Creative Director, Art, Animal Health FWD Workplace ago

FWD People is a full-service strategic marketing agency delivering meaningful and measurable results in the health and non-profit sectors. We take pride in being our clients' trusted strategic partner — staying ahead of the curve, and leveraging our expertise and foresight to help them navigate change and seize opportunities. We approach every challenge with a commitment to innovation, excellence, and empathy, and we seek the same qualities in our leaders.

As a fast-growing, senior team, we're excited to welcome more forward-thinking individuals who will help us drive growth, foster positive change within our client's industries, and have fun along the way.

As Creative Director, Art for Animal Health, you are responsible for setting the visual and creative vision across our Animal Health accounts. You will lead with bold visual thinking, exceptional design craft, and sharp strategic instincts- ensuring every campaign, brand system, and client deliverable reflects both breakthrough creativity and rigorous strategic grounding.

Set creative vision & raise the bar

• Define and drive the overarching visual and art direction vision across Animal Health and in support of the overarching FWD vision.

• Ensure creative work is visually breakthrough, strategically aligned , and consistently best-in-class.

• Elevate standards for design craft, visual storytelling, and conceptual rigor across the division.

• Proactively track design trends and technology advancements- including AI-assisted tools- infusing a modern, forward-looking perspective into every project.

Lead major accounts (Animal Health focus)

• Serve as the senior creative lead on key Animal Health clients, shaping brand platforms, product launches, 360 campaigns, and long-term visual creative roadmaps.

• Own visual identity systems, design languages, and art direction frameworks that scale across campaigns and channels.

• Ideate, concept, and art direct across all media including digital, print, social, video, and motion, from brief through final delivery.

• Direct video storyboarding and motion graphics animation, ensuring seamless integration across campaign systems.

Drive strategic creative development

• Lead concept development from brief to execution, ensuring ideas are rooted in insight, differentiated positioning, and client objectives.

• Facilitate client creative workshops and visual direction sessions, guiding brand positioning and visual territory exploration.

• Translate complex therapeutics, diagnostic tools, and technology solutions into compelling, visually resonant campaigns.

• Apply systems thinking across brand architecture, user journeys, product ecosystems, and multi-channel campaign design.

Senior client & internal partnership

• Co-lead the Animal Health creative division alongside the Copy CD, bringing both macro vision and hands‑on engagement, shaping the Art discipline while partnering with Strategy and Account leadership to deliver fully integrated, cohesive creative solutions.

• Act as a trusted creative advisor to senior‑level and C‑suite clients, building confidence and long‑term relationships.

• Confidently present, defend, and refine creative work in high‑stakes environments from internal reviews to executive client presentations.

• Anticipate creative and strategic challenges; proactively guide conversations toward strong outcomes.

• Facilitate in‑person client workshops and collaborative sessions involving senior stakeholders.

Mentor & build the team

• Manage and mentor ACDs, Art Directors, and contractors, providing clear direction and actionable feedback.

• Develop team members’ craft and creative thinking — building the next generation of design leaders at FWD.

• Brief internal teams and inspire them to create best‑in‑class identity systems,…