Senior Art Director

Our GSW Santa Monica team is hiring a Sr. Art Director. With keen aesthetic judgment and a well‑managed plan, you are a natural at generating creative ideas and solutions to support clients. You are always thinking of new concepts and your clients appreciate your dedication to delivering high‑quality, impactful campaigns.

• Serve as the brand “owner” at the Senior Art Director level.
• Partner with copywriters on brand and concept development.
• Demonstrate ownership of assigned brands by proactively generating new ideas.
• Collaborate with creative, account services, production, and extended team members.
• Act as a hands‑on art director, managing the creative process, workflow, workload, and resources within the art group.
• Provide art direction and empower Studio Designers, photographers, illustrators, and external collaborators such as broadcast producers and directors.
• Stay current with trends in branding, marketing, advertising, and related communications industries.
• Maintain deep knowledge of products and services specific to assigned accounts.
• Own brand art revisions and partner with Studio Production Designers during overflow periods (e.g., launches).
• Oversee and implement visual brand mandatories and ensure consistency across all deliverables.

• 3+ years of advertising agency experience (healthcare advertising agency experience preferred).
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and working knowledge of Figma.
• Strong conceptual creativity: ability to think abstractly, connect unrelated ideas, and formulate innovative concepts.
• Quick learner with strong technical and functional knowledge of client and agency business; able to apply industry insights effectively.

This is a hybrid position and will require 2 days a week in our Santa Monica office.

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $85,000 to $110,000.

Syneos Health companies are affirmative action/equal opportunity employers (Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled). Syneos Health has a voluntary COVID‑19 vaccination policy. We strongly encourage all employees to be fully vaccinated. Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary where you work.