Associate Creative Director, Art

Fingerpaint Group; Hanover Township (NJ); Remote; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Fingerpaint Group is seeking a creative leader to manage and inspire teams, ensuring high-quality delivery across various accounts. This largely remote role requires strong leadership, communication skills, and pharmaceutical experience, with a focus on collaboration and creativity to meet client expectations.

Qualifications

• 6-9 years experience in a similar role.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Preferred experience managing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creative work produced across accounts.
• Manage workloads to maximize productivity of the art team.
• Help develop and review creative briefs.

Skills

Leadership

Creativity

Collaboration

Presentation Skills

Time Management

Job description

Imagine a workplace where your expertise is valued, your ideas spark change, and creativity fuels innovation. Fingerpaint Group is a vibrant blend of individuals, a full spectrum of life science solutions, and a culture that thrives on originality and a shared commitment to pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. Never Paint by Number isn't just our motto—it's how we work—collaboratively and creatively. If you're ready to bring your passion to a team that sees beyond limitations, we want to hear from you.

In this role you will be responsible for leading the creative work that is produced across a number of our accounts. This leadership role includes assigning teams, inspiring those teams to consistently produce exceptional concepts and final work, and working closely with account management to ensure that our clients are satisfied with the quality of our creative work, the value of our services, and our responsiveness to their needs.

What it takes:

• Ability to work collaboratively with other capabilities such as account management, project management, and more
• Manage workloads to maximize productivity of the art team, ensuring that everyone is busy and billable
• Help develop and review creative briefs that provide strategic insight and creative inspiration
• Work with ACD, Copy to produce standout and strategically focused concepts and campaigns
• Manage and work independently, under tight deadlines, while juggling multiple projects
• Estimate copy hours
• Participate in client meetings
• Lead concept presentations
• Provide written and face-to-face feedback for annual performance reviews, as well as ongoing feedback throughout the year (written when requested)
• Identify and interview prospective creative candidates
• Lead the creative teams in development of concepts and execution of all projects
• Demonstrate to clients that you understand their products and marketing challenges and are responsive to the strategic and creative needs
• Represent the agency at client meetings and social events as appropriate
• Strong presentation skills

Know-how:

• 6-9 yrs experience
• Pharmaceutical experience
• Experience managing teams preferred

This role is largely remote, however it will require being local to the NJ/tristate area location.

Fingerpaint Group provides equal employment [and affirmative action] opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.