Job Description
Description Our GSW Santa Monica team is looking for an Art Director to bring ideas to life through impactful design. As an Art Director at GSW, you’ll design and develop advertising concepts and tactics for campaigns that connect with both healthcare professionals (HCPs) and patients/consumers. You’ll collaborate with creative leads, experience designers, and technologists to deliver visually compelling work across print, digital, and emerging platforms. This is an opportunity to shape the visual language of brands in the healthcare space while working in a dynamic, innovative environment.
- This is a hybrid position and will require 2 days a week in our Santa Monica office.
What You’ll Do - Design and develop advertising concepts and tactics for campaigns targeting HCPs and patient/consumer audiences.
- Submit work for review by creative leads and manage revisions through all stages of assigned projects.
- Present creative work confidently, explaining the “big idea” to team members and stakeholders.
- Partner with Design Directors to leverage new approaches and design tools.
- Collaborate with Associate Creative Directors to uphold and advance visual standards across all agency work.
- Create design solutions for digital executions—including brand hallmarks, identity development, typography, and design theory.
- Collaborate seamlessly with Experience Designers and technologists to ensure integrated solutions.
- Develop visual and verbal conceptual ideas that resonate with target audiences.
- Drive tactical ideation and master asset development in partnership with subject matter experts (SMEs).
Essential Requirements - 1–2 years of relevant experience in design or advertising.
- Strong understanding of visual aesthetics, typography, and design principles.
- Ability to work across multiple platforms, including digital and print.
- Collaborative mindset and willingness to learn new tools and approaches.
- Portfolio that demonstrates strong design and digital skills.
Desired Skills - Familiarity with pharmaceutical advertising or healthcare marketing.
- Ability to incorporate user feedback into iterative design processes.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
The annual base salary for this position ranges from $65,000 to $85,000. The base salary range represents the anticipated low and high of the Syneos Health range for this position. Actual salary will vary based on various factors such as the candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and proficiency for the role.
GSW is a full-service healthcare communications agency that goes beyond advertising to create personalized brand experiences that involve, inspire, educate and activate people through ongoing brand journeys.
At GSW, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. At times, we will consider transferable skills from previous roles. We also encourage you to join our Talent Network to stay connected to additional career opportunities.
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Syneos Health companies are affirmative action/equal opportunity employers (Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled) Syneos Health has a voluntary COVID-19 vaccination policy. We strongly encourage all employees to be fully vaccinated. Additionally, certain local governments or Syneos Health customers may have vaccine requirements that apply to some of our employees. These employees are required to submit proof of vaccination to Syneos Health and maintain compliance with these requirements.
At?Syneos Health, we believe in providing an environment and culture in which Our People can thrive, develop and advance. We reward and recognize our people by providing valuable benefits and a quality-of-life balance. The benefits for this position will include a competitive compensation package, Health benefits to include Medical, Dental and Vision, Company match 401k, flexible paid time off (PTO) and sick time. Because certain states and municipalities have regulated paid sick time requirements, eligibility for paid sick time may vary depending on where you work. Syneos Health complies with all applicable federal, state, and municipal paid sick time requirements.
Job Tags
Agency work, Work at office, Local area, Flexible hours, 2 days per week,