Associate Creative Director, Art Job at AbbVie Inc., Irvine, CA

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  • AbbVie Inc.
  • Irvine, CA

Job Description


Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at  . Follow @abbvie on  X ,  Facebook ,  Instagram ,  YouTube ,  LinkedIn and  Tik Tok .

Job Description

Business Services Group (BSG) provides an in-house creative service to AbbVie. The primary function of Creative Services is to provide high level design and creative messaging to support a variety of communications programs. The person in this role must be capable of managing a team of Creatives and others, as required. 

This is a hybrid position requiring the ability to commute to our Irvine, CA office at least 3 days per week.

Responsibilities

  • Leads the creative functions within BSG so that the environment, team capabilities, tools, processes, expectations, work style and other elements support the mission and vision of BSG. Possesses excellent design skills, creative vision and leadership, understands creative integrity, bringing fresh direction and insight to creative while maintaining defined AbbVie design standards, corporate branding and its application.
  • Employs expertise in all facets of the creative process to direct the team to produce the best possible creative solutions. Reviews work within the respective group to ensure its quality and creative integrity support the strategic goals and objectives defined.
    Collaborates closely with the other agency functions, account, resource/traffic, meeting production to enhance the overall creative process, simplifying how work is do
  • Manage and develop long-range business plan for BSG Creative Services. This includes setting the strategy and reviewing current and future design trends to sustain growth and a competitive advantage.
  • Continually assess the overall creative and workflow model, processes, organizational structure and individual roles for the creative; manage the recruitment, selection and succession planning activities to ensure professional and business goals are met. Performs activities related to employee relations including vacation, timecards, leave.
  • Identify emerging market trends and suitable communication methodologies and conduct competitor assessments. Create a strategy to support BSG communication needs, client demands and drive growth for the BSG Creative Services organization
  • Oversee team management including tracking of project status, deliverables and issues; developing and tracking relevant metrics; ensuring resources are properly allocated; and ensuring tasks/projects are prioritized to support clients' strategies and objectives.
  • Provide both creative and business expertise as part of the BSG Creative Services leadership team collaborating with Account Management. Effectively manage the department operating budget; look for opportunities for process improvements and cost savings and oversee staff established utilization targets.
  • A great leader, able to coach, identify key talent, train, and motivate staff who possess a high level of creativity and drive. Responsible for compliance with all applicable Corporate policies and procedures.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree (BA or BS) preferred - Art, Communication or Marketing preferred.
  • Master’s degree in fine arts or business beneficial but not required.
  • Total combined minimum years of experience: 10+ years – prefer mix of agency and corporate with demonstrated creative ability and broad range portfolio.
  • Develop solutions to problems of unusual complexity which require a high degree of ingenuity, creativity, and innovativeness. Ensures solutions are consistent with organization objectives.
  • Superb communication skills; written, presentation and oral, working in a fast-paced, complex, matrix environment. Expert at presenting creative ideas and campaigns to Executive Leadership. Works with confidential and sensitive communications.
  • Works independently leading a high functioning team, coaching employees and establishing performance standards. Continually evaluates and develops team members’ personal skills that will enhance team performance.
  • Manages recruitment, selection, and succession planning activities to ensure professional and business goals are met. Demonstrates leadership and finesse in conflict resolution to facilitate effective outcomes across BSG departments, internal and external stakeholders.

Key Stakeholders 

Projects produced are very visible and must be of the highest quality even under tight deadlines. Clients can include CEO, Finance, R&D, Commercial management and marketing teams, Public Affairs, Human Resources, Legal and OEC.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

  • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​

  • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

  • This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

  • This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. 

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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Job Tags

Holiday work, Full time, Temporary work, Local area, 3 days per week,

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