Creative Director

BOLDSCIENCE
United Kingdom
Remote

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for creative leaders with global brand experience who thrive in cross-functional collaboration and hands-on execution, working remotely for a UK-based company with a focus on medical communications.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 13+ years of global brand creative direction experience and leadership in cross-functional teams
    — “13+ years of experience with a strong background in design & creative direction for global brands”
  • Individuals who have led brand identity creation and large-scale creative campaigns in healthcare or scientific domains
    — “Prior experience launching new brands and creating brand identities”
  • Creative professionals with a proven ability to translate complex scientific briefs into compelling visual narratives
    — “helping to write and distil the client brief into realized compositions and campaigns”

Things to consider

  • The role demands high-level hands-on creative execution despite global team leadership responsibilities
    — “Responsible for doing hands-on design work and execution for high-impact design and creative projects”
  • Candidates must be prepared to work remotely while managing teams across the US and UK
    — “direct a team of Associate Creative Directors, Senior Art Directors, Senior Animators, Senior 2D/3D MOD/MOA animators, Storyboard Artists, and Video Editors in the US and the UK”

How to stand out

  • Showcase your hands-on design work across multiple platforms, including digital and video formats
    — “Hands-on expertise in developing creative solutions and campaigns across platforms including advertising, videos, websites, brand/corporate ID, interactive, presentations, and events”
  • Emphasize your experience in refining creative processes and workflows for teams
    — “Help refine and augment creative process and workflow”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • leading creative concepts and execution
  • overseeing creative quality
  • managing high-impact design projects
Typical background
creative directionbrand strategy

Skills & requirements

Required

Creative DirectionBrand StrategyCampaign DevelopmentTeam Leadership

Preferred

Medical CommunicationsDigital AdvertisingScientific Expertise

Stack & domain

DesignCreative DirectionBrand IdentityAdobe PhotoshopIllustratorCommunicationProblem-solvingTeamworkMarketingAdvertisingHealthcare

About the role

Original posting from BOLDSCIENCE

Our mission at BOLDSCIENCE is to disrupt the Medical Communication and Healthcare Advertising industry by offering the most complete suite of industry leading scientific, creative, and digital expertise under one roof. Our vision is to create the most memorable programs that inspire change – helping healthcare companies to improve patients’ lives.

We believe that the power of great storytelling combined with vast scientific expertise will differentiate us from other agencies in this space. This role is for an experienced creative visionary to help us lead the way as a Creative Director. A BOLDSCIENCE Creative Director serves as one of the lead conductors of concept development in partnership with client services and scientific executives. They will recommend and create compelling campaigns, experiences, and brand strategies that meet out clients' objectives and BOLD's company mission. The Creative Director is responsible for leading creative concepts and execution on assigned new business pitches, RFP responses, capability presentations, and for leading large-scale high-stakes creative projects and campaigns. They will provide global oversight to ensure outstanding creative quality across the department, and direct a team of Associate Creative Directors, Senior Art Directors, Senior Animators, Senior 2D/3D MOD/MOA animators, Storyboard Artists, and Video Editors in the US and the UK. 

DAY TO DAY RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Creative Director is responsible for providing an insightful and imaginative vision for the execution or art direction of projects including but not limited to client campaigns, marketing initiatives, branding initiatives, drug launch meetings and campaigns, campaign videos, animations, drug/disease education-based websites, scientific congress booth interactives and deliverables, brand and demand generation campaigns, in-person and digital events, print and digital advertising, social media, campaign assets, corporate videos, patient videos and 3D MOA/MOD videos 

In collaboration with scientific and client services leaders the Creative Director is responsible for helping to write and distil the client brief into realized compositions and campaigns 

Responsible for writing and delivering the creative and brand strategy of concepts and campaigns  

The Creative Director needs to remain constantly aware of developing trends in the medical communications industry to better service the client and BOLDSCIENCE’s business strategy 

Through the delivery of impactful creative, effective execution and planning, the Creative Director will help grow BOLDSCIENCE’s reputation for stand-out creative execution 

Generate new and innovative creative strategies and ideas to meet creative objectives

Responsible for doing hands-on design work and execution for high-impact design and creative projects

Help refine and augment creative process and workflow

Build relationships with internal and external teams and help to reinforce our global approach to working

Ensure the highest level of artistic and creative output

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

13+ years of experience with a strong background in design & creative direction for global brands 

Prior experience launching new brands and creating brand identities

Extraordinary design skills with a stand-out portfolio

5-10 years' experience managing, coaching, and leading a creative team

Ability to operate and thrive in a fast-paced and iterative environment 

Expertise in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, PowerPoint, and web design 

Experience in overseeing and enforcing the creative processes and workflows for creative teams 

Proven track-record at collaborating with cross-functional global teams

Conceptual/strategic thinker- approaches every project with a strong plan and as an opportunity to be a creative problem solver

Strong written and verbal communication skills, and presentation skills, including experience selling through your creative vision and ideas

Hands-on expertise in developing creative solutions and campaigns across platforms including advertising, videos, websites, brand/corporate ID, interactive, presentations, and events

Experience in creating social media promotion and social media campaign development

Demonstrates financial accountability by determining proper budgets and timelines

Source: BOLDSCIENCE careers

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