Chief Creative Officer; Pharma

Position Summary

Seasoned, inspiring creative leader with a relentless passion for uncovering the big idea and ensuring that it is expressed in a brand experience that inspires, engages, and delivers results. A creative leader who understands the challenges of working within a regulated industry, but consistently produces award‑winning work that elevates the strategy and connects with the audience. This leader has a craftsperson’s mastery of creating and/or directing brand strategy, positioning, messaging, storytelling, art direction, typography, photography, layout, film, omnichannel, and social‑media ideation.

The ideal candidate will be well‑versed in current design and marketing/advertising trends and standards within agency biopharma communications and marketing. The ideal candidate also demonstrates a keen understanding of pharma brand launches, omnichannel creative best practices, and a proven track record of delivering award‑winning creative campaigns.

Job Title: Chief Creative Officer

Reports To: COO

The Chief Creative Officer (CCO) provides daily creative leadership and will be instrumental in guiding and managing the creative team, overseeing the creative expression of strategic briefs, establishing the agency’s creative vision, and contributing to growth as a part of new business pitch teams to grow the agency and the careers of those on the growing creative team.

• Create an environment across CG Life in which great work can be done
• Build teams (with hiring and structuring) that do great creative work that gets results for clients and impacts the lives of patients for the better
• Raise the profile and creative reputation of CG Life; elevate creative reputation within the marketing community and client community
• Contribute to the growth of CG Life with creative work that helps to win pitches and achieve incremental growth with existing clients
• Partner with cross‑functional senior leadership to ensure that CG Life’s range of capabilities are equally grounded in creativity and innovation
• Lead, manage, and grow the careers of the Creative leads and encourage strong leadership downstream
• Assist the agency’s efforts in M&A activity; evaluating opportunities and supporting integration
• Create short‑ & long‑term goals for the creative team to achieve
• Partner with Chief Client Officer to ensure that growth goals are achieved and creative work of the highest caliber is delivered
• Be a visual tastemaker, peacekeeper, mediator, and inspirational force
• Lead creative across media for new business pitches
• Experiment with new tools and techniques to improve our work and engage group leaders to implement
• Always staying on the lookout for innovative ways to enhance not only the creative department but also the agency at large
• Recommend and lead efforts to build the agency’s eminence in the marketplace, including significant awards for client work; thought leadership in the industry; publishing of articles, blogs, or white papers; speaking engagements at key conferences and/or company‑sponsored events; and an established PR and media presence
• Demonstrate ability to switch into problem‑solving mode when challenges or concerns arise
• Respect your teammates and contribute to a positive work environment
• Has a solid record of attracting new employees and retaining top talent.
• Deliver confident, persuasive, and executive‑level presentations that clearly sell creative vision, strategy, and outcomes
• Act as a decisive, commanding presence in pitches, driving momentum, influencing clients, and closing opportunities
• Partner closely with Strategy, New Business, and Account leadership, in shaping creative direction for brief through execution for ongoing business development efforts

• Bachelor’s Degree in advertising, marketing, copywriting or equivalent area of study.
• 15+ years of relevant experience, 10+ years of creative management, ideally in a large agency with rare disease product launch experience
• Experience running creative teams in a client‑facing role, supporting $50+MM in annual agency revenue
• Extensive pharmaceutical experience is required, rare disease and medical…