art manager Manchester, England
Job description
What if your expertise could help someone, somewhere, to live a better life?
Helping children living with juvenile idiopathic arthritis to communicate their pain, giving people with psoriasis their confidence back, shocking 2.3 million HCPs into taking action against second heart attacks to proving to the world that eczema isn’t a skin condition.
Havas Lynx Group is a creative communications agency dedicated to changing the way the world does healthcare communications for the better. We are committed to bringing about change. Change informed by experience, driven by innovation and proven in delivery. We work alongside healthcare professionals, patients, carers, and pharmaceutical brands to overcome the complex challenges of modern healthcare. Our work blends strategic insight and deep scientific understanding with creativity and digital innovation, delivering healthcare campaigns and solutions that really make a difference to people’s lives.
We’re a team of over 500+ people in Manchester and London, with a history of over 35 years and an ever-evolving future. You can get a feel for the #LYNXLife via YouTube, #LYNXLife playlist, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Everything this company achieves, every life it saves, every penny it makes, every policy it changes, every award it wins, is down to everyone that works here.
Our Role
The role of Senior Art Director will see you produce impactful, original and intelligent work which impresses the client and surpasses their need. As an Art Director you will ensure all work is of high quality and eclipses the brief. You will have the client at the forefront of everything you create and be an integral and supportive member of your team. Your knowledge and experience will be used to support the Creative Director to mentor Junior Creatives in the team, developing their capabilities.
What you can expect to be doing:
- You will support the team by producing creative work across a range of projects, which is appropriate and exceeds the client’s brief
- You will work in partnership with the Client Services team, and initiate and respond directly to client communications where appropriate
- You will support in pitch activity, sometimes taking the lead – leading the Creative Team’s activity and compliment the Accounts and Strategic Teams to ensure the creative put forward is appropriate, on brief and innovative to the client need.
- You will attend briefing meetings and proactively communicate with the Strategy, Client Services, Medical, Digital, and Operations departments to ensure a smooth delivery of projects
- You will keep up to date on the creative sector, news, and events, and be motivated to share this knowledge on a regular basis with your team
- You will demonstrate a strong capability in presenting your work internally and externally.
- You will actively develop your skills in core design applications including, but not limited to, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
What you can expect from us
A supportive and challenging environment in which you will have the opportunity to learn, grow, and make an impact that matters. We put a huge investment into #LYNXLife and our #LXAcademy internal programmes. It’s a unique initiative that aims to reward hard work, reduce pressures, and ensure that we can all enjoy our time at Lynx. Our strategy is to build capabilities internally and inspire the best talent, so we can continue to deliver on our mission.
You can also expect a whole host of benefits, including:
- Hybrid Working
- 28 days annual leave
- Increasing holiday allowance connected to length of service (with the option to buy more, or sell)
- Early Friday finish throughout the year
- Extra early Friday finish during summer months
- Late Monday start during winter months
- Wellness Wednesdays with extended lunch hours
- Wellbeing programme – yoga, football, running club, hiking and more
- Season ticket interest free loans for travel
- #LXAcademy – our huge bespoke training programme for personal and professional development
- Life insurance
- Company pension scheme
- Medicash healthcare benefit
- Enhanced parental return to work scheme
- Fully paid for, company parties and socials!
Get in touch to find out how we can make an impact that matters together.
