Senior Graphic Designer - Healthcare Comms

Real Chemistry; Greater London, Manchester, City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A global healthcare communications agency is seeking a Senior Graphic Designer to work on impactful scientific publications. The role requires expertise in data visualization, strong technical skills in Adobe Creative Suite, and a collaborative approach in a fast-paced environment. Candidates should hold a Bachelor's degree in a related field and have experience in the scientific or healthcare sectors. Enjoy comprehensive benefits including wellness coaching and access to thousands of online classes.

Benefits

Free snacks

Generous holiday and paid time off

Private medical, dental, and vision plans

Mental wellness coaching

Access to online classes with LinkedIn Learning

Qualifications

• Proven experience working in academic or scientific settings.
• Expertise in creating and elevating scientific visualizations.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced agency environment.

Responsibilities

• Create visually engaging graphics for scientific communications.
• Deliver projects on time while answering briefs.
• Collaborate with teams to translate requirements into design.

Skills

Data Visualization Skills

Technical Proficiency in InDesign and PowerPoint

Creative and Adaptable

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts or Graphic Design

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Senior Graphic Designer - Healthcare Comms

Edinburgh - UK; London - UK; Manchester - UK

At Real Chemistry, making the world a healthier place isn’t just an aspiration—it’s our everyday reality. Our drive to transform healthcare is informed by our blend of deep scientific expertise, human‑centred creativity, and AI‑driven insights, fostering a unique environment where innovation thrives and our people are impact‑obsessed. As a global agency, we provide a full suite of services across healthcare communications and marketing to our clients, including top players in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.

Our #LifeatRealChem culture is rooted in our people—we believe we are best together and are committed to excellence for both our clients and colleagues. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting your career, if you share our passion for healthcare and connection, we invite you to explore our opportunities.

Discover your purpose. Embrace innovation. Experience #LifeatRealChem.

We are seeking a publications designer who is highly skilled at design and data visualization, and passionate about science and medical innovation. This role offers the opportunity to work on diverse design projects for our global clients. The focus will be to help grow our scientific publications offering, creating impactful visual content that supports and enriches scientific communications.

Key Qualifications

• Experience in Academia/Scientific Disciplines: Proven experience working in academic or scientific settings
• Data Visualization Skills: Expertise in creating custom and elevating existing visualizations that range from diagrams, tables, charts, icons and graphs to enhance and explain scientific narratives
• Technical Proficiency: Strong skills in using design platforms, particularly InDesign and PowerPoint, for both print and digital applications
• Creative and Adaptable: Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced agency environment, continuously pushing the boundaries of creativity while maintaining technical excellence

Responsibilities

• Create visually engaging and informative graphics and data visualisations for scientific communications and medical education materials across a range of digital and print channels including: scientific publications, presentations, and posters (to name a few)
• Ensure you fully answer and provide a solution to each creative brief, while delivering projects on time
• Confer with creative, art, copy writing, and medical writers to translate client requirements into exciting design options
• Work well in a team structure
• Provide input on design strategy, suggesting styles/techniques based on client requirements, objectives, budget, background information
• Present design solutions to the art director/creative director for final approval before delivering and presenting to clients
• Partner with other team members including account managers and other designers to deliver and maintain creative work to consistently high standards

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts, Graphic Design, or closely related field, or foreign degree equivalent
• Experience in a MedComms/Healthcare Communications agency
• Experience in design of graphics for scientific publications
• Intellectual curiosity about science, and comfort with scientific ideas is essential
• Strong knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop
• Knowledgeable with integration of design into Microsoft PowerPoint
• Strong communication and collaboration skills in a fast‑paced agency environment

Benefits

Real Chemistry offers a comprehensive benefit program and perks tailored to your region. Globally, this includes free snacks to keep you running all day, generous holiday and paid time off, options for private medical, dental, and vision plans, and support in saving for the future. Other perks include mental wellness coaching and support and access to more than 13,000 online classes with LinkedIn Learning. Real Chemistry is proud to be Great Place to Work® certified.

Equal Opportunity

Real Chemistry is an Equal Opportunity employer. We continually strive to build and sustain an inclusive and equitable work environment where our employees feel empowered to leverage all they bring from their personal lived experience and professional expertise. We encourage motivated and qualified applicants to apply without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, ethnic or national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local employment discrimination laws where Real Chemistry operates. Should you require accommodations throughout the interview process please let your recruiter know.