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As an agency group specialising in brand promotion, disease awareness, PR, events, social media, digital engagement, and medical communication, we are undergoing a significant transformation.

We aim to be recognised internationally for our award-winning ideas. Our success will be pivotal in enhancing the reputation and growth of the Havas Health network. We will be vibrant collaborators, uniting multiple disciplines and agency offerings for the benefit of our clients and the creative platforms we develop for them. We expect more from ourselves and those who are successful in joining our high-performance team.

Adjusting our perspective, behaviours, and capabilities to foster a creative culture will be a challenging and exciting journey. For the right person, this will be a career-defining period. Your role in our business transformation will likely determine how far your star will rise.

We have an opportunity to be the shining light in the HAVAS life network. We will demonstrate how an agency can be highly successful across multiple disciplines while helping each other and our network partners grow through our powerful creative culture. You will be key to driving this. It will take a combination of your capability, charm, guile, energy, and intellect.

You are passionate about health and creativity. This is your calling.

Role overview

As a recognised award winning Creative Director you will believe that with the addition of your creativity and leadership, we will become a destination agency for the best talent, the most ambitious clients, and above all, creativity.

You will be the driving force on every project; an integrated problem solver with an intuitive knack for creating beautifully simple solutions, outputs, and experiences. You see ambition and greatness in every brief and never tire of pushing the work to be better. With your positive and empowering style, you’ll build relationships with your clients, guiding them through the complexities of creative concepting, output development, and production. You’ll be part of, oversee, and inspire multidisciplinary teams from the initial briefing to the final delivery. You know that vibrant collaboration and teamwork are the keys to every successful project. You write and lead by example.

Your expertise and passion will stretch across branded promotional communication, rare disease, PR, disease awareness, experiential, and education. Above all, your tenacity and determination are matched by your capabilities, and you will be respected within the agency, the Havas network, and the industry. Your unquenchable desire for internationally celebrated and awarded work drives you and the agency to always push for better. You know and believe that inspiring ideas will inspire life itself.

Core Responsibilities

• Leadership: As the most senior writer in the agency, you will lead in generating ideas and writing across all outputs.
• Persuasive Storytelling: Transform science into clear, compelling creative storytelling to elevate our brands above their competitors.
• Hands-On Role: Lead by example in all creative endeavours.
• Benchmark Creativity: Aim for the highest standards of creativity, benchmarked by Cannes, D&AD, Clio, and LIA awards.
• Quality Control: Set new standards for detailed scrutiny, understanding, and quality control.
• Creative Oversight: Produce and oversee creative work across a broad range of media, exceeding client briefs.
• Team Management: In partnership with the Creative Director for Art you’ll manage the day-to-day running of the creative team, providing nurturing and management. Identifying and guiding future creative directors.
• Pitch Leadership: Lead pitch activities, ensuring inspiring, appropriate, on-brief, and innovative creative solutions.
• Strategic Perspective: Identify and unlock creative opportunities for all clients.
• Industry Connection: Stay connected to the industry through awards shows, educational bodies, and societies. Anticipate trends and innovations.
• Network Collaboration: Collaborate across the network for greater growth and opportunity.
• Financial Awareness: Ensure creative ideas and execution are realistic to budget and align with commercial forecasts and objectives.
• Award-Winning Work: Deliver award-winning work and inspire the team.