For decades, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness has provided consumer and professional marketing, strategic consulting, and medical education to pharmaceutical and wellness brands. Our mission is to inspire a healthier, happier, well-er world through award-winning work.
If you google us (which you may have done already), you’ll see that spreading wellness is literally our mission. We don’t just talk about making your well-being the most important thing, we mean it. Having a flexible hybrid-work policy, plentiful time off, and colleagues who want you to do well are all part of the gig. Oh, and of course the opportunity to work on some of the good-vibiest campaigns on the planet with very caring, very resourceful people.
So, if you’re a rockstar writer, aspiring strategist, jill—or jack—of all trades, or just an all-around nice person, let’s chat.
Our Creative Directors are sharp, enthusiastic, hands-on leaders who galvanize their creative teams and constantly push to improve the creative output of the agency. They translate creative vision into inspiring and innovating creative concepts and digital initiatives. They develop significant client relationships and use these connections to help develop new business opportunities for the agency. They play a key role in the agency life, helping guide the strategic path of the company.
- Manage several creative teams (through the lens of an art background) across multiple clients’ accounts
- Participate in new business development, client presentations and selling creative concepts internally and externally
- Effectively win pitches while managing large-scale, cross-channel deliverables
- Continually optimize results for every piece of creative the team produces
- Ensure high quality, strategy and integrity of all creative output
- Communicate client and brand goals to creative teams
- Recruit, train, develop and motivate staff to improve their potential
- Effectively manage assigned timeframes and budgets, including staffing and hours allocation on all projects
- Work with account services to foster client relationships
- Participate in agency thought leadership, including external sources and agency presentations
- Maintain knowledge of current technological developments
- Bachelor’s degree
- 10+ years of creative agency experience, including strong interactive/digital and multimedia experience with an art direction/design background
- 5+ years of experience in healthcare communications with strong DTC and HCP creative campaign chops
- Award winning creative work/portfolio
- Previous experience managing and leading teams
- Familiarity with digital healthcare channels and executions
- Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills
- Ability to thrive in a collaborative agency environment with multi-disciplinary teams
- Ability to travel
Publicis Health is the world’s premier health-oriented agency network. A division of Publicis Groupe, Publicis Health manages top-tier agencies specializing in promoting innovative solutions in advertising, digital, branding, message delivery, market access, and medical communications. Publicis Health’s mission is to be the indispensable force for health and wellness business transformation through the alchemy of creativity and technology—for good.
With more than 5,000 employees around the world, Publicis Health manages 17 agency brands through 40 offices located in seven countries. Publicis Health brands include Digitas Health, Discovery USA, Heartbeat, in-sync, Langland, Maxcess Managed Markets, PDI, PlowShare Group, Publicis Health Media, Publicis LifeBrands, Publicis Resolute, Publicis Touchpoint Solutions, Razorfish Health, Real Science, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness, Tardis Medical Consultancy and Verilogue.
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SSW is headquartered in New York City and part of the largest healthcare communications group in the world, Publicis Health Global network.
Learn more at www.saatchiwellness.com
If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [email protected]. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Compensation Range: $180,215.00 - $299,637.00 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. 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 06/02/2026.
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