Job DescriptionTHE POSITION: The Art Supervisor (AS) is an active contributor to the creative team, taking full responsibility of concept and art/design development across various projects ranging in complexity and scope. The AS is a direct liaison between creative and junior/mid-level account team members, focused on answering strategic and creative expectations. The AS has solid understanding of FDA regulations, and pharmaceutical promotion requirements across all communication channels. Additionally, the AS has an intimate knowledge of marketing/advertising principles necessary to ensure work achieves full potential, adheres to brand standards, and ensures a consistent brand experience across all channels. The AS expertly presents and defends work internally and externally as needed. The AS exhibits leadership capabilities by monitoring workload of direct reports, intervening when necessary, so that quality and timelines are not compromised. The AS plays a pivotal role in leading and elevating design/art direction across the team.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Our employees are tasked with delivering excellent business results through the efforts of their teams. These results are achieved by:
- The ability to lead and elevate art/design across the team, adding value wherever possible
- Adept at providing constructive feedback to more junior-level creatives, advancing the creative from both a copy and art standpoint
- Possesses strong conceptual skills with the ability to bring a wide range of creative solutions to every project
- Leads art direction across projects ranging in scope, complexity, and channel to create a cohesive brand experience that meets/exceeds expectations
- Proficient in estimating individual hours (for oneself and direct reports) for a variety of different projects
- Ability to use advanced design principals to distill complex scientific information and turn it into compelling, clear data visualizations for our brands
- Understands the importance of utilization and works hard to hit targets for themselves and direct reports
- Knowledge of accessibility best practices and a commitment to apply them to our work
- Mentors and grows junior team members, elevating their designs and expanding their industry knowledge
- Growing knowledge of our clients' business and how our work impacts the business
- Proactively works in close concert with planning, UX, and development to ensure team alignment
- Develops strong relationships with creative, account management, product management, production, studio, and cross functional team members
- Confidently presents and helps sell ideas to our clients
- Volunteers to contribute to new business efforts
- Mastery in developing multichannel creative (within portfolio) that displays strong conceptual thinking, strategic/business acumen, and finely crafted designs
- A wide range of industry experience including launches, label updates, etc.
- Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.
- All other duties as assigned
QualificationsMINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: The requirements listed below are representative of the experience, education, knowledge, skill and/or abilities required.
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Fine Arts, Advertising, or a related field.
- 6+ years of design experience within an agency; 2-3 years of pharma experience is needed.
- Creative Development: Proven ability to take full responsibility for concept and art/design development across various projects of differing complexity and scope.
- Strategic Liaison: Experience acting as a direct liaison between creative teams and junior/mid-level account team members, ensuring strategic and creative expectations are met.
- Regulatory Knowledge: Solid understanding of FDA regulations and pharmaceutical promotion requirements across all communication channels.
- Marketing Principles: Intimate knowledge of marketing and advertising principles to ensure work achieves its full potential, adheres to brand standards, and provides a consistent brand experience across all channels.
- Presentation Skills: Expertise in presenting and defending work both internally and externally.
- Leadership: Demonstrated leadership capabilities, including monitoring the workload of direct reports and intervening when necessary to maintain quality and timelines.
- Design/Art Direction: Ability to lead and elevate design and art direction across the team.
- Must have DTC/DTP experience and be highly conceptual; Adobe Creative Suite is a must and Figma is ideal.
