Creative Director

Creative Director – Boston, MA or Remote in the US

Are you a Creative Director who lives to inspire others through visual design looking for a new leadership role? We’re a thriving strategic communications, digital and creative agency based in Boston that works with trailblazers in the biotech industry. We’re looking for someone with deep experience to set a vision for our creative work that encourages our team to innovate and will ultimately bring our clients’ messages to the next level. This will be accomplished by applying your experience working across multiple creative platforms: brand messaging, logo design, web design, and digital. This role reports to our CEO and President.

Note: This role is a remote-friendly position and can be based in any US location. Our HQ is in Boston, MA and some travel may be required. For candidates in the Boston area, we work with flexibility and in-office Tues. and Weds.

What You’ll Be Doing Day To Day

• Lead, guide, and manage team through the ideation and execution of all design projects.
• Participate in strategy meetings and partner with the account management team on the goals and health of the client relationship. This includes guiding creative content development for a wide range of client projects including branding, web sites, social media, corporate presentations and more.
• As the creative leader, you’ll interface with clients through all stages of the creative process and represent the agency in client meetings. This includes fostering highly collaborative, enduring client relationships across multiple accounts.
• Actively manage and mentor direct reports as well as other team members across the agency. You’re someone who dedicates time to this coaching and finds seeing others develop professionally rewarding.
• Evolve and lead creative direction for the Ten Bridge brand, website, and other key materials.
• Active participation in management and growth of the agency by contributing meaningfully to our internal initiatives, operations, and strategies to retain current clients and grow existing and new business. Your input will focus on nurturing a culture of learning, collaboration, and fun.

What You’ll Bring To Our Team

• Experience. 15+ years’ experience in visual design/art direction with significant experience working with biotech industry clients. 5+ years leading a creative team at an agency. Extensive use of creative programs including Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, and related products), and Microsoft Office. You’ll embrace being able to shift between doing it yourself when needed and directing others. It’s all about a team mindset.
• Expert counsel. You build trust and partnerships with clients, confidently guiding all facets of their creative campaigns. Deep understanding of brand identity development and web design will be necessary.
• Inspiration. You will be a creative go-getter, have a strong understanding of design best practices, and be capable of being a creative leader. We will expect you to challenge the status quo and set the standard for our creative team’s deliverables. You are not content with just executing standards.
• An innovation mindset. You are equally a trend spotter and a trendsetter in biotech brands and communication trends. You engage yourself and your teams to find new approaches to programs and create new opportunities for clients. You ask, “How do we add more value?” You apply this same thinking to our internal operations.
• Integration and stewardship of our resources. You partner with other department heads to ensure that our cross-functional teams work together effectively and efficiently. You are always aware of how your team’s time is spent and what value is being created based on expectations set forth in our creative briefs. As a leader, you will find yourself making daily decisions at the intersection of people, creativity, and margin.
• Dedication to employee professional growth. You are drawn to managing/mentoring and have demonstrated success in helping your teams to grow their skills and advance their careers.

About Ten Bridge Communications

We are a growing team that is passionate about developing strategic and impactful communications, digital and creative work for our clients in the biotech industry who are dedicated to developing new and potentially life changing therapies for patients. We live our guiding principles of Belonging, Partnering, Engaging and Growing every day through our interactions with each other, our clients, and our broader community.

We offer a very competitive compensation and benefits package that includes generous paid time off, 401(k) match, ThrivePass monthly wellness benefit, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, cell phone reimbursement, pet insurance, professional development, volunteer opportunities and more.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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