Creative Director (Art)

Are you passionate about creating advertising that not only informs but also transforms lives within the healthcare sector?

At Havas Lynx, a global advertising agency at the forefront of healthcare communications, we combine unmatched creativity, extensive expertise, and a deep understanding of the pharmaceutical and healthcare field. Our communications resonate deeply with audiences and adhere to the highest standards of healthcare advertising.

Committed to driving meaningful change—a change built on a foundation of rich experience, inspired by innovation, and confirmed through our proven track record—we work in close partnership with healthcare professionals, patients, carers, and leading pharmaceutical brands to navigate the complex challenges of today's healthcare landscape. Our approach blends strategic insights and deep scientific acumen with cutting-edge creativity and digital innovation, crafting campaigns and solutions that significantly improve people's lives.

We’re a team of over 500+ people in Manchester and London, with a history spanning over 35 years and an ever-evolving future. You can get a feel for the #LYNXLife through our YouTube #LYNXLife playlist, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

Everything this company achieves—every life it saves, every penny it makes, every policy it changes, every award it wins—is down to everyone who works here.

Please note that this is a London-based role, and our current hybrid working arrangement requires office attendance on Tuesdays and Thursdays, increasing to three days a week as of September 2024.

Summary of our role

As a Creative Director at Havas Lynx, you are responsible for thinking of insightful and effective conceptual ideas, whilst overseeing and producing impactful and original work which impresses and surpasses the need. You will excel across a broad range of media, whilst pro-actively furthering you and your team’s skills across all areas. You will be a mentor to all Creatives in your team, helping them to fulfil their potential. You will apply your vast experience in guiding projects, taking overall responsibility for them and ensuring all work created by you and your team is of high quality. You will work closely with Strategy to shape big ideas and with Client Services to build strong client relationships, demonstrating an ability to passionately present and sell ideas.

What you can expect to be doing:

• Lead your team, demonstrating expert capability in understanding and interpreting the clients’ business needs.
• Overseeing and producing creative work across a broad range of media which is appropriate and exceeds the client’s brief
• Leading the origination and delivery of conceptual ideas, guiding and shaping ideas within the wider team
• Take overall responsibility for the creative work you and your project team produce, pushing ideas further when necessary
• Take full accountability and responsibility for industry leading creative standards for the work you, your team and your agency produce, demonstrating accuracy, attention to detail and ownership
• Be exceptional at creating an environment for creative to flourish across design, art and copy
• Develop, evaluate and optimise world class design, art and copy
• Establishing and maintaining strong client relationships, being a point of contact for any senior-level creative enquiries
• Taking a lead role in client meetings, guiding and advising the client, selling ideas and pushing the brief where appropriate

This role could be a great fit for you if you have:

• A portfolio of international award-winning work
• International creative jury experience
• Led significant teams
• A high level of creativity and a strong track record in developing communications platforms, big ideas and driving break-through executions (be able to evidence this)
• Passion for developing and nurturing team members

What you can expect from us

A supportive and challenging environment in which you will have the opportunity to learn, grow, and make an impact that matters. We put a huge investment into #LYNXLife and our #LXAcademy internal programmes. It’s a unique initiative that aims to reward hard work, reduce pressures, and ensure that we can all enjoy our time at Lynx. Our strategy is to build capabilities internally and inspire the best talent, so we can continue to deliver on our mission.

You can also expect a whole host of benefits, including:

• Hybrid Working
• Starting holiday allowance of 28 days annual leave + Bank Holidays, with increasing allowance connected to length of service
• Option to buy, carry or sell holidays
• Early Friday finish throughout the year
• Seasonal working hours
• Enhanced family leave, pay and return to work benefit scheme
• Extensive L&D support
• Sabbatical opportunities
• Season ticket interest free loans for travel
• Cycle to work scheme
• Life insurance (4x salary)
• Company pension scheme
• Fully compensated company events
• Volunteer days
• Wellbeing programme including sports clubs, discounted gym memberships, free onsite flu vaccinations, extended lunch breaks on Wellness Wednesdays and much more
• +Medicash healthcare benefit
• 24/7 access to a free, confidential and independent Employee Assistance Programme
• Workplace nursery benefit

Get in touch to find out how we can make an impact that matters together.