The Associate Creative Director, Art is responsible for leading the creative work. This leadership role includes assigning teams, inspiring those teams to consistently produce exceptional concepts and final work, and working closely with account management to ensure that our clients are satisfied with the quality of our creative work. 

Specifically, the ACD, Art has the following responsibilities: 

Leadership  

• Work with the Group Creative Director to address performance, workflow, and quality issues and develop long-range plans for the team. 

• Demonstrate to clients that you understand and appreciate their marketing challenges and are responsive to their strategic needs. 

• Train new employees on responsibilities and agency procedures, and work with current creative staff to help them achieve professional and personal goals. 

• Work with the upper management team to plan and pursue continuing strategic growth of agency billings and participate in new business pitch opportunities. 

Creativity  

• Help develop and review creative briefs that provide strategic insight(s) and creative inspiration. 

• Inspiring creative teams to produce the best work possible. 

• Evaluating concepts, copy and art, at pre-determined points and providing direction prior to review by account management. 

• Setting high creative standards that lead to a body of work that creates enthusiastic customers and clients, and is consistently recognized by agency management as on strategy and unique to the healthcare sector. 

• Leading the creative efforts on new business assignments, as needed. 

• Ensure that creative presentations to the client meet the highest professional standards. 

Productivity 

• Manage the workload for assigned book of business to maximize the productivity and quality of work from the creative staff. 

• Manage book of business to ensure that the creative team maintains a high percentage of billable hours. 

• Help ensure that deadlines and budgets are met. 

• 6+ years of agency experience with primarily an Art background 

• A proven track record of conceptual creative ability and judgment 

• Successful client contact experience and ability to grow business organically 

• The ability to work collaboratively with account management 

• Excellent presentation skills 

• Successful experience in managing creatives 

• The availability to travel to meet client and agency needs 

• The availability and commitment to work extra hours as needed to ensure client satisfaction 

Hell yes, I want to do all of that. But tell me more about Heartbeat…

Heartbeat is a healthcare marketing & creative agency, headquartered in NYC and powered by ~300 smart people all over the US. In the past four years, we’ve been named a 4-time “Best Place to Work” by AdAge and MM+M and a “Diversity & Inclusion Champion” by MedAdNews.

We care about three big things:

1. Empowering Challenger Brands
We work with marketers who have big mountains to climb and the ambition to make it happen. As their sherpa and sidekicks, we must relentlessly deliver on our core values: insightful, inventive, and courageous.

2. Being the Best Place You’ll Ever Work

This isn’t all pool tables and Bagel Fridays — it’s about giving you the support to do and be your best. Examples include the ability to work wherever (forever), unlimited PTO, and self-care stipends. We also love to let loose, whether through selfie scavenger hunts or bouts of companywide bingo that would shock even the rowdiest retirement communities.

3. Fostering a Diverse & Caring Community

We’re the most diverse agency in healthcare, by design. No matter your story, you’ll find representation and amplification — through our affinity groups, cultural celebrations, and unwavering support no matter what society throws at us. We’re proud to say that you can be anything you want at Heartbeat (as long as it’s not an a**hole).

There’s a reason 1/3 of Heartbeaters have been here for 4+ years and we have a 90% retention rate. We hope you’ll experience it for yourself.

About Publicis Health & Publicis Groupe

Heartbeat is a proud member of Publicis Health, the largest health communications network in the world. Publicis Health is one of the four solutions hubs of Publicis Groupe, the third-largest advertising and media company in the world — offering us unparalleled global reach and resources.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.