Lead Designer (Pharma Agency)
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About Avalere Health
United by one profound purpose: to reach EVERY PATIENT POSSIBLE. At Avalere Health, we ensure every patient is identified, treated, supported, and cared for. Equally. Our Advisory, Medical, and Marketing teams come together – powerfully and intentionally – to forge unconventional connections, building a future where healthcare is not a barrier and no patient is left behind.
Achieving our mission starts with providing enriching, purpose-driven careers for our team that empower them to make a tangible impact on patient lives. We are committed to creating a culture where our employees are empowered to bring their whole selves to work and tap into the power of diverse backgrounds and skillsets to play a part in making a difference for every patient, everywhere.
Our flexible approach to working allows our global teams to decide where they want to work, whether in-office or at home based on team and client need. Major city hubs in London, Manchester, Washington, D.C., and New York, and smaller offices globally, serve as collaboration hubs allowing our teams to come together when it matters. Homeworkers are equally supported, with dedicated social opportunities and resources.
Our inclusive culture is at the heart of everything we do. We proudly support our employees in bringing their whole selves to work with our six Employee Network Groups – Diverse Ability, Family, Gender, LGBTQ+, Mental Health, and Race/Ethnicity. These groups provide opportunities to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion and to connect, learn, and socialise through regular meetings and programs of activity. We are an accredited Fertility Friendly employer with our Fertility Policy, enhanced parental leave, and culture of flexibility ensuring every employee feels supported across their family planning journey and can work in a way that suits their family’s needs.
We are deeply invested in supporting professional growth for our employees through day-to-day career experiences, access to thousands of on-demand training sessions, regular career conversations, and the opportunity for global, cross-capability career moves.
We take pride in being part of the Disability Confident Scheme. This helps make sure you can be interviewed fairly if you have a disability, long term health condition, or are neurodiverse. If you'd like to apply and need adjustments made, you can let us know in your application.
The Role
The Lead Designer role at Avalere Health is the day-to-day creative lead across projects and accounts, responsible for shaping high-quality, strategically effective design solutions across print, digital, social, presentation, and emerging channels. Working closely with writers, strategists, client services, studio and production teams, the Lead Designer guides creative development from brief through execution, ensuring work is cohesive, brand-aligned, and impactful.
What You'll Do
Creative Leadership & Design Excellence
- Act as the primary day-to-day creative lead across projects, ensuring work is strategically aligned, creatively strong, and delivered to the highest standards.
- Lead the development of integrated creative solutions across print, digital, social, presentation, motion, and emerging channels.
- Guide and review creative work from Designers and Senior Designers, providing clear direction and actionable feedback that elevates quality.
- Challenge briefs constructively, identifying opportunities to strengthen creative effectiveness and deliver greater impact.
- Translate complex scientific, healthcare, and technical information into compelling visual communications.
Creative Systems & Innovation
- Build and embed reusable templates, toolkits, frameworks, and design systems that improve consistency, efficiency, and scalability.
- Identify opportunities to streamline workflows and reduce duplication while maintaining creative excellence.
- Champion innovation in design approaches, tools, technologies, and AI-enabled workflows where appropriate.
Stakeholder Management & Influence
- Present concepts, creative rationale, and recommendations confidently to internal teams and clients.
- Influence stakeholders through strong design thinking, clear communication, and evidence-based creative decisions.
- Manage expectations around creative scope, quality, timelines, and deliverables.
Collaboration & Delivery
- Lead collaboration between Design, Copy, Strategy, Client Services, Studio, Digital, and Production teams to deliver integrated solutions.
- Ensure creative intent is maintained throughout the project lifecycle from briefing to final delivery.
- Support effective project planning by identifying risks, dependencies, and resourcing requirements early.
Team Development
- Mentor and develop Designers and Senior Designers through coaching, feedback, and knowledge sharing.
- Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing creative culture.
- Contribute to capability development, onboarding, and continuous improvement initiatives.
About You
Proven experience leading design projects from initial brief through to final delivery, bringing strong conceptual thinking and art direction expertise.
A standout integrated portfolio showcasing work across digital, print, social media, presentations, and multi-channel campaigns within an agency environment.
Confidence building relationships with clients and stakeholders, presenting creative ideas and influencing decisions through strategic and compelling design solutions.
Ability to transform complex information into engaging and impactful visual communications, ideally within healthcare or other highly regulated industries.
Experience creating design systems, templates, toolkits, and scalable creative frameworks that drive consistency, efficiency, and quality.
Excellent collaboration skills, with a track record of partnering effectively with strategists, copywriters, client services, digital, production, and studio teams to deliver exceptional creative work.
Please apply with a CV and up to date portfolio for review.
What we can offer
You'll receive up to a 7% pension contribution, life insurance, income protection, and private medical insurance for peace of mind. Enjoy flexible working arrangements, including flexible hybrid working, along with the option to work from anywhere across the globe two weeks each year. We provide 25 days of annual leave plus two personal well-being days, along with gifted end-of-year holidays and an early Summer Friday finish in June, July, and August.
Access free counselling through our employee assistance program, as well as personalized health support. Enhanced maternity, paternity, family leave, and fertility policies provide support across every stage of your family-planning journey, as well as on-demand support from our partner Peppy. You can also benefit from continuous opportunities to professionally develop with on-demand training, support, and global mobility opportunities across the business.
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