Associate Creative Director, Art

Ogilvy Health US; New York (NY); On-site; USD 75,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ogilvy Health in New York, NY is seeking an Associate Creative Director to lead teams and translate great ideas into powerful verbal and visual communications. You will mentor, inspire confidence, and ensure creative excellence across campaigns for healthcare brands.

This role requires strong leadership, collaboration with account and planning teams, and the ability to manage budgets and timelines while staying ahead of marketing and healthcare trends.

Qualifications

• 10 years of art direction experience and strong conceptual design skills (≤140 chars)
• Proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign (≤140 chars)
• Experience leading campaigns from concept to production (≤140 chars)

Responsibilities

• Lead teams to develop and deliver powerful verbal and visual communications (≤140 chars)
• Mentor team members and inspire confidence under pressure (≤140 chars)
• Collaborate with account/planning to develop creative briefs (≤140 chars)
• Stay ahead of technologies and healthcare trends (≤140 chars)
• Contribute to budgets and timelines while managing workloads (≤140 chars)
• Ensure high-quality creative output and client satisfaction (≤140 chars)
• Foster cross-functional partnerships and effective delegation (≤140 chars)
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for the team and work (≤140 chars)
• Develop presentation skills and encourage team growth (≤140 chars)
• Hand-on vs delegation: balance for best results (≤140 chars)
• Demonstrate empathy and maintain professional composure (≤140 chars)

Skills

Art direction

Education

Formal design training

Tools

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Job description

New York, New York

OGILVY HEALTH: WE INSPIRE PEOPLE AND BRANDS TO IMPACT THE WORLD

Guided by this vision, Ogilvy Health, part of WPP, combines borderless creativity, scientific precision and cultural fluency to build healthcare's most influential movements. We drive measurable impact and category-defining growth for brands ready to shape what's next. Our approach is powered by fearless creativity that dares to be different, sparks emotional connections, and inspires action, ensuring cultural resonance. Scientific precision translates complex data into stories that resonate, while our impact-obsessed mindset focuses on delivering real‑world outcomes.

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world's leading brands. We unitecutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counselin a single company –powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open,to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.

About the Role

At Ogilvy Health, Associate Creative Directors have risen through the ranks, know a great idea when they see it and alwaysendeavorto transforma good ideainto a great idea. They have a strong understanding of marketing and have proven capable of leading a creative team to deliver powerful and polished verbal and visual communications. They are effective in providing sound direction that enhances copy and art regardless of their native discipline. They confidently articulate ideas and creative solutions thatexcites/inspiresthe agency team, and the client can embrace. They nurture and motivate their team, are passionateaboutcreativeand responsive in the face of client feedback. They have excellent management skills anddemonstrateleadership qualities and the potential for future growth. They have an inspiring,confidence-building presence and can be relied upon to help manage their teams through roughwaters. They have won the trust and respect of their peers and their clients.

What You'll Do

The ACD has taken a major step forward in their career and in their level of responsibility within the agency. The role demands an ability to lead teams rather than manage. This entails mentorship (active and passive); inspiring confidence when the team is “up against it” by solving problems before they negativelyimpactthe team or the work. It entails taking the lead when others may want to shrink in times of challenge/adversity. The “big picture” is ever-present in your day-to-day efforts but making sure the team never loses sight of the “details” is also your responsibility. At this level, it is now incumbent upon you to hold the entire team accountable (including yourself) for agency hygiene and creative excellence. Ensuring the health of the agency now influences decisions you will make or recommend.

• Demonstrates the organizational skills and commitment to lead significant initiatives, such as new campaign development
• Active participation/volunteering in leading new business pitches
• Actively develops/hones presentation skills and encourages team members to do the same
• Provides leadership qualities that inspire original,compellingand strategically sound verbal and visual creative solutions
• Develops/nurtures collaborative partnerships with account,planningand multidisciplinary teams
• Works closely with account/planning in development of creative briefs
• Stays on top of ever-changing and emerging technologies,marketingand healthcare trends
• Knows when to be hands-on and how/when to delegate tasks
• Contributes/influences the development of budgets and timelines
• Anticipates and effectively solves staffing needs
• Is empathetic always, can be objective, and keeps ego in check

What You'll Need

• 10 years art direction experience, formal design training with exceptional conceptual and design skills
• Expert use of Photoshop,Illustratorand InDesign
• Combination of print and web experience
• Overseen progression of campaign from rough sketches through final production
• Experience coordinating multiple work groups from marketing,designand development to ensure projects are completed on time and within budget
• Selects and supervises outside graphic services including freelance artists, studios,illustratorsand photographers
• Experience leading a project from conception to implementation
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

How We'll Support You

Ogilvy celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly.We'llempower you with the toolsyou'llneed to succeed.We'llgive you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things.We'llsupport you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network. Andwe'llprovide opportunities for you to do work of whichyou'llbe proud, with peopleyou'llbe proud to call your teammates.

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The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications.

We offer a competitive benefits package, click here for more details.

Pay Range

$75,000 - $180,000 USD

At Ogilvy, our people are at the heart of what we do: a creative agency that sparks game-changing ideas across culture and business through collaboration, integrity, and a celebration of self-expression.

We believe in building powerful teams with purpose – and we relentlessly curate transformative initiatives that make our commitment to fairness, and equity a reality.

Ogilvy is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

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