About this role
<p><strong>Who You Are</strong></p>
<p>You’re an Associate Creative Director who thinks in visuals, not just layouts. You concept big ideas, push visual language into new territory, and lead with taste and clarity. You know how to make healthcare look anything but predictable. You guide designers and art directors, partner with writers, and bring ideas to life across channels with style, intelligence, and craft. You don’t just design, you direct the experience.<br><br></p>
<p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p>
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<li>Lead visual concepting and execution from idea to launch across campaigns, platforms, and brand systems.</li>
<li>Deliver bold, platform-worthy concepts with craft that hits just as hard as the idea.</li>
<li>Build and evolve visual identity, motion, photography, typography, and UI across campaigns and products.</li>
<li>Present work with conviction, guiding clients and teams toward the strongest creative choices.</li>
<li>Mentor art directors and designers, pushing their ideas, and their craft, to new levels.</li>
<li>Be able to understand and receive feedback to sharpen ideas.</li>
<li>Collaborate seamlessly with strategy, copy, account, UX, production, and development.</li>
<li>Understand production inside and out, from photo direction to motion, broadcast, and digital builds.</li>
<li>Stretch ideas beyond just “ads” into brand experiences, content, digital, product, and environments.</li>
<li>Push creativity fast without losing detail, nuance, or intention.<br><br></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Qualifications</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>5–10 years of art direction/visual creative experience in agencies; healthcare is a plus, not a requirement.</li>
<li>Portfolio that proves you can concept big and execute beautifully (campaigns, content, product, identity).</li>
<li>Expert understanding of typography, composition, layout, and visual storytelling.</li>
<li>Expert proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite; motion, Figma; 3D skills are strong bonuses.</li>
<li>Able to direct shoots, motion, visual identity, and digital experiences while maintaining cohesiveness.</li>
<li>Driven, curious, and unafraid to challenge safe thinking with respect and collaboration.</li>
<li>Willing to travel and occasionally go late when the idea deserves the extra push.</li>
</ul><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong>About Us:</strong></p>
<p>Unlock Health is a full-service marketing communication agency, grounded in technology, built for healthcare - and integrated with a managed care consultancy with deep revenue strategy expertise. We brought together leading healthcare firms to solve a core challenge: aligning brand, marketing, technology, and revenue strategy so healthcare organizations can attract and retain patients, grow brand equity, and protect their margins. We help our clients do everything from patient acquisition and brand building, to simplifying complex martech ecosystems, and creating digital experiences. Our work is rooted in clarity, authenticity, and a deep understanding of what moves healthcare forward.</p></div>
About Unlock Health
Unlock Health is a full-service marketing communications agency
that helps healthcare organizations make authentic connections
with patients and communities. As the largest agency in the nation
serving healthcare providers, Unlock manages more than 3,000
patient acquisition campaigns every month. We work with the most
prestigious health systems and provider groups to build brands,
integrate marketing tech, and transform digital experiences. Unlock
handles nearly one dollar in every ten spent on media by hospitals
and health systems. Every minute of every day of the year, a patient
books an appointment for needed care as a result of Unlock’s work.
Unusual for a marketing agency, Unlock Health also offers a
full-stack managed care consultancy powered by unparalleled
expertise, including a team that has led more than 2,100 provider
negotiations across 49 states. Unlock handles everything from
managed care strategy, negotiations, contract modeling and
analytics, to strategic communications that get deployed when
negotiations turn hostile or public.
Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, Unlock Health is the largest
and most-awarded agency exclusively focused on U.S. healthcare
providers and health services.