program
- Generous paid time off including vacation, sick days, floating and company holidays
- Flexible work arrangements, including fully remote work
- Biannual performance reviews and a dedicated Career Coach
- Blue Matter Academy learning programs
- Volunteer activities, social events, and regular company gatherings
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