Creative Director, Art

UNAVAILABLE; New York (NY); On-site; USD 129,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

Heartbeat, a healthcare challenger brand agency, is seeking a Creative Director, Art. You will lead a cross-functional team to deliver game-changing campaigns for HCPs and consumers, shaping creative strategy in collaboration with copy, strategy and account teams.

The role requires deep pharma experience and a track record of high-sci projects. Based in New York, you will mentor creatives, present concepts to clients, help grow the business, manage budgets and timelines, and push for innovative,

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Creative Direction for pharma.
• Proven conceptual ability across HCP and DTC, including high science projects.
• Experience with onset and production.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creative team to deliver high-quality work with strong brand strategy.
• Inspire and manage creatives to produce outstanding work.
• Oversee client-facing presentations and concept development.
• Collaborate with account management and strategy to grow business.
• Ensure projects meet deadlines and budgets.
• Develop innovative campaigns for Healthcare Providers and consumers.

Skills

Pharma agency experience

Conceptual creative ability

Onset/production experience

Client contact & organic growth

Collaboration with account & strategy

Presentation skills

Leading creatives

Job description

Company Description

Heartbeat is a full-service agency for healthcare Challenger Brands. Challengers are playing a high-stakes game—they must battle behemoth market leaders, upend ingrained treatment habits, or transform a “me-too” product into “yes-please.”

The agency is known for serving up distinctive strategies and differentiating approaches, ensuring clients’ market positions are uniquely owned. Heartbeat designs their organization around a 100% integration model, housing media, strategy, med comms, creative, technology, and even point of care/population health under the same roof for the tightest, most integrated campaigns possible. They price work based on outcomes, not outputs. Their innovative model delivers not only alignment, but powerful orchestration, greater efficiency, and maximum impact for every dollar spent—all the necessary elements for Challengers to triumph.

That’s the philosophy, here’s the creds: 250+ employees between NYC & LA; 6 agency leaders with decades of tenure; a pile of awards from the likes of the Mannys, MM&M Awards, OMMAs, and Clios; an industry-leading commitment to diversity and inclusion (with a Med Ad News D&I Champion nod to match); and a President who dared to be quoted as saying, “We celebrate people who stand up and say, ‘You know what? This is dumb.' Damn straight.

Job Description

We’re Heartbeat, the marketing agency for Healthcare Challenger Brands and the brave clients behind them. And hopefully you’re our next Creative Director, Art, helping us to deliver game-changing campaigns for Consumers & HCPs.

The Creative Director, Art at Heartbeat is responsible for making things that matter. Through a strong partnership with copy, strategy, and account, they foster creative solutions that make healthcare decisions easier, more accessible, and ultimately more enduring for patients and healthcare providers.

Read on to learn more about what qualities we’re looking for in a new member of the crew and why you’re going to dig working with us.

Responsibilities

• Work with copy counterpart to address creative quality through strong brand strategy, client management and team dynamics.
• Inspire creative teams to produce the best work possible through a deep understanding of the current advertising landscape as well as technological trends and innovations.
• Develop innovative creative strategies and ideas.
• Help develop and review creative briefs that provide strategic insight(s) and creative inspiration.
• Manage the workload for assigned account(s) to maximize the productivity and quality of work from the creative staff.
• Demonstrate to clients that you understand and appreciate their marketing challenges and are responsive to their strategic needs.
• Ensure that creative presentations to the client meet the highest professional standards.
• Work with account services to foster client relationships.
• Work with upper management to plan and participate in new business development, client presentations and selling creative concepts internally and externally.
• Work with current creative staff to help them achieve professional and personal goals.
• Help ensure that deadlines and budgets are met.

Qualifications

Across 10+ years of experience, you know what it takes to slay Creative Direction. These are the core skills you’ve totally nailed:

• Pharma agency experience is a must.
• A proven track record of conceptual creative ability and judgment across HCP and DTC projects, including high science projects.
• Onset, production experience
• Successful client contact experience and ability to grow business organically
• The ability to work collaboratively with account management and strategy
• Excellent presentation skills
• Successful experience in managing and leading creatives

Additional Information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [e-mail].

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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Compensation Range: USD $129,485.00 - USD $207,324.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 8/17/2026.