Vice President, Creative Director, Copy

We’re Heartbeat, the marketing agency for Healthcare Challenger Brands and the brave clients behind them. And hopefully you’re our next VP, Creative Director, Copy, helping us to deliver game-changing campaigns 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.

How you’ll strengthen the team:

The VP, Creative Director at Heartbeat is responsible for making things that matter. Through a strong partnership with Art, Strategy, and Account, they foster creative solutions that make healthcare decisions easier, more accessible, and ultimately more enduring for patients and healthcare providers. Beyond that, here’s how you’ll make your mark:

• Lead client engagements in partnership with Account Directors
• Lead Creative toconceive and create the most compelling on-strategy marketing ideas and executions possible
• Manage and own creative outputacross design, copy and UX on assigned engagements
• Partner with Account & Strategy to strengthen engagement strategies and Creative Briefs
• Successfully lead creative output for business development opportunities& pitch as necessary
• Align creative work against strategy & business objectives
• Deliver fluent knowledge of interactive and print capabilities, animation, and user experience
• Manage group of direct reports (Copy & Art) and actively participate in review process
• Shepherd creative deliverables through obstaclesinternal and external, prioritizing quality

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 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.

What you’re bringing with you:

Across 10+ years of experience, you know what it takes to slay Creative Direction. These are the core skills you’ve totally nailed:

• Ability to understand the “big picture” of the project and how it fits with the full consumer experience and client expectations
• Experience mentoring creative teams with objective guidance and feedback.
• Ability to develop, present and sell creative concepts for clients
• Significant portfolio of cross-channel advertising campaign development
• Flexibility, good judgment, and attentionto detail
• Strong management and supervisory skills
• Proven problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries a plus
• Positive attitude and sense of humor essential

Compensation Range: $153,000 - $257,500 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for thisposition at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based onthe skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and theCompany reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, the Company will offer medicalcoverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadlinefor this job posting will be 08/22/2024.