Associate Director - Creative Direction

IN10 (FCRS = IN010) Novartis Healthcare Private Limited; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis Healthcare Private Limited in Hyderabad seeks an Associate Director – Creative Direction to lead global creative initiatives, translating briefs into compelling visual stories across digital and promotional assets, driving innovation at scale.

You will build and mentor a high-performing design team, ensure brand governance and regulatory compliance, and partner with stakeholders and vendors to deliver impactful campaigns.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience leading creative direction across digital, promotional, and multichannel marketing assets at scale.
• Ability to translate business needs into compelling visual storytelling and design solutions.
• Experience building and managing high-performing global creative or design teams.
• Strong understanding of brand governance, compliance standards, and regulated content environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end creative direction for digital, promotional, and training deliverables across global brands.
• Translate business objectives and briefs into compelling visual concepts and impactful design solutions.
• Establish and uphold creative standards, ensuring consistency with brand identity and market best practices.
• Act as a senior creative advisor to stakeholders, brands, and account teams globally.
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing global team of designers and creative professionals.
• Coach and mentor team members to drive capability development and sustained creative excellence.
• Oversee creative development lifecycle from ideation through execution, ensuring quality and timely delivery.
• Ensure compliance with standard operating procedures, brand guidelines, and regulatory review requirements.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects while maintaining timelines, budgets, and delivery quality.
• Partner with cross-functional teams and vendors to deliver innovative, scalable, and impactful creative solutions.

Skills

Creative direction

Stakeholder management

Visual storytelling

Team leadership

Brand governance

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Fine Arts/Design/Visual Communication

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Illustrator

Photoshop

Job description

Job Title

Associate Director – Creative Direction

Location

Hyderabad, India

Relocation Support

Yes

Job Description

Step into a role where creativity meets impact. As Associate Director – Creative Direction, you will shape how powerful ideas come to life across global brands, leading the creative vision behind digital and promotional experiences that connect with patients and healthcare professionals alike. This is an opportunity to blend strategic thinking with hands‑on creative leadership—guiding talented global teams, transforming business briefs into compelling visual stories, and driving innovation at scale. If you thrive on elevating creative excellence while influencing stakeholders and delivering meaningful outcomes, this role offers the platform to make a lasting impact.

Important: Please include a portfolio link to Behance or a personal portfolio. Google Drive links cannot be accepted. Your portfolio should clearly demonstrate a breadth of interactive design work aligned with the scope of this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end creative direction for digital, promotional, and training deliverables across global brands
• Translate business objectives and briefs into compelling visual concepts and impactful design solutions
• Establish and uphold creative standards, ensuring consistency with brand identity and market best practices
• Act as a senior creative advisor to stakeholders, brands, and account teams globally
• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing global team of designers and creative professionals
• Coach and mentor team members to drive capability development and sustained creative excellence
• Oversee creative development lifecycle from ideation through execution, ensuring quality and timely delivery
• Ensure compliance with standard operating procedures, brand guidelines, and regulatory review requirements
• Manage multiple concurrent projects while maintaining timelines, budgets, and delivery quality
• Partner with cross-functional teams and vendors to deliver innovative, scalable, and impactful creative solutions

Essential Requirements

• 12+ Yrs experience leading creative direction across digital, promotional, and multichannel marketing assets at scale
• Strong ability to translate business needs into compelling visual storytelling and design solutions
• Experience building and managing high-performing global creative or design teams
• Strong understanding of brand governance, compliance standards, and regulated content environments
• Expertise in creative tools such as Adobe Creative Cloud, including Illustrator and Photoshop
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional teams

Desirable Requirements

• Experience in a creative or marketing agency environment, delivering multi-market brand campaigns and visual storytelling
• Bachelor's or master's degree in fine arts, Design, Visual Communication, or a closely related discipline

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Accessibility and accommodation

Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.

Skills Desired

• Adobe Creative Cloud
• Creative Directing
• Creative Visualization
• Stakeholder Management

About Novartis

Improving the lives of people living with disease takes more than innovative science. It takes a focus on the needs of people and a community committed to meeting them. It takes a team of people like you. Working together. Learning together. Thriving together. Discover how you can join us in changing people’s lives.