Healthmerch - Senior Creative Director
Creative design lead wanted!
$3,000–$4,000 per month | Full-time | EST alignment
Hi, I’m Benjamin, and at HealthMerch we partner with health organizations nationwide to create promotional products that truly make a difference. Our mission is to inform, educate, and engage communities through products that inspire and connect people to healthier outcomes. We combine creativity, knowledge, and teamwork to deliver solutions that have real impact.
We’ve built a passionate and ambitious team that values inclusivity, fun collaboration, and doing things the right way. If you love creative challenges, want to help shape a recognizable brand, and enjoy working with a team that cares about both quality and impact, HealthMerch is a place where your work will be seen, appreciated, and make a difference.
We’re looking for a Senior Creative Director.
This is a hands-on role for someone who can elevate our creative standard across all HealthMerch visuals. You’ll combine strong design and illustration skills to bring cohesion, polish, and authority to our brand, while mentoring a small production team to deliver high-quality work.
In this role, you will:
🎨 Own and uphold the HealthMerch and its sister company creative standard across all visuals
👩💻 Lead and mentor production designers to ensure polished, accurate client artwork
🖼️ Elevate client mockups with stronger layout, realism, and creative direction
📦 Ensure all print files are production-ready and meet vendor specifications
📧 Partner with Marketing to create email, landing page, and campaign visuals
💡 Lead creative direction for healthcare collections and awareness campaigns
🔗 Build cohesive design languages from client logos and campaign themes
📂 Develop and maintain brand guidelines, templates, and asset systems
⚖️ Balance high-volume production needs with long-term creative quality
🤝 Collaborate closely with Sales to support active deals with strong visuals
This is a full-time role aligned with EST, for approximately 6 hours per day.
Requirements
To be a successful candidate, you need:
✅ 6+ years of professional graphic design experience
✅ 2+ years leading or mentoring designers
✅ Strong portfolio showing campaign work, branding, and print production
✅ Advanced proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop
✅ Experience preparing vendor-ready, production-accurate files
✅ Strong typography and layout fundamentals
✅ Experience building templates and brand systems that scale
✅ Ability to manage high-volume workflows without sacrificing quality
✅ Clear communicator who can work cross-functionally with Sales and Marketing
✅ Experience working with remote teams or across time zones
Brownie points for:
⭐ Experience in healthcare, nonprofit, or advocacy-driven brands
⭐ Promotional products or merchandise industry background
⭐ Basic understanding of conversion and visual hierarchy
⭐ Experience in a CRM-driven marketing environment (HubSpot a plus)
⭐ Illustration skills or custom typography work
⭐ Light motion or animation experience
⭐ Photography direction or art direction on shoots
The ideal candidate is proactive, organized, and calm under pressure, with a structured, detail-oriented approach. You’re a direct communicator with high ownership, comfortable setting standards, mentoring others, and collaborating across teams.
You bring both high taste and resilience, ensuring creative excellence in everything you produce.
Benefits
What’s in it for you?
💰 Salary: $3,000–$4,000 per month*
⏰ Full-time | Fully remote
🌴 20 days PTO per year, including public holidays
💻 Work with a collaborative, supportive team of creatives
🎨 Opportunity to shape the visual identity of a recognized healthcare brand
📈 Lead and mentor a growing production design team
*Please note that this is a gross salary and that you are responsible for any tax-related procedures in your country of residence. We kindly ask you to apply only if you are happy to work remotely as an independent contractor.
This is our typical hiring process - occasionally, it may include extra steps.
For this role, JobRack is partnering with Healthmerch to find their next hire. We’ll handle all the screening and testing, so they see only the best-fit candidates - like you!
🔍 How to shine
• Read the role details carefully.
• Submit a thoughtful, high-quality application.
• Stay responsive - we’ll keep you updated at every stage.
✨ Important notes
• Apply only through JobRack; please don’t contact the company directly.
• We expect a respectful hiring experience - any disrespect means instant disqualification.
• This is a full-time, primary role (no freelancing or second jobs).
❓ New to remote work?
Check out our handy FAQ:
As published by workable
First name, Last name, Email, Phone, Photo, Resume, Location (City & Country), Timezone +/- vs GMT (+1), Why did you leave (or want to leave) your previous job?, What tools/ software have you been working with relevant to the role?, What are your GROSS salary expectations? Please be specific., Are you happy with committing to this role, working the hours required, and becoming part of the team whilst working as an independent contractor?, If your application were successful, when would you be able to start?
- Are you based in South Africa or Eastern Europe? yes / no
- Do you have 6+ years of graphic design experience? yes / no
- Do you have 2+ years of leading or mentoring designers experience? yes / no
- Describe your experience preparing production‑ready files for print vendors. Include the types of products, formats, and common challenges you’ve handled. written answer
- Tell us about a time you elevated a brand’s visual standard. What did you change, and what impact did it have? written answer
- Describe your experience creating realistic, persuasive mockups. What tools, techniques, or approaches do you rely on? written answer
- Which tools have you used extensively in the last 12 months? choose any
- Have you worked with healthcare, nonprofit, or mission‑driven brands? If yes, briefly describe the type of work and your role. written answer
- Share a link to your portfolio and highlight 1–2 projects that best represent your creative direction, branding, and production experience. written answer
- Some campaigns you may work on relate to sexual health, LGBTQ+ topics, and reproductive rights. Are you comfortable creating content and marketing materials around these themes in a professional capacity? yes / no