WTA is hiring an Associate Creative Director, Art Director who is equal parts conceptual thinker, visual storyteller and creative leader.
This person will play an important role across our growing healthcare portfolio while also contributing to larger campaigns, new business and creative opportunities across the agency.
This is a hands on role for someone who still loves making the work. You’ll concept, design, direct and present ideas from brief through execution while helping raise the quality of the work and the people around you.
We’re looking for strong conceptual instincts, exceptional visual taste and the judgment to know when an idea or execution needs to be pushed further.What You'll Do
- Lead concept development and art direction across campaigns, brand platforms and ongoing client work.
- Partner with writers, designers and other agency partners to turn business challenges into strong creative ideas.
- Establish the visual direction and carry it through execution across campaigns, brand systems, visual identities, logos, digital experiences and other client needs.
- Lead creative presentations and sell in the work with confidence, connecting ideas back to strategy, audience and business opportunity.
- Guide production partners and protect the quality of the work through execution.
- Mentor other creatives and contribute to pitches, proactive opportunities and work across the agency.
What We're Looking For
- 7 to 10+ years of agency or comparable creative experience with a portfolio that shows strong conceptual thinking, visual storytelling and craft across multiple channels.
- The ability to move between big campaign ideas and execution with strong creative judgment throughout.
- A strong eye for typography, composition, photography, film and design systems with a clear point of view on what makes work feel distinctive.
- Confidence presenting and defending creative thinking with internal teams and clients.
- Experience partnering closely with writers from concept through execution and the ability to move between concepting, art direction and hands on design when the work calls for it.
- Experience working through production and collaborating effectively with photographers, filmmakers and other creative partners.
- A collaborative mindset and a genuine interest in making the work and the people around you better.
- Experience with health systems, pharmaceutical brands, insurance or medical and legal review is a plus, but it is not required. More important is your ability to understand complex subject matter, find the human idea inside it and create work that makes people want to care.
What Success Looks Like
- Becoming a trusted creative lead across key assignments and accounts.
- Raising the quality of the work you touch.
- Building strong partnerships throughout the agency and earning client confidence.
Why This Role Matters
We want someone who can help raise the standard of the work, strengthen the people around them and contribute to a growing creative department.
If you’re an ambitious creative who wants to make great work, have a real voice in the process and the opportunity to help build something, we’d like to meet you.
Skills Required
- 7 to 10+ years of agency or comparable creative experience with a portfolio showing strong conceptual thinking and visual storytelling
- Proven ability to move between big campaign ideas and hands-on execution with strong creative judgment
- Strong eye for typography, composition, photography, film and design systems
- Experience concepting, art directing and performing hands-on design when needed
- Confidence presenting and defending creative work to internal teams and clients
- Experience partnering closely with writers from concept through execution
- Experience working through production and collaborating with photographers, filmmakers and production partners
- Mentoring or leading other creatives and contributing to pitches and agency-wide work
- Experience with health systems, pharmaceutical brands, insurance, or medical/legal review
What We Do
At Walz Tetrick Advertising, we have a saying: Why outspend the competition when you can outsmart them? That’s the mission of every member of our team. To uncover illuminating insights and develop customized, game-changing, data-driven campaigns that make our clients look bigger and feel more local. Strategies that deliver bottom-line results and a roadmap for future success. In our fast-paced industry, we know the importance of staying nimble. And we’re also built to think ahead. So as we push forward, we illuminate the opportunities beyond what others thought possible. We lead our clients, so they can lead their competition. And their industries. Every day we go out of our way to outplan, outwork, outwit and outperform so we can deliver better outcomes for our clients. Are you ready to outsmart your competition? Would you like to become a member of our team? Let’s talk.
