Creative Director

Princeton10

Chicago, IL

Remote

Who this role is best for

Creative professionals with pharmaceutical or healthcare agency experience and leadership skills in multidisciplinary teams will find this remote leadership role in Chicago a strategic fit.

Best fit for

Candidates with 16+ years of creative experience in healthcare or pharma agencies and leadership in multidisciplinary teams
— “At least 16 years of creative experience, including significant experience within a pharmaceutical or healthcare agency environment.”
Individuals who have led integrated creative strategy and brand planning for complex client assignments
— “Lead integrated creative strategy and execution across a portfolio of brands, audiences, channels, and complex client assignments.”
Candidates who can demonstrate a track record of building leadership pipelines and managing performance across teams
— “Develop the department’s leadership pipeline through coaching, performance management, succession planning, and thoughtful delegation.”

Things to consider

Remote work is expected, though preference is given to Eastern time zone candidates
— “This role is open to remote candidates in the United States, with a preference for candidates in the Eastern time zone.”
Candidates must be prepared to navigate a highly regulated environment with strategic and creative demands
— “ensuring ideas are strategically grounded, creatively distinctive, and effective within a highly regulated environment.”

How to stand out

Emphasize experience in integrating art and copy for strategic healthcare campaigns
— “Create an environment where art and copy operate as an integrated partnership and consistently produce strategically sound, compelling work.”
Showcase a portfolio with work across multiple channels and audiences tied to brand strategy
— “A portfolio demonstrating strategically grounded concepts, integrated campaigns, and high-quality work across multiple channels and audiences.”
Highlight leadership in resolving complex challenges involving regulatory compliance and business objectives
— “Ability to balance ambitious creative thinking with strategic, regulatory, operational, and commercial realities.”

Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

Set and upheld creative vision
Led integrated creative strategy
Guided creative leaders
Built trusted client relationships

Typical background

16+ years of creative experience5+ years of leadership experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Creative LeadershipClient Relationship ManagementCreative StrategyTeam LeadershipCreative DirectionCreative Problem SolvingCreative Standards

Preferred

Healthcare Industry KnowledgeRegulatory Compliance

Stack & domain

AdvertisingCommunicationsMarketingDesignLife SciencesLeadershipTeam ManagementClient Relationship BuildingPharmaceuticalWellness

About the role

Original posting from Princeton10 via Lever

We are looking for a Creative Director to join our team. You will lead the development and delivery of exceptional creative work across art and copy. You will set the creative vision for a portfolio of pharmaceutical and wellness clients, ensuring ideas are strategically grounded, creatively distinctive, and effective within a highly regulated environment. You will guide multidisciplinary teams, develop creative leaders, strengthen client relationships, and help shape the capabilities and standards that support P10’s continued growth.
This role is open to remote candidates in the United States, with a preference for candidates in the Eastern time zone. You will report to an executive creative leader.
Responsibilities:
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Set and uphold the creative vision, standards, and ways of working across art and copy.
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Lead integrated creative strategy and execution across a portfolio of brands, audiences, channels, and complex client assignments.
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Guide Associate Creative Directors and other creative leaders, ensuring teams have clear direction, effective coaching, and appropriate decision-making authority.
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Create an environment where art and copy operate as an integrated partnership and consistently produce strategically sound, compelling work.
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Serve as the senior creative voice in high-stakes client discussions, brand planning, concept presentations, and executive-level meetings.
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Build trusted relationships with senior clients by connecting creative recommendations to brand strategy, audience needs, and business objectives.
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Provide decisive creative direction and resolve complex challenges involving strategy, craft, client feedback, regulatory requirements, timelines, staffing and resources.
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Maintain accountability for the quality, strategic alignment, accuracy, and regulatory viability of creative work across the portfolio.
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Partner with cross-functional leaders to shape briefs, brand plans, communication strategies, and innovative client solutions.
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Develop the department’s leadership pipeline through coaching, performance management, succession planning, and thoughtful delegation.
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Monitor the performance and health of the creative function, using business and talent insights to improve quality, efficiency, collaboration, and scalability.
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Stay ahead of trends across healthcare, culture, technology, media, and creativity—translating relevant developments into stronger work and agency-wide points of view
Requirements:
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Bachelor’s degree in advertising, communications, marketing, design, life sciences, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
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At least 16 years of creative experience, including significant experience within a pharmaceutical or healthcare agency environment.
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At least five years of progressive leadership experience, including responsibility for multidisciplinary teams and other people leaders with demonstrated success building teams, developing senior talent, managing performance, and planning resources across competing priorities.
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A strong foundation in either art or copy, with demonstrated ability to evaluate, direct, and elevate both disciplines.
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A portfolio demonstrating strategically grounded concepts, integrated campaigns, and high-quality work across multiple channels and audiences.
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Proven experience leading complex, high-value client relationships, brand planning, and creative work across multiple brands or accounts.
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Strong business judgment, including an understanding of scopes, budgets, staffing, utilization, profitability, and agency growth.
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Exceptional communication, presentation, influence, and relationship-building skills.
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Ability to balance ambitious creative thinking with strategic, regulatory, operational, and commercial realities
Compensation:
Our total compensation package includes base salary, bonus, medical benefits, 401k match and more. We are a fully remote company.
Interested in working with us? Apply online today. For this role, a copy of your work portfolio will also be required for future interview stages.
Not an agency*
The layer-laden teams. The prehistoric processes. The impersonal, ego-driven dog-and-pony shows. Take what you think you know about agencies and burn it. P10 was born of the idea that if something isn’t working—or could work better—change it. And that’s exactly what we did. We know that what we’re not makes us who we are. And we’re not just another agency. We are people driven by a palpable passion and purpose, felt by our clients from the very first conversation.
P10 brings together a team of diverse, remote-only seasoned professionals to deliver exceptional value for our clients. Dare to do something different - join us.

Source: Princeton10 careers (Lever)