Senior Art Director

MRM McCann; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

MRM McCann in New York City seeks an experienced Art Director with pharmaceutical advertising background to drive creative execution across campaigns, collaborating with photographers, CGI artists, videographers, and illustrators.

You will present work to clients with the copy partner, manage multiple projects with deadlines, and mentor junior designers while maintaining elevated design standards.

Qualifications

• 3-4 years of pharmaceutical art direction experience in a fast-paced agency setting.
• Recent experience working on a pharmaceutical brand / familiarity with scientific information related to pharmaceutical advertising.
• Go-to ideator with ability to concept and collaborate on campaign/brand ideas with a creative team while juggling multiple projects and deadlines.
• Portfolio included with your application (website, link, or PDF).
• Ability to manage projects with minimal supervision and to present approved content to clients.

Responsibilities

• Daily creative execution of projects including new design, reviewing work, incorporating feedback, and ensuring consistency across campaign materials.
• Ensure projects are on time and meet high design standards.
• Understand brand strategies and how assets support client objectives.
• Present creative work with copy partner to clients, referencing brand strategies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Studio, Copy, PM, Account) and participate in shoots when possible.

Skills

Art Direction

Pharma Advertising

Portfolio Presentation

Tools

Adobe InDesign

Creative Suite

Figma

Job description

Agency

Omnicom Precision Marketing

Job Function

Creative

Job Subfunction

Art Direction

Job Description

MRM is part of theOmnicomPrecision Marketing activation practice. This practice integrates CRM platform expertise, journey management, and first-party data capabilities with creative excellence and performance capabilities, enablingOmnicom to deliver intelligent activation across the full funnel with data-driven decisioning at scale to help clients move faster and deliver more connected customer experiences.

MRM is a modern relationship marketing agency dedicated to building enduring brand relationships. MRM's specialized capabilities drive relationship lifetime value and span CRM, Customer Experience, and Commerce with data and martech at the core. MRM operates in a borderless, integrated way to enable greater collaboration, creativity, and true speed to market. For more information, please visit www.mrm.com.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the daily creative execution of projects including new design, reviewing projects, incorporating comments, and ensuring consistency across campaign materials
• Ensures projects are on time and meet the highest standards of design excellence
• Understands brand, disease state, and competitive products
• Understands brand strategies and how the assets created help solve client's business challenges
• Present creative work and ideas with copy partner to clients, referencing brand strategies
• Work on campaign execution, attend photo/video shoots (as opportunities present); engage with photographers, CGI artists, videographers, and illustrators with supervisor support
• Works collaboratively with all cross-functional team members including Studio, Copy, Project Management, and Account Management
• Support new business efforts and/or conceptual work
• Help to manage Studio Artists, Graphic Designers, freelancers, and more junior team members

Education and Experience

• 3-4 years of pharmaceutical art direction experience in a fast-paced agency setting
• Recent experience working on a pharmaceutical brand / familiarity with scientific information related to pharmaceutical advertising
• A go-to ideator, capable of concepting and collaborating on overall campaign/brand experience ideas with a creative team while working on multiple projects, within specific deadlines and prioritizing tasks for each brand.
• Understanding of the agency process and ability to ask direct and relevant questions pertaining to timing, content, or creative direction
• Proficient in Adobe InDesign, Creative suite, Figma
• A compelling portfolio included with your application (can be website, file sharing link or PDF attachment)
• Ability to manage projects with little supervision
• Proven ability to present approved content to clients
• Ability to manage your own time and workflows, and adhere to deadlines delivering quality work on time
• Proactive hand raiser who seeks creative opportunities above and beyond day to day work
• Ability to present approved content to clients
• Excellent attention to detail
• Show relentless devotion to craft, and creative excellence on projects big and small
• Motivated to seek/gain additional creative opportunities and work on new business pitches
• Proactive about finding inspiration and researching new creative ideas for keeping things fresh
• Autonomous, yet you know when and how to raise questions or issues to your manager

This role is based in New York City. The salary range for this position is $90,000 to $110,000. Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current/former employees in the subject position; the associated discipline; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee's/applicant's background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.

$90,000-$110,000

Omnicom's policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom's corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

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