Executive Vice President, Creative Director - Digitas Health

Digitas Health is the Agency of Now: the first global connected-health agency, purpose-built for marketing today. Digitas Health specializes in helping health brands navigate a complex and shifting media environment to create deeper, more relevant connections with their consumer and professional customers. With offices in Philadelphia, New York, San Francisco, and London, it is a member of the world’s largest healthcare communications network, Publicis Health. As a member of this elite network, Digitas Health is also a member of the Paris-based Publicis Groupe S.A. (Euronext Paris: FR0000130577), the world’s third-largest communications group, second-largest media counsel and buying group, and a leader in digital communications.
Web: www.digitashealth.com | Facebook: www.facebook.com/digitashealth |
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The Executive Vice President, Creative Director leads the creative work that is produced on multiple accounts, depending on the account size and will be tasked with increasing brand awareness through traditional / omnichannel media. This leadership role includes assigning teams, inspiring those teams to product concepts and final work, and working with account management to ensure that our clients are satisfied with the quality of our creative work, the value of our services, and our responsiveness to their needs. This person will report into the CCO.

This is a hybrid role, requiring three days in-office each week. If you are contacted for an interview, your recruiter will discuss specifics with you, inclusive of any necessary reasonable accommodations.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Establishes vision for the entire creative department within the framework of the total company vision
• Motivates, inspires and gives strategic direction to the Creative department
• Effectively leads leaders of the Creative department.
• Sight and vision and ensures delivery of amazing work in the right places.
• Approval of all work in order to gain a breadth of knowledge across an entire category.
• Build relationships with key client decision-makers at the brand manager level and upper- management level.
• Become a trusted, confident expert and leader to the client and the whole team.
• Develop strong relationships and have a working knowledge across all departments: bridge communication between planning/insights and creative to mine the most insightful work; explore and push production capabilities working with production to continue delivering fresh,
  breakthrough executions; build strong client relationships alongside account service leadership to elevate the quality of the work while strengthening the client relationship.
• Sets the bar for world-class, award-winning, effective work
• Recruits, hires, and evaluations talent
• Understands business objectives and realities to orchestrate team success
• Compelling, engaging storyteller presents to new and existing clients
• Trusted with the quality of a product

Experience Required:

• 15+ years of agency experience
•  Inclusion in renowned awards shows a plus
• Strong managerial experience, with experience leading others

Specific Skills & Abilities Required:

• Able to generate world class ideas and bring them to life
• An inspiring, motivating, compassionate leader
• Able to manage multiple projects and team capacity
• Brings passion, curiosity and fresh thinking to our work and “our space”
• A compelling, engaging storyteller with a good sense of humor
• A bridge-builder who creates and nurtures relationships with account directors and others who can affect the quality of the work a student of great work who furthers her/his knowledge and shares that knowledge
• Shows a positive attitude, even through adversity

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.  

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive.  Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K,  as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off. 

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com. 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.