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art direction or design within creative or advertising agencies, including AOR and product launch experience.\n\n5+ years in a client-facing creative role with strong presentation skills.\n\nExperience driving user-centered design processes and rapid prototyping (from sketching to digital prototypes).\n\nTechnical Skills\nAdvanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, and InDesign (required).\n\nAdvanced proficiency in Figma and Gen AI tools.\n\nAdvanced proficiency in Microsoft Office: PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.\n\nStrong knowledge of UI/UX principles: User Experience, Design Thinking, Interaction Design, Accessibility Design, Usability Testing, and Competitive Analysis.\n\nWorking knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, or other project methodologies.\n\nIllustration specialist or Data Visualization skills are an advantage.\n\nDomain Knowledge\nScientific literacy: ability to read and interpret dense clinical trial data and medical content.\n\nDeep familiarity with pharmaceutical promotional review processes (OPDP, MLR).\n\nStrong understanding of omnichannel campaign delivery for both HCP and patient audiences.\n\nSoft Skills\nStrong portfolio demonstrates aesthetic and strategically creative solutions across multiple formats and channels.\n\nExcellent oral and written communication skills in English and Spanish (required for LATAM and North America clients).\n\nCreative problem-solving with the ability to brainstorm, ideate, and respond quickly with innovative, original concepts.\n\nOpen-minded, flexible, and optimistic adapting to change.\n\nStrong interpersonal skills for requirements gathering and communication across teams, workstreams, and clients.\n\nDesired Skills\nExperience in rare disease or oncology therapeutic areas.\n\nExperience in multinational pharmaceutical organizations or large healthcare agencies.\n\nExperience working with medical affairs and scientific communication teams.\n\nKnowledge of digital accessibility 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We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. 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