What are the responsibilities and job description for the Executive Creative Director position at Meet Life Sciences?
Executive Creative Director, Healthcare Advertising
Location: NYC
We’re working with a global, independent, creatively led healthcare communications agency that is actively seeking an Executive Creative Director to lead the creative direction and help shape the agency’s creative footprint stateside.
This is a senior, hands-on role suited to a highly conceptual creative leader with experience across HCP, DTC, and patient engagement campaigns. You’ll be the senior creative voice, collaborating closely with colleagues across strategy, accounts, and medical to deliver insight-driven, award-worthy work.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead creative development across US client accounts, ensuring work is strategically grounded, original, and beautifully crafted.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver compelling campaigns across HCP, DTC, and patient audiences.
- Provide conceptual leadership and hands-on creative direction from idea generation through to execution.
- Act as a key creative partner to clients, helping to define and elevate brand storytelling, messaging, and design.
- Play an active role in new business efforts, leading creative responses and presenting work with impact.
- Help shape the creative culture and ways of working as the team continues to grow.
Experience & Skills:
- Proven experience as a Creative Director within a healthcare advertising agency, working with pharmaceutical companies.
- Art Direction or Copywriting background
- Strong portfolio showcasing standout, strategically led work across HCP, DTC, and patient communications.
- Excellent conceptual and storytelling ability, with a strong understanding of how to engage audiences across channels.
- Skilled at translating complex science into simple, human, and emotionally resonant creative ideas.
- Collaborative, confident, and credible in front of clients and internal teams.
- Strategic thinker who can balance creative ambition with business priorities.
Why Apply?
This is an opportunity to play a key creative leadership role within a growing global, independent agency. You’ll have the scope to drive creative excellence across the business, working with an experienced international team known for its curiosity, collaboration, and creative craft.