Art Director

Company Description

Abb Vie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about Abb Vie, please visit us at  Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, You Tube, Linked In and Tik Tok.

Conceives, develops and implements internal and external communication campaigns, promotional programs and meeting/event deliverables that support business objectives, as well as project work for Abb Vie teams, across the entire enterprise. Works independently and/or collaboratively with fellow design staff, including Creative Directors, fellow Designers or directing Junior/Production staff or vendor partners. Contributes to the development and clarification of project scope, timeline and budget, and shares accountability with Account Teams in delivering against project requirements and client expectations, proactively course‑correcting when necessary.

Knowledge:

• Understands and adheres to the Code of Business Conduct (CBC) and all other applicable Abb Vie internal policies and procedures.
• Utilizes creative functional knowledge to facilitate project development.
• Maintains awareness of current design trends, new techniques and technology in photography, typography, illustration, design, animation/motion graphics and video, including both print and digital media.
• Understands and interprets Brand Standards and Guidelines, including the Abb Vie Corporate Brand, as well as individual product brands, as required.

Skills and Development:

• Strategically prioritizes and multitasks to enhance productivity, managing complex workloads to expedite timelines. Communicates priorities to all appropriate functional groups and individuals. Reprioritizes projects and tasks within a highly dynamic work environment.
• Effectively reasons through problems and situations while thinking through decision implications. Thoroughly investigates questions, issues and problems as they arise. Considering alternative and creative ways of viewing situations and solving problems design-related or not.

Project Initiation and Discovery:

• Assures that all projects adhere to department workflow standards while meeting client objectives.
• Analyzes, messages, and determines how content should be best designed, physical or digital forms it should take, and what type, colors, grid, paper quality, etc. will help best achieve the overall goal.

Creative Execution and Implementation:

• Develops creative concepts and strategies that support business and communication objectives. Executes design and production processes based on project specifications.
• Implements appropriate internal and external approval processes.
• Consistently communicates timely and accurate information as project progresses, meets deadlines and executes quality standards.
• Proactively utilizes quality control processes, always leveraging best practices for greater efficiency. Provides innovative solutions that result in process improvement.
• Works directly with meeting and events team, account teams, project management, writers and creative directors to develop creative objectives, presenting concepts to clients.
• Anticipates clients’ needs and proactively provides expertise and innovative solutions to meet them.
• Must track time on a daily basis and meet established utilization numbers for this function.

Accountability:

• Must be able to recognize when a project is not proceeding to a positive and successful outcome.
• Must be prepared to change direction to get a project back on track.
• Must be able to work independently (i.e. follow projects through from start to finish with little direct supervision) as well as with teams, under the guidance of a creative director, and be responsible for scheduling one's daily work schedule.

• Knowledge of regulations, standards and healthcare trends affecting pharmaceutical products and biotech.
• Should…