EVERSANA™ Company is hiring: VP, Group Creative Director, Copy in Chicago

EVERSANA INTOUCH is a leading full-service, global healthcare agency serving the life sciences and pharmaceutical industries. We provide next-generation creative and media services, enterprise solutions and data analytics services for clients.

We combine the power of world-class creative and digital teams with deep market access, payer, and healthcare communications expertise to provide innovative solutions to life science companies that want to connect with consumers, healthcare professionals, and payers.

We get fired up when people talk about getting—and staying—healthy. That’s where we find our inspiration: in the very human experiences of patients, doctors, and even each other. Then, we collaborate on ways to make caring for one’s health more achievable, connecting patients and physicians with the information and tools they need.

As a part of EVERSANA, a pioneer in next-generation commercial services, we connect dots that other agencies can’t, helping drive commercialization success.

Job Description

WHAT DOES A VP, GROUP CREATIVE DIRECTOR, COPY DO?

The VP, Group Creative Director (GCD) is an established Creative leader in the industry who actively drives creative in their group, inspiring and managing a team of Creative professionals across multiple brands, audiences and therapeutic categories, approximately $20MM+ in revenue. This role requires a proven, trusted leader with an ability to advance strategic, high-concept, creative campaigns and deliverables in every medium, elevating the work at every turn. The VP, GCD brings extensive industry experience to the table, including launches, label updates and navigating medical-legal hurdles.

As VP, Group Creative Director, you will be responsible for Creative output and business fundamentals of your group. This includes:

• Helping to create and/or review creative briefs, ensuring they provide a strong blueprint for on-strategy, brand-building, award-winning creative, looping in the ECD for support
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, expertly able to present compelling, original creative ideas confidently and clearly, supported by strategic rationale and insight
• Collaborating closely with Strategy, AM and PM to manage and understand client needs and further brand objectives
• Creating opportunities where none exist, ideating on “what if” work, taking into consideration brand KSIs, disease awareness days, advocacy groups, etc.
• Utilizing brand planning as a time to sell in brand-building, award-winning work for the year ahead that will create buzz for our brands and our clients
• Understanding and expertly managing talent-to-task in terms of staffing and working with AM/PM counterparts to ensure we staff appropriately and profitably
• Finding organic growth opportunities, improving ways of working, and promoting business-enhancing/team-building ideas and initiatives
• Leading Creative teams to new business wins, working with BD leads and collaborating cross functionally to tell a cohesive, strategically sound, compelling story with best-in-class creative that brings it to life
• Overseeing TV, print shoots and postproduction to ensure everything goes smoothly
• Fostering a motivated, satisfied team, creating a strong, healthy culture where people feel supported and challenged by the work they are doing
• Mentoring reports—and ensuring that there’s a pyramid of mentorship so that every team member is learning and growing
• Understanding EVERSANA INTOUCH processes, negotiating, troubleshooting, and solving for workflow challenges along with Account, PM, and other affiliate Creative leads.
• Demonstrate strong written, verbal, and technical skills to organize and deploy teams to effectively complete the task at hand

Qualifications

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• 12+ years of experience
• A proven ability to produce strategic, business-building, brand-building, award-winning creative.
• A proven ability to build and maintain client relationships.
• A wide range of industry experience, including launches, label updates, etc.
• Experience in HCP and DTC (including broadcast), DAOR and AOR with an emphasis on AOR expertise and experience

Department Specific Skills:

• Acting as a creative and strategic leader.
• Displaying strong presentation skills and the ability to persuade clients.
• Ensuring creative excellence, proactively anticipating, and overcoming obstacles.
• Reviewing briefs to ensure they have a clear, distinct + succinct story and insight.
• Actively managing work.
• Displaying judgment to identify and lean into projects with high potential for “pharma first” status, creative awards and industry buzz.
• Balancing the need for team members to gain experience, while staffing it with individuals you know can produce the highest quality creative for our clients.
• Proficiency in staffing teams, maximizing utilization, and balancing workloads to keep staff in a prime billability range.
• Adeptly managing difficult client challenges, delivering smart creative solutions.
• Maintaining strong working relationships and communication with Account, Planning, and Subject Matter Expert (SME) teams.
• Mastery of accessibility best practices and commitment to applying them to all work.
• Maintaining a staff of top-level industry talent for their title and role.
• Demonstrating strong business acumen including adherence to timesheet protocol across the group, adhering to aligned on/budgeted hours and OOPs.
• Managing change, ensuring Creatives and other departments understand the benefits of the change and “what’s in it for them.”
• Manage affiliate Creative Directors to think opportunistically, display leadership and support the Creative initiatives of the ECD.

Soft Skills:

• Acting as an ambassador for a healthy creative culture and effectively communicating the vision for the group.
• Projecting confidence and presenting strong creative and strategic vision.
• Demonstrating calmness and a solutions-oriented approach in the group.
• Being a dynamic leader and presenter during client presentations and new business efforts.
• Championing EVERSANA protocol, policies and values.

Additional Expectations:

• Driving a “push-the-work” culture, where creative excellence is revered.
• Adopting and championing a “good enough isn’t good enough” mentality in the group.
• Knowledge and awareness of award-winning work at the major awards shows.
• Staying apprised of industry trends and emerging technology.

Additional Information

OUR CULTURAL BELIEFS:

• Patient Minded I act with the patient’s best interest in mind.
• Client Delight I own every client experience and its impact on results.
• Take Action I am empowered and empower others to act now.
• Grow Talent I own my development and invest in the development of others.
• Win Together I passionately connect with anyone, anywhere, anytime to achieve results.
• Communication Matters I speak up to create transparent, thoughtful and timely dialogue.
• Embrace Diversity I create an environment of awareness and respect.
• Always Innovate I am bold and creative in everything I do.

EVERSANA is committed to providing competitive salaries and benefits for all employees. The anticipated base salary range for this position is $184,000 to $253,000 and is not applicable to locations outside of the U.S. The base salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position. Compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location. More information about EVERSANA’s benefits package can be found at eversana.com/careers.