Associate Creative Director, Art

Who We Are:

ConcentricLife UK, a part of Accenture Song, is a full-service health and wellness advertising agency spanning three distinct specialist practices that bring over 20 years of deep subject matter expertise: healthcare (ConcentricLife), rare disease (ScoutLife), and wellness (RitualLife). Our core mission is to create brands that live at the very centre of the human health experience.

From ConcentricLife, we build brand experiences that change health trajectories and restore life. We study human behaviour to put wellness brands at the centre of daily Rituals. We find and connect the underserved to care with ScoutLife.

We are a supportive, and collaborative community where great minds and talent gather together to discover something unexpected. We encourage each other to dream like visionaries, and to embrace the do with hustle and agility. We are spirited and know how to have fun. We love to be challenged. We know smart always wins, and above all else, We never settle.

As a testament to our success and culture, ConcentricLife has been named Agency of the Year 9 times, most recently in 2021, and awarded Best Places to Work by MM+M in 2019 and 2023.

Collaboration

Importantly, while the aim is to build a strong global offering, ‘CLUK’ is connected to the wider US Concentric Life agency and can share resources where necessary, such as brand designers, project managers, creative teams, medical writers, medical directors, video editors and animators via the agency’s inhouse studio team known as ‘The Furnace’.

In addition, as part of Accenture Song, we can also utilise the Song studio team in London and in the Accenture Song network across EMEA, Africa and Costa Rica, giving us a broad scope of talent to draw upon.

Who We Are Looking For:

ConcentricLife UK is seeking an Associate Creative Director, Art who will represent the agency by creating content and concepts that fulfill clients’ needs through visual designs across various media. You are passionate about design, film and brand activations and creating beautiful work; a problem solver; and a go-getter who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You have a passion for healthcare and making a difference and have a clutch of shiny industry awards to prove it.

You are an approachable, hardworking team player and an open-minded, active listener with the ability to unpack complex problems with simplicity.

You are either in a similar role or looking for a step up and are ready to help build and manage a team of like-minded art directors and designers.

Reports to: Executive Creative Director

What You Will Do:

1. Line-manage art directors in your team
2. Be a strong creative voice and influence the agency’s output from a concept and art direction point of view
3. Provide art direction and design on a broad range of projects across various media, including patient and doctor materials, banners, emails, large websites, brand development, presentations and pamphlets
4. Work with the account and senior copy teams to execute unique, innovative visual solutions based on the creative business objectives
5. Develop knowledge of your assigned therapeutic category including the science and market dynamics as well as regulations/restrictions
6. Leverage your ability to build a brand visually
7. Present creative ideas at internal meetings, to clients, and potentially in pitch scenarios
8. Partner and collaborate across other departments including design, copy, account, and integrated production to ensure projects meet client and regulatory specifications

What You Bring:

1. 10+ years of experience in Art Direction/Design
2. 5+ years of experience in healthcare advertising/marketing
3. A portfolio of work featuring examples of both digital and print work with strong conceptual thinking.
4. A strong eye for design
5. Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite
6. Conceptual creativity and strong aesthetic judgement
7. Strong written and verbal communication skills
8. The ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage deadlines
9. The ability to tell a simple story visually and verbally
10. A curious mentality
11. The desire to be great

What We Value:

1. LIFE; Never Stop Learning, Seek to Invent, Lead Fearlessly, Act Like an Entrepreneur

These are the tenets of our company. We value what makes each of us different, and we believe in challenging one another to push boundaries through positive encouragement and motivation.