Art Director

About Klick HealthMeet a different kind of workplace. Klick Health is an ecosystem of brilliant minds working to realize the full potential of their people and clients in life sciences since 1997. And we’re still growing fast, even after two decades. What does that mean for you? As Klick experiences exponential growth year-over-year, so do the people who help make it happen. Because we’re constantly evolving and changing, we invest in talent early and often, to develop future leaders at all levels. We’re one of the country’s Top 10 Great Workplaces, 10 Most Inspiring Cultures, Best Workplace for Innovators, Best Managed, and Fastest Growing. We know that career paths are seldom simple and straightforward. And that's an asset. If you feel like you'd be a good fit for this role, we encourage you to apply and take the first steps to starting your career journey at Klick!
About Our Creative Craft The Creative team features an incredible array of experienced, fearless, smart visionaries, capable in all media and technologies, and united by a common goal: to build brands that solve a human need. It requires hard work, a healthy dose of imagination, and a passion for craft to make work that stands out in the world. We’ve got super-smart, friendly, and caring people who put their hearts and souls into the clever work that they create for our clients in order to deliver thoughtful creative messaging to the patients they serve. And the best part? We have a ton of fun while doing it. 
Role Summary The Art Director is responsible for the generation and execution of creative concepts from design through finished product with their copy partner; while also assisting senior creatives on larger, more complex projects.  They ensure that work adheres to client’s marketing strategies and objectives, meeting deadlines within budgets on client projects. In this role, the Art Director must acquire a solid understanding of Klick Health departmental procedures, such as: routing, usage rights of stock and images for layout as well as other internal procedures and solutions practiced by our creative craft. 

Role Expectations

• Understands the creative brief and the role it plays in creative development and client management
• Develops understanding of audience needs (e.g., physicians, patients, sales reps) and targets designs and creative styles to appropriately meet them
• Develops medical knowledge in therapeutic areas of primary accounts
• Contributes innovative ideas appropriate to the client’s marketing strategy that challenge the status quo
• Able to defend strengths of existing concepts while remaining open to input and further explorations
• Proactively anticipates and solves creative problems
• Maintains quality control by adhering to agency process, brand guidelines, proper layout, and conceptual execution, throughout all phases of campaign execution
• Oversees creation of concept roughs and layouts for client and able to present them to senior creative team members
• Works on multiple projects simultaneously and delivers on client expectations and meets objectives consistently
• Accurate and timely billable hour input via scheduler/daily pulse
• Understands how budgets and schedules are developed
• Communicates with team members at all times regarding deadlines, revisions, quality control and new work
• Course corrects in a way that is most beneficial to the client
• Creates moments of 'wow' that clients remember and share with others
• Keeps up to date on industry trends and shares knowledge with internal teams
• Explores and incorporates continuous learning on the Cs and Ps of the business; company, customer, competition, product, price, promotion, place, and performance) and how these impact Klick's client work

Key Requirements

• Must be able to demonstrate effective oral and written communications skills
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills
• Problem-solving ability
• Ability to work well within a team setting
• Working knowledge of product challenges in relation to overall market
• Computer proficiency; working knowledge of design programs including the Adobe Suite of programs
• Proficiency working with and adopting AI tools preferred

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising/Visual Communications, Graphic Design or related discipline preferred

Experience

• 2+ years of relevant experience, ideally in a marketing agency setting

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What makes Klick different?You’ll work on numerous multi-million dollar brands—the size and breadth of the accounts here are incomparable to most agencies. We believe in putting our people first, and always make that our priority. This and our other timeless principles have made all the difference in our over two de