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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 www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok (https://www.tiktok.com/@abbvie) .

Job Description

Pacific Communications is a full-service global provider of integrated healthcare communications on the West Coast, specializing in marketing strategy development and planning, medical communications and education, branding, advertising, and promotion. This includes launching many new products and technologies, with a global reach. Pacific Communications is the largest medical marketing communications company on the West Coast, ranked in the top 15 nationally based on gross income and is considered a leader in the communications industry. We compete for Agency of Record relationships within the classic full-service environment, which is categorized specifically as a communications industry unto itself. The Medical Communications industry has very specific organizational and cost structures but is a service business with typical characteristics of the sector: people-intensive, few tangible assets, less predictable profit patterns.

• Reports to the CD/Art. Is responsible for the art/graphic output of the group of brands he/she heads. Assigns brands to direct reports (art directors) and reviews and assesses their performance. Reviews their work during its creation and before it is dispatched to the client, from concept through production. Manages art group’s workload to maximize efficiency, thus assuring completion of work on time and on budget.

% of Time or Importance 30%

• Continually strives to inspire and elevate the level of creative ability of all art personnel within his/her group consistent with the desire for growth and excellence implicit in the Agency’s vision, mission and values. Sustains an ongoing effort to keep up to date on current developments in communications as they apply to the art/creative department.

• Helps guide the professional and creative development and growth of art directors through evaluation of creative standards by example and counsel. Works collaboratively and constructively with ACD/Art counterparts to the benefit of the brands for which they are responsible.

% of Time or Importance 30%

• Is responsible for being current and conversant with their brands and the competition and requires the same of their direct reports. Is expected to effectively present creative work both internally and externally.

% of Time or Importance 20%

• Participates in, and contributes to, shaping brand positioning and strategy with all other members of the brand teams within his/her group.

% of Time or Importance 10%

• Is a key member of the agency new business team as required.

% of Time or Importance 10%

Qualifications

• 4-year college education, with a focus on Art and Design, preferably in the communication arts

• Combined four to six years creative/supervisory art experience, preferably in healthcare communications

• Creative experience within the classic full-service healthcare agency environment

• Combination of supervisory management skills and creative awareness and sensibility

• Ability to manage highly charged group dynamics and processes

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written

• Persuasiveness and advanced presentation skills

Additional Information

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• 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. ?

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. ?

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Salary: $121,000 - $230,000