What you’ll do:

• Go-to creative leader for assigned brand(s): provides thoughtful leadership, strategic clarity, inspiration and direction to teams and helps develop strong ideas that solves clients’ business challenges
• Provides actionable, clear and strategic feedback for teams and work closely with Strategy, Account and the client to ensure ideas align with creative brief
• Ability to conceive and persuasively present award-worthy concepts and recommendations to internal teams and clients
• Leads production efforts and demonstrate ability to work within budget or can articulate justification to increase budget for projects with Account Team
• Foster strong relationships with clients and spot opportunities to enhance or build on a project (upsell)
• Able to present confidently to client and clearly communicate how creative work/design meets the strategic and business objective
• Manage multiple projects, sometimes for various brands with different scopes and ensure all project of self and team deadlines are met

What you need:

• Possess high degree of creativity: ability to generate innovative, award-worthy creative and strategic ideas that solve clients’ business challenges
• Displays confident and persuasive presentation skills and can respond well to challenging client situations
• Comfortable acting as a liaison between an agency vendor and client
• Comfortable with pushing back on brief or strategic direction as necessary and collaborating with most senior level co-workers and clients
• Strong proficient knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
• Portfolio that demonstrates creative and conceptual thinking preferably in the healthcare/pharma industry
• 8-10+ years of equivalent experience with 5+ years of supervisory experience

What we offer: 

• Passionate, driven people | We champion a culture of people that do extraordinary work.
• Consciously cultivated culture | We aim to embody the behaviors to build an inclusive community that is in it together, bringing both positivity and active listening into the workplace as we simultaneously strive to empower creative bravery.
• Competitive benefits | What we offer full time hires ranges from the full spectrum of group health coverage options (medical, dental, vision) to a generous 401k match (100% dollar-for-dollar match, up to 5% of salary contribution), and a variety of paid time off offerings that reflect our investment in all aspects of your overall life balance and wellness.
• Growth-minded opportunities | We aim to nurture a culture of real-time feedback, growth-oriented mindset, and plenty of training opportunities through VML and WPP, so you can continue to grow personally and professionally.

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VML is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, or other protected group status. We believe in creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion and strives to recruit a diverse slate of candidates to help us achieve that goal.