Creative Director, Market Access Art — Remote

Clutch; California; On-site; USD 175,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Clutch is seeking a Creative Director, Art (Pharma Market Access) to lead the creative vision for a growing market access agency. Remote in the US, you will manage a small high-performing team, balancing hands-on design with leadership to deliver compliant, compelling multichannel work for pharmaceutical clients.

You will shape the agency’s creative strategy, visuals, and voice, collaborating with leadership and clients to uphold brand integrity while driving business growth in a fast-moving

Qualifications

• Lead creative strategy across multiple channels (digital, print, presentations, banners, social).
• Mentor and develop the creative team to ensure high-quality output.

Responsibilities

• Lead, inspire, and mentor the creative team across digital and print deliverables for pharmaceutical clients.
• Define and execute the long-term creative vision and agency identity.
• Own the agency’s evolving creative standards and alignment with client needs and regulatory requirements (MLR, ISI, fair balance).
• Hands-on development of concepts, review of design work, and providing strategic direction.

Skills

Creative leadership

Mentoring

Client relationships

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory awareness

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

PowerPoint

Job description

Role: Creative Director, Art (Pharma Market Access)

Location: remote (must be located and authorized to work in the US)

Salary: $175-210k + 15% bonus

Clutch Creative is a rapidly growing staffing agency. We support our clients by identifying unreachable talent that helps their businesses grow.

Our candidates work with us because they know we have the best opportunities available to them and will help them navigate their next career move.

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About Our Client

Our client is a growing global management consultancy specializing in biopharmaceutical strategy and execution, with deep expertise in specialty therapeutics, particularly oncology and rare diseases, helping clients achieve commercial success across the lifecycle of their products, portfolios, and organizations. Through their in-house creative agency, they turn strategy into compelling multichannel marketing, design, and communications, with a focus on market access and value and access messaging.

Position Overview

As a Creative Director at this fast-growing market access agency, you’ll lead the charge in shaping the creative vision and execution of work across a pharmaceutical and life sciences client base. You’ll lead a small, high-performing team in crafting smart, compelling, and compliant creative concepts and tools that drive impact in a regulated environment. This role bridges high-level vision with day-to-day execution—balancing hands-on design and concept development with creative leadership and team mentorship.

You will help define and uphold the creative standards for the agency, collaborate closely with cross-functional partners and clients, and play a pivotal role in defining the creative strategy, visual identity, and voice of the agency itself. If you thrive in a fast-moving environment, enjoy wearing many hats, and care deeply about both the craft and the business, this is an opportunity to help shape a growing agency from the inside out.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead, inspire, and mentor the creative team—guiding concept development, execution, and refinement across a range of digital and print deliverables for an array of pharmaceutical clients
• Collaborate with agency leadership to define and execute the long-term creative vision, personality, and identity of the agency
• Own the agency’s evolving creative vision and standards, ensuring every output meets high-quality expectations and client needs
• Work hands-on in developing creative concepts, producing and reviewing design work, and providing strategic, visual, and verbal direction
• Actively participate in brainstorming sessions, provide feedback on in-progress work, and collaborate with team members to shape and evolve ideas
• Serve as the creative lead for specific client accounts—maintaining strong relationships, aligning work with brand and business objectives, and supporting regulatory requirements (e.g., MLR, ISI, fair balance)
• Champion creative excellence across the agency, balancing originality, impact, and compliance
• Work closely with operations, project, and account teams to manage resourcing, team capacity, timelines, and project budgets
• Support business development by contributing to pitch decks, presenting creative thinking in selling situations, and helping grow client relationships
• Play an active role in team growth—vetting new hires, identifying emerging needs and opportunities for new capabilities, and helping to shape core service offerings as the agency scales

Desired Experience And Skills

• Demonstrated ability to lead creative strategy, ideation, and execution across multiple channels—digital, print, presentations, banners, social, and more
• Prior experience working in the market access space is crucial; background in oncology, rare disease, or other specialty pharma spaces is a plus
• Hands-on proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, PowerPoint, and other relevant tools
• Exceptional visual design skills and the ability to give clear, constructive feedback to creative teams
• Strong track record of mentoring creative teams and fostering professional growth
• Skilled in building relationships with clients, internal teams, and external partners
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills
• Experience supporting new business pitches, presenting and selling creative ideas to clients, and contributing to the growth of an agency or business unit
• Comfortable shifting between high-level thinking and hands-on design, as needed, in a collaborative organizational environment that values flexibility and accountability
• Familiarity with pharmaceutical marketing and regulatory constraints (MLR, ISI, fair balance, referencing)
• A strong understanding of brand strategy and its role in creative execution

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in creative roles, including at least 3 years in a senior or leadership capacity
• Strong portfolio showcasing conceptual thinking, brand development, and multichannel execution (digital, print, presentations, banners, emails, etc.)
• Experience building or leading teams in a startup or growing small agency environment
• Experience managing freelancers or vendors
• Familiarity with the market access space including key access trends and terminology

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