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SVP Group Creative Director
Omnicom Health Group is the largest healthcare marketing and communications network in the world, partnering with clients to achieve meaningful change through innovative communications. The SVP, Group Creative Director/Art will work closely with the Executive Creative Director to ensure the excellence of all Agency work for assigned brands while mentoring team members and contributing to client business growth.
Responsibilities
Demonstrate leadership qualities as evident by ability to collaborate with leadership partners (copy and account), motivate team, inspire/facilitate original thinking, and keep morale high
Lead concepting initiatives, contributing work, ensuring creative briefs are inspired and focused, evaluating work, and selling work to client
Partner with account/strategy/medical to develop proactive recommendations in anticipation of market events (i.e., launch of new competitors, new data, new campaigns, societal/cultural events)
Stay abreast of creative trends and collaborate with CX team to recommend new technologies/social medial approaches to grow business
Proactively seek opportunities for improvements within assigned business group and department and offer executable solutions
Keep Chief Creative Officer briefed on major creative projects in a timely manner and contribute to achieving departmental goals
Work closely with CCO, VP Creative Directors, and Associate Creative Director(s), to ensure that all final products demonstrate the highest quality creative and effectively communicate brand messages to target audiences
Be involved in the work, helping to execute ideas as needed
Establish credibility with Clients at all levels by demonstrating knowledge of Client’s business and team members
Exhibit strong content knowledge and work with UX/strategy group to ensure art teams are up-to-date on digital innovation and market shifts
Keep abreast of award-winning creative and the current promotional environment for assigned therapeutic categories and help teams identify and prepare work for award submissions
Act as a brand steward, maintaining the integrity and excellence of each brand in all materials developed
Be knowledgeable about all forms of art execution, including photography, CGI, motion, music, and sound
Consistently provide fresh, unique, and creative and strategic thinking for all brand marketing/advertising initiatives
Ensure that Agency work is on strategy and contributes to growing the Client’s business
Work as a team with copywriters to develop conceptual approaches to meet Client objectives
Act as gatekeeper to ensure that all final products released demonstrate only the highest quality creative and effectively communicates brand messages to targeted customers
Be an effective presenter and clearly communicate creative concepts and rationale for design choices to team and clients and/or new business prospects
Demonstrate ability to 'zoom in and out' (big picture thinking as well as attention to details) as necessary
Collaborate effectively with Client/Agency Creative, Account, Customer Experience teams
Work collaboratively with the Imaging team, DEI, and art buying during concepting, and studio for file archiving
Help create a collaborative work environment among all departments and demonstrate ability to handle conflicts in a positive, professional and productive manner
Work with account service from beginning to end of projects, ensuring that each one meets creative, strategic, and budgetary goals
Maintain positive relationships with and utilize internal and OHG business group departments (editorial, project management) appropriately
Communicate effectively and professionally both internally and externally
Project a professional attitude and foster an atmosphere of respect, support, and cooperation
Monitor overall workload to effect efficiency and assure that waiting or downtime is minimized
Provide leadership within their department as well as across the Agency
Solicit feedback/suggestions that could impact agency policy and operations – ensure those ideas are explored and responses provided
Proactively manage the overall health of the team/department/business by ensuring agency values are being pulled through in daily interactions and work
Inspire direct reports to learn, teach, and mentor
Teach direct reports the importance of fiscal responsibility and the impact their role has on the team/department and Agency
Qualification
Required
College degree
10+ years of healthcare agency experience
7+ years of supervisory experience
Proficiency in Adobe Suite, Figma, AI Tools, (XD preferred but not mandatory), Microsoft Office
Exemplary creative portfolio
Exemplary oral and written communication and presentation skills