Associate Creative Director, Art - Healthcare Advertising

Why Precision AQ 
When you love what you do, it won’t feel like work. Who says your calling and career have to be mutually exclusive? People who join us at Precision AQ are drawn to our agency because of their passion for and commitment to truly cutting-edge and incredible work – they stay for our ethos of wecentricity, the community and collaboration we foster here. Launching clients’ treatments. Changing patients’ lives. Advancing creativity and strategy, improving results and outcomes. We do our best and most innovative work when it’s fueled by purpose and comprised of the unique and varied perspectives and abilities of our team across the globe. 

At Precision AQ , talent is displayed in the work, not flaunted in plumes of conceit. Here, cooperation and wecentricity are what we champion. Are you a self-effacing rock star? A sensible diva? A down-to-earth maestro? Have we got a stage for you. Our people are wildly talented, clever, and inspiring. 

 

Who we are:
We are in the business of ideas, translating a client’s strategy into a creative experience that resonates and impacts all audiences. We are surprising and unexpected. If you work in a creative agency, you must be inherently creative. And if you work in the creative department, it is your prerogative to approach any project, big or small, with curiosity and ingenuity, striving to deliver high quality and high impact work. 

  

Essential functions of the job include but are not limited to:   

Design 

• Responsible for the clear articulation of the visual brand 

• Responsible for communicating all enhancements and nuances of the brand to the clients and team members 

• Responsible for ensuring all elements of the brand are working in harmony in a consistent way   

• Responsible for informed, thoughtful art direction, whether that work is self-created or created by team members 

 

Concepting 

• Partner with a writer to develop compelling creative concepts 

• Review existing materials, gather appropriate in-house resources, and identify further research needs to begin a project 

• Evaluate other's work based on the core criteria: 

1. On brand: Aligns with current brand standards,
2. On strategy: Aligns with current creative brief and client-provided documentation,
3. Clear, compelling, and stylish
4. Extendable and able to flow effortlessly through an entire brand

 

Production 

• Seek out and art directs photographers, illustrators, and other suppliers to produce high-quality work for clients 

• Develop comprehensive shot list and gets buy in from internal team and clients 

• Direct on-site video and photo shoot  

• Review post-production with accuracy and details 

 

Presenting 

• Present to and communicates with clients without supervision. 

• Client communications should lead to a shared understanding of changes needed and next steps for all deliverables. This includes: 

• Articulating design vision ensuring client buy-in 

• Offering strategic rationale for what was created 

• Explaining deliberate tone differentiation from competition 

 

Team Interaction/Management 

• Responsible for informing AT/PM team when inadequate information exists for particular part of an ask 

• Responsible for strong relationships with other agency team members outside of the creative group along as well as clients. 

• Work with other team members to find solutions to challenging problems 

• Take time to work with his/her direct reports on both areas in need of improvement as well as teaching them to leverage inherent assets. 

• Deliver constructive feedback, early/often and in-person.  

• Incorporate ideas and make revisions in response to the feedback and criticisms of clients and team members in a business-like, open-minded manner. Offer well-reasoned and thoughtful critiques of others’ work 

 

Product & Content Knowledge  

• Understand product, category and competition so that can easily jump into any strategic discussion 

• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the brand narrative, key messages and data along with the ability to verbally communicate it internally and to clients 

 

Strategy  

• Engage in strategic conversations with client 

• Represent creative team with another senior representative of the agency (account, strategy) 

 

Business Development  

• Participate in new business development opportunities with established clients 

• Promote, when appropriate, other agency services to established clients (planning, interactive)  

• Assume a role in new business pitches 

 

Creative & Agency Leadership  

• Develop sound understanding of agency experience and full range of agency capabilities 

• Is clear and consistent in direction and is a role model for the rest of his/her team in terms of work ethic and dependability 

 

Qualifications:  

Education Requirements: 

• Bachelor's degree and or art/design/portfolio school, strong portfolio  

Minimum Required:  

• 7 years design related experience in advertising or marketing agency; Healthcare Industry/Medical Field, preferred; Advanced conceptual ability with sophisticated design sense 

Other Required:  

• Knowledge of Mac OS platform, as well as all current design software, including, but not limited to, Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, and Photoshop; Proficiency of Microsoft Office (notably PowerPoint and Word); proficiency of pre-press production, and proficiency with communication/documentation platforms such as, ProofHQ, Workfront, etc.   

 

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