We’re Heartbeat, the marketing agency for Healthcare Challenger Brands and the brave clients behind them. And hopefully you’re our next Director of User Experience, helping us to deliver game-changing visual solutions and user experiences for consumers & HCPs.

Read on to learn more about what qualities we’re looking for in a new member of the crew and why you’re gonna dig working with us.

Tasks and responsibilities include:

• Lead, inspire, and manage a team of UX Designers
• Help to inform staffing decisions, including contributing to the forecasting practice by working closely with Resource Management and Production
• Connect design strategy to business results
• Assist in defining the UX vision for Heartbeat’s clients/brands
• Assist in directing our quantitative and qualitative user research. Craft how we synthesize customer data from multiple sources to identify opportunities and recommend design directions
• Advance the UX design efforts within the agency which includes product management, sales, and marketing
• Work cross functionally and help identify user requirements to shape and prioritize feature sets across multiple platforms
• Create an environment that fosters high quality creative output, and team collaboration
• Lead projects, create and communicate concepts to clients and team members
• Foster a collaborative environment
• Communicate and articulate concept rationales
• Brainstorm and assist in developing campaigns

To qualify, you’ll need:

• 6+ years of digital design and UX experience, with 2+ years-experience in managing teams
• Creative agency experience is strongly desired
• Pharma and/or healthcare experience is plus. Experience with Veeva CLM platform also a plus
• Strong working knowledge of design systems and principles of atomic design
• Mastery of Sketch, working knowledge of Adobe XD, and experience in at least one prototyping tool such as Invision
• Strong working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
• Submission of robust portfolio that shows a range of user focused desktop & mobile design solutions
• Experience contributing to strategic brainstorming, campaign development, creative brief development and creative execution
• Knowledge of motion graphic and interaction design skills including but not limited to Sketch and Invision
• In-depth understanding of HTML/dHTML and the capabilities of web browsers
• Experience with user testing
• Excellent communication, presentation, and problem-solving skills
• Experience designing cross-platform and device (web/mobile/tablet) experiences

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.