Associate Design Director

Klick Health; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Klick Health is seeking an Associate Design Director to define visual direction and strategy for major healthcare campaigns. You will mentor teams, manage multi-asset projects, and ensure design delivery aligns with client brands within healthcare constraints.

You will translate strategy into polished visuals across print, digital, and experiential, collaborating with art direction and strategy to craft compelling narratives. Portfolio required.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of graphic or digital design experience in advertising or creative agencies with demonstrated leadership.
• Advanced proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
• Advanced proficiency with Figma.
• Portfolio showing ability to establish visual direction and lead design teams across channels.
• Award-winning work or recognition; knowledge of design thinking/UX.
• Familiarity with digital production, accessibility standards, and responsive healthcare digital design.
• Exposure to generative AI tools for ideation and asset production.

Responsibilities

• Establish visual direction and design strategy for major healthcare campaigns and initiatives.
• Lead design teams in translating strategic concepts into polished, on-brand visuals across print, digital, and experiential.
• Mentor junior designers, conduct design reviews, and maintain design quality while balancing creativity with healthcare constraints.
• Collaborate with art direction and creative strategy to develop compelling visual narratives that support client positioning.
• Present design work to clients, articulating strategy and managing feedback through approval and implementation.

Skills

Graphic design

Digital design

Leadership

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Portfolio

UX methodology

Digital production workflows

Accessibility standards

Generative AI tools

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Figma

Job description

The Klick Group—comprising Klick Health (including Klick Katalyst and btwelve), Klick Media Group, Klick Applied Sciences (including Klick Labs), Klick Consulting, and Klick Ventures is an ecosystem dedicated to realizing the full potential of our people and clients in life sciences. Founded in 1997, we have offices in New York, Philadelphia, Saratoga Springs, Toronto, London, São Paulo, and Singapore. Consistently named a Best Managed Company, Most Admired Corporate Culture, and Great Place to Work, Klick is committed to fostering a high-performance, people-first culture with creativity, collaboration, innovation, and impact across everything we do.

About Our Creative Craft
Our Creative Craft brings Klick's ideas to life through storytelling, design, and experience. This craft blends imagination with strategy to create work that is emotionally resonant and culturally relevant. Creative teams collaborate across disciplines to simplify complexity and humanize healthcare. Their work drives engagement, understanding, and meaningful action across channels.

Job Description

As an Associate Design Director, you will establish the visual direction and design strategy for major healthcare campaigns and initiatives. You will mentor design teams while managing the execution of complex, multi-asset projects. You will also bridge creative strategy with design delivery, ensuring visual solutions that elevate client brands within healthcare constraints.

What You'll Do

• Establish visual direction and design strategy for major healthcare campaigns, developing design systems and guidelines that ensure consistency across executions
• Lead design teams in translating strategic concepts and creative briefs into polished, on-brand visual solutions across print, digital, and experiential
• Mentor junior designers, conduct design reviews, and maintain design quality standards while balancing creative ambition with healthcare brand constraints
• Collaborate with art direction and creative strategy to develop compelling visual narratives that support client positioning
• Present design work to clients, articulating design strategy and managing feedback through approval and implementation

Qualifications

Requirements:

• 7–10 years of graphic design or digital design experience in advertising, marketing, or creative agencies with demonstrated leadership. Heavy emphasis on digital design is preferred.
• Advanced proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
• Advanced proficiency with Figma
• Portfolio demonstrating ability to establish visual direction, lead design teams, and deliver integrated creative across multiple channels
• Award-winning work or design recognition; experience with design thinking or UX methodology
• Familiarity with digital production workflows, accessibility standards, and responsive design across healthcare digital channels
• Exposure to emerging creative technologies including generative AI tools for ideation, asset production, and concepting

Please include a portfolio, website, or samples of your work and any passwords that are required

Additional Information

This posting is for a newly created role at Klick. The base salary range for this position is between CAD $140,000 - $160,000 per year. The final amount offered will be determined based on several factors such as a candidate's work location, their unique skill set, education, and prior work experience.

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Our Commitment to Inclusion
Klick is consciously creating a culture where everyone can thrive and grow in their careers. We believe that our best work comes from our diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We strongly encourage members of historically underrepresented communities to apply, including Black people, Indigenous peoples, and other people of color, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and people with intersectional identities. We're also committed to developing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. Should you require any accommodation, please contact us at [email protected] and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs and ensure you have a positive experience.