Overview

We are Heartbeat, the Challenger Agency in healthcare marketing & advertising. We dedicate ourselves, every day, to tearing down the status quo and ensuring our clients brands are impossible to ignore.

If you're interested in overturning traditional thinking and opening the eyes of HCPs & Consumers alike to new healthcare options, you might be our next EVP, Executive Creative Director.

The EVP, Executive Creative Director (ECD) is a visionary leader responsible for generating, shaping, driving, and executing the creative direction and excellence of our agency. The EVP, ECD will oversee multidisciplinary teams, nurture creative talent, and foster a culture of collaboration, creativity, ingenuity, and integrity within the agency and Publicis network.

The EVP, ECD will report directly to the Chief Creative Officer (CCO) and is a key member of the agency's executive leadership team.

This spotlight leadership role will sit at the NYC office with an onsite presence.

Responsibilities

• Creative Leadership & Excellence: Leveraging deep, strategic creative development expertise, you will ensure the highest standards in visual storytelling, conceptual design, and brand consistency across all campaigns while continuously highlighting and developing the agency's creative vision, ensuring cohesiveness across departments and providing guidance to the creative team of art directors, copywriters, designers and other cross-discipline players.
• Strategic Direction: Collaborate with leadership and clients to develop creative strategies that advance brand objectives and drive business growth for pharmaceutical clients.
• Business Growth: Energized and excited about new business opportunities, bringing thoughtful, fresh, and strategic ideas to the table that are well-suited and bespoke to each new brand.
• Team Development: Mentor, develop, and embolden creative staff while fostering an environment that encourages innovation, professional growth, and collaboration.
• Client Engagement: Serve as a senior point of contact for clients, presenting creative concepts and ensuring their vision is realized while maintaining agency standards.
• Resource Management: Oversee allocation of creative resources, budgeting for creative projects, and management of freelance or external creative partners as needed.
• Thought Leadership: Contribute to Heartbeat's and Publicis Health's thought leadership and energize and inspire team members' creativity based on advertising trends and innovation.

Qualifications

• BA in Art, Design, Writing, Advertising, Communications, or related field.
• 10+ years of creative leadership experience, with at least 5 years in pharmaceutical advertising or healthcare communications.
• Exceptional portfolio demonstrating expertise in integrated campaign development for both pharmaceutical and traditional consumer brands.
• Strong understanding of pharmaceutical regulations, medical communications, and ethical advertising standards.
• Proven ability to lead, inspire, and manage multidisciplinary creative teams.
• Strong knowledge and curiosity around technology and GenAI practices.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and client relationship skills.
• Strategic thinker with a passion for creativity and innovation.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

Compensation Range: USD $275,000.00 - USD $335,000.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. This role may also be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 8/3/2026.