Senior Art Director in London

BGB is a healthcare communications agency that offers a wide range of services, including traditional pharmaceutical advertising, promotional medical education, payer marketing, and consulting services. Known for excellence and professionalism, we are hired as strategic and creative partners by our biopharmaceutical clients to drive category/brand awareness and growth.

Position Overview

The Senior Art Director is responsible for developing designs and concepts across a wide range of media on multiple brands. This position reports to the Art Supervisor.

Specific Responsibilities

• Develop and oversee design and concepts as a brand lead.
• Keep all work consistent and on brand guidelines and strategy.
• Clearly present and communicate internally.
• Help establish and maintain the highest possible standards of reproduction for all digital, print, audio/visual and collateral materials produced by the agency.
• Monitor the quality of finished mechanical/digital art and conceptual materials produced by internal and freelance artists.
• Provide direction and guidance to graphic designers.
• Inform and advise creative leadership on the status of departmental affairs, including all design‐related computer hardware/software needs (upgrades, equipment needs/problems, training, etc.).
• Ensure the efficient visual execution of creative concepts according to a prime account responsibility list or by management's assignment.
• Consult with creative leadership, as well as account service, traffic and other agency team members as necessary to achieve agency objectives.
• Help to identify and eliminate factors creating a crisis, and minimise recurrence.
• Meet established deadlines or provide reasonable notice of special circumstances requiring deadline extension.
• Maintain a current list of available freelance artists, web designers, art and photography stock houses, photographers and other contributory talent and vendors.
• Engage in personal development necessary to stay current in advertising.
• Research to become more familiar with clients' businesses.

Requirements

• A Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and a minimum of 2 years experience in a fast‐paced, high‐volume environment, preferably in pharmaceutical advertising.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.
• Demonstrated supervisory, management, judgment, and decision‐making skills.
• Excellent design skills, including a highly developed overall design/concept aptitude as well as typography, color, photography, and art.
• Passionate about design and visual communication.
• Knowledge of print and digital production.
• Demonstrated organizational and analytical skills.
• Proven ability to multitask, handle stressful situations, and deadline pressures.
• Ability to prioritise workflow and redirect agency projects to meet competing and changing deadlines.
• Strong proficiency with Figma and general AI tools.
• Excellent computer skills, especially as they apply to desktop design including advanced proficiency in the following Adobe applications: Acrobat, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator; as well as an understanding of Flash, HTML, and AfterEffects.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Seniority level: Mid‐Senior level

Employment type: Full‐time

Job function: Art/Creative, Advertising, and Design

Industries: Advertising Services

BGB Group is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status or any category or class of person protected by law.