Executive Vice President, Creative Director

Saatchi & Saatchi Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision care

401k plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible time off

Job summary

Saatchi & Saatchi Health is seeking an Executive Vice President, Creative Director to lead and elevate creative strategy for pharmaceutical campaigns in New York. You will guide visual storytelling, brand coherence, and industry-leading concepts while mentoring a diverse team of creative professionals.

You will drive strategic direction, client engagement, and new business opportunities, ensuring exceptional work and adherence to regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Creative advertising background in Art, Design, Writing, or related field.
• 15+ years of creative leadership experience, with at least 5 years in pharmaceutical advertising or healthcare communications.
• Exceptional portfolio demonstrating expertise in integrated campaign development for both pharmaceutical and traditional consumer brands.
• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical regulations, medical communications, and ethical advertising standards.
• Successful track record of pitching and winning new business.
• Proven ability to lead, inspire, and manage multidisciplinary creative teams.
• Strong knowledge and curiosity around technology and GenAI practices.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and client relationship skills.
• Strategic thinker with a passion for creativity and innovation.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide creative leadership and execution across campaigns with a hands-on mentoring approach.
• Collaborate with leadership to develop creative strategies that grow brands in pharma.
• Identify and pursue new business opportunities with thoughtful, strategic ideation.
• Mentor and develop a diverse, multi-disciplinary creative team.
• Engage senior clients, present concepts, and ensure their vision is realized while upholding agency standards.
• Oversee allocation of resources, budgeting for projects, and management of freelance partners.
• Contribute to thought leadership within Saatchi & Saatchi Health and Publicis Health.

Skills

Creative leadership

Pharma advertising

Integrated campaigns

Regulatory understanding

Pitching & winning business

Team leadership

GenAI awareness

Communication

Deadline discipline

Job description

Company Description

At Saatchi & Saatchi Health, we believe in making the impossible possible in health. We partner with our clients to turn complexity into clarity, ideas into impact, and ambition into real-world outcomes.

By combining creativity, data, and technology, we create work that doesn’t just reach people--it moves them, connects with them, and makes a difference in their lives. Because when our people bring curiosity and courage to the work, we unlock new possibilities for our clients, and better outcomes for the patients they serve. We’re here to push what health can be. And to make it matter.

Overview

Saatchi & Saatchi Health is searching for an Executive Vice President, Creative Director. Please see your job description and responsibilities listed below.

Responsibilities

• Creative Leadership & Execution: Leveraging deep, strategic creative development expertise, you will ensure the highest standards in visual storytelling, conceptual design, and brand consistency across all campaigns while continuously highlighting and developing the agency’s creative vision, ensuring cohesiveness across departments and providing guidance to the creative team of art directors, copywriters, designers and other cross-discipline players. You will not just oversee but become a maker when the opportunity to inspire, mentor, and educate with a hands-on approach presents itself.
• Strategic Direction: Collaborate with leadership and clients to develop creative strategies that advance brand objectives and drive business growth for pharmaceutical clients.
• Business Growth: Bring energy and enthusiasm to each new business opportunity through thoughtful, fresh, and strategic ideation bespoke to each new brand.
• Team Development: Inheriting a talented, diverse, and multi-functional team of SVPs, you will mentor, develop, and embolden creative staff while fostering an environment that encourages innovation, professional growth, and collaboration.
• Client Engagement: Serve as a senior point of contact for all Saatchi & Saatchi Health’s clients, presenting creative concepts and ensuring their vision is realized while maintaining agency standards.
• Resource Management: Oversee allocation of creative resources, budgeting for creative projects, and management of freelance or external creative partners as needed.
• Thought Leadership: Contribute to Saatchi & Saatchi Health’s and Publicis Health’s thought leadership and energize and inspire team members’ creativity based on advertising trends and innovation.
• Client Engagement: Serve as a senior point of contact for all Saatchi & Saatchi Health’s clients, presenting creative concepts and ensuring their vision is realized while maintaining agency standards.
• Resource Management: Oversee allocation of creative resources, budgeting for creative projects, and management of freelance or external creative partners as needed.
• Thought Leadership: Contribute to Saatchi & Saatchi Health’s and Publicis Health’s thought leadership and energize and inspire team members’ creativity based on advertising trends and innovation.

Qualifications

• Creative advertising background in Art, Design, Writing, or related field.
• 15+ years of creative leadership experience, with at least 5 years in pharmaceutical advertising or healthcare communications.
• Exceptional portfolio demonstrating expertise in integrated campaign development for both pharmaceutical and traditional consumer brands.
• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical regulations, medical communications, and ethical advertising standards.
• Successful track record of pitching and winning new business.
• Proven ability to lead, inspire, and manage multidisciplinary creative teams.
• Strong knowledge and curiosity around technology and GenAI practices.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and client relationship skills.
• Strategic thinker with a passion for creativity and innovation.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

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.

Compensation Range: USD $0.00 - USD $0.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. This role may also be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation. 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. 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 12/1/2026.