Freelance Associate Creative Director, Design; Pharma) CG Workplace On-site ago

Job Overview

The Associate Creative Director, Design partners with the Group Creative Director to develop and deliver compelling, elevated creative across digital channels. This role leads the visual design and creative execution of websites, digital campaigns, social content, presentations, emails, banner ads, and other integrated marketing materials.

The ACD, Design serves as both a creative leader and hands-on designer, bringing strong art direction, visual storytelling, and design craft to client work. They are responsible for translating brand strategy and complex scientific or technical information into clear, engaging, and visually impactful creative.

This individual should have a strong eye for typography, composition, color, imagery, and brand systems, with the ability to concept and execute across a range of digital formats. They will collaborate closely with copy, strategy, account, project management, and development teams while providing creative direction and mentorship to other designers.

• Lead the visual design and art direction of digital and integrated creative across client engagements

• Develop compelling creative concepts that bring brand strategies and campaign ideas to life

• Design and oversee creative for websites, landing pages, digital campaigns, emails, banner ads, social content, presentations, and other marketing materials

• Establish and evolve visual identities, design systems, and brand standards

• Translate complex scientific, technical, or business information into clear and engaging visual communications

• Partner with copywriters and other creative team members to develop cohesive concepts and campaigns

• Provide creative direction and constructive feedback to designers, ensuring a high level of craft and consistency

• Maintain strong attention to typography, layout, composition, imagery, color, and overall visual storytelling

• Ensure creative work aligns with client objectives, brand standards, and regulatory requirements

• Present creative concepts, design rationale, and recommendations to clients and internal stakeholders with confidence and clarity

• Collaborate closely with strategy, account, project management, and technology teams throughout the creative process

• Partner with developers to ensure the visual integrity and quality of digital work through implementation

• Create and maintain scalable design systems, templates, and visual standards across client engagements

• Balance creative ambition with project scope, timelines, technical considerations, and client requirements

• Mentor and develop designers, helping strengthen their conceptual thinking, design craft, and presentation skills

• Manage multiple projects and creative work streams while maintaining quality and consistency

• Stay current on visual design trends, digital creative, emerging technologies, AI-enabled design tools, and industry best practices

• 8–10 years of visual design, digital design, art direction, or creative experience within an agency, consultancy, or in-house creative environment

• Strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional visual design, art direction, digital creative, and brand storytelling

• Proven ability to concept and execute sophisticated creative across websites, digital campaigns, social, email, presentations, and other marketing channels

• Strong understanding of typography, layout, composition, color, imagery, and visual hierarchy

• Experience developing and applying brand identities, visual systems, and design standards

• Ability to translate complex business, scientific, or technical information into compelling visual communications

• Experience providing creative direction and feedback to designers

• Comfortable working collaboratively with copywriters, strategists, developers, account teams, and project managers

• Experience working with developers and understanding digital production and implementation considerations

• Advanced proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite

• Strong presentation, communication, and storytelling skills

• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced agency environment

• Experience in healthcare, life sciences, biotech, or regulated…