Senior Art Director

Klick1; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Klick is seeking a Senior Art Director to lead strategic creative concepts and art direction for healthcare and pharmaceutical brands, guiding work from concept to final execution in partnership with Copy and cross-functional teams. You will direct designers, photographers, illustrators, and production partners, ensuring work is accurate, on strategy, and delivered to established timelines.

Collaboration with Client Services, Medical, Regulatory, and Production is essential to verify claims and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of art direction or design experience in marketing/advertising.
• Experience developing integrated campaigns and visual systems across channels.
• Healthcare/pharma/life sciences advertising experience, including medical/regulatory/claims-review processes.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud and design tools, with production-ready deliverables.
• Experience presenting concepts to clients or senior stakeholders and translating feedback into visuals.
• Experience directing or collaborating with designers, photographers, illustrators, and production partners across multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop integrated campaign concepts and art direction with Copy, translating objectives into creative executions across channels.
• Present and defend concepts to clients and stakeholders, incorporating feedback while maintaining strategic intent.
• Direct designers, photographers, illustrators, and production partners from concept to final delivery.
• Collaborate with Client Services, Medical, Regulatory, and Production to verify claims and ensure accuracy and timely delivery.

Skills

Art direction

Integrated campaigns

Healthcare advertising

Adobe Creative Cloud

Client presentations

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design or related

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Job description

The Senior Art Director develops strategic creative concepts and art direction for healthcare and pharmaceutical brands, taking work from initial concept through final execution in partnership with Copy and cross-functional teams. This role translates client objectives and audience insights into integrated creative work while collaborating with Client Services, Medical, Regulatory, Production, and other creative disciplines. The Senior Art Director also provides creative direction and feedback to junior team members while helping ensure work is accurate, on strategy, and delivered to established timelines.

What You'll Do

Develop integrated campaign concepts and art direction with Copy partners, translating client objectives, audience insights, and marketing strategy into clear creative executions across channels.

Present and defend creative concepts to clients and internal stakeholders, incorporating feedback while maintaining strategic intent and identifying opportunities to strengthen the work.

Direct designers, photographers, illustrators, and production partners from concept through final execution, applying appropriate production processes, image licensing, usage rights, and quality standards.

Partner with Client Services, Medical, Science & Regulatory, and Production teams to verify claims and content, resolve creative challenges, and deliver accurate work against project scope and deadlines.

Required:

• 3+ years of art direction or design experience within marketing or advertising, demonstrated through a portfolio of concept-driven work developed from initial idea through final execution.
• Experience developing integrated campaign concepts and visual systems, with portfolio examples demonstrating art direction across multiple channels and deliverable types.
• Healthcare, pharmaceutical, or life sciences advertising experience, including demonstrated work within medical, regulatory, or claims-review processes.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud and relevant design tools, demonstrated through professional creative deliverables and production-ready work.
• Experience presenting creative concepts to clients or senior stakeholders and translating strategic objectives and feedback into clear visual solutions.
• Experience directing or collaborating with designers, photographers, illustrators, production partners, and junior creatives across multiple concurrent projects and deadlines.

Desired:

• Comfort and enthusiasm for using AI as a regular part of how work gets done.
• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Advertising, Visual Communications, or a related discipline.
• Experience directing photography or illustration and carrying creative work through production and final delivery.
• Experience with image licensing, usage rights, print or digital production workflows, and other agency creative-production processes.
• Experience mentoring or supervising junior creatives through project-based direction, critique, and feedback.

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Our Commitment to Inclusion

Klick is consciously creating a culture where everyone can thrive and grow in their careers. We believe that our best work comes from our diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We strongly encourage members of historically underrepresented communities to apply, including Black people, Indigenous peoples, and other people of color, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and people with intersectional identities. We're also committed to developing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. Should you require any accommodation, please contact us at [e-mail] and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs and ensure you have a positive experience.

Klick uses an AI-powered tool as part of an automated process to support our hiring process by analyzing your experience, skills, and qualifications to help identify alignment with role requirements. Please note that the tool does not make final decisions or automatically disqualify candidates. Hiring decisions are made by our team, with thoughtful human judgment and oversight. We are committed to fair and transparent hiring practices and have implemented safeguards to help mitigate bias and support compliance with applicable laws. If you have questions, accessibility needs, or concerns about the use of this tool, please contact us.