Do you have a passion for creative ideation, with the vision to make a real difference to people’s lives? If so, this could be the ideal opportunity for you.
We are currently looking for a talented and experienced Creative Lead to join our growing Ashfield MedComms Creative team. Ashfield MedComms, an Inizio Medical agency, is a healthcare marketing and communications network built for today where a global mindset meets individual depth and specialism. Together with our family of agencies, we create life changing solutions that achieve new realities for our clients. This is an exciting time to join one of the world’s leading networks, working alongside a talented team and cultivating a portfolio of excellent work.
Reporting to the Creative Director, you will have the opportunity to work closely with large pharmaceutical clients, creating award winning work and pushing industry boundaries across a range of creative outputs.
As Creative Lead, you will:
- Be a versatile, hands on creative; going deep into the work to ensure it has tangible impact.
- Oversee team members and freelancers on your projects and work collaboratively within the agency across multiple business units.
- Form unique and modern concepts in line with the creative strategy, understand the core issue and trust your judgement.
- Learn at pace and often on the job, taking the initiative to gain further insight from multiple mediums.
- Play an active part in the creative thinking on pitches and projects
- Be confident in understanding creative strategy, challenge traditional thinking and explain how it could be activated in the project
- Transform creative strategy into compelling and creative stories
To succeed, you will have:
- Previous creative agency experience, including experience leading and managing creative teams and mentoring fellow team members.
- Excellent presentation skills, with previous experience of presenting ideation and strategies to internal and external stakeholders.
- Solid knowledge of creative development and creative strategy and constructing robust creative briefs.
- Excellent relationship management skills with the ability to work effectively across internal teams and with external clients/stakeholders.
- Previous experience in playing an active role in leading the creative thinking on pitches and projects.
- Demonstrable experience of developing creative strategy into compelling and creative stories.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
- A portfolio demonstrating strong creative thinking.
In addition to a great compensation package that includes private medical insurance and a company pension, we are happy to talk dynamic working. We are also known for our friendly and informal working environment with Friday socials across our offices, regular wellbeing weeks, and Town Hall events. We offer excellent opportunities for career and personal development.
We are committed to promoting a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging. We believe that strength in diversity and inclusivity is a driver of our success.
Don't meet every job requirement? That's okay! Our company is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role, but your experience doesn't perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others.
What We Do
We are creators, pioneers and leaders in global medical communications.
Our passion – or more accurately, obsession – is the combination of science, creativity and innovation. When perfectly aligned, this enables us to partner with world-leading healthcare companies to bring clarity to the complex and create compelling communications that matter.
Together we bring scientific data to life with our diverse skills and talents to create meaningful ideas; perfectly balancing scientific expertise with bold, creative thinking and outstanding project management.
We’ve been pioneering new ways of thinking and advancing scientific understanding for over 25 years. Our clients trust us to take on challenges, present new and innovative ideas and use our expertise to study the healthcare landscape to deliver impactful and life-changing results that benefit everyone.
We make it matter.
Ashfield MedComms is part of Inizio Medical. Inizio is a strategic partner for health and life sciences with a full suite of medical, marketing, advisory and engagement services.
