Freelance Assoc. Creative Director, Art (Healthcare)

Weber Shandwick - New York, NY

Full-time - Mid Level

New York, NY

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Freelance Associate Creative Director, Art at dna Communications is a pivotal role that combines strong conceptual thinking with solid design skills to manage and execute creative projects for large-scale health accounts. This position requires a blend of leadership, creativity, and collaboration, as the individual will work closely with junior creatives and various teams to deliver innovative and impactful work across multiple media platforms.

Responsibilities

• Generate fresh ideas across all existing and emerging experiential platforms including congresses, social, PR activations, online videos, brochures, etc.
• Help create a look and feel for brands when needed.
• Make use of a variety of conceptual disciplines (writing, pitching, brainstorming) while displaying an understanding of executional ones (graphic design, digital, social, and video).
• Join in concepting brainstorms with other creatives to come up with a range of ideas.
• Manage the overall quality of the creative concept and its execution.
• In partnership with the Group Creative Director, continually innovate process, ideas, and strategy to better support and grow accounts.
• With the Group Creative Director, drive the collaborative efforts of the project's creative team.

Requirements

• A strong portfolio of work with solid concepts and strong design.
• 7 to 10 years' experience in the media industry.
• A love of great ideas across the industry.
• The ability to concept across a broad range of media, in a variety of tones and voices.
• Proven leadership skills managing multiple projects/tasks/teams of varying complexities, meeting deadlines, and working well under pressure.
• Video production experience - whether for online video, TV, etc. Animating is a plus.
• The ability to storyboard scripts.
• Resilience, a cheerful and positive attitude, and respect for others.
• Good communication skills; someone who can present and defend work.
• Experience with social media platforms and a working knowledge of their best practices.
• An interest in staying on top of emerging platforms, mobile design, & development trends.
• A willingness to push creative boundaries.

Nice-to-haves

• Prior healthcare experience is a must.
• Education in advertising and conceptual thinking is preferred.
• Bonus skills: Figma, illustration, photography, retouching, filmmaking, editorial, HTML.

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications.