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Director, Integrated Design at BGBx in Ontario, Canada
Job Description
About Us
At BGBx, we're driven by a simple idea: breakthrough thinking creates breakthrough impact. As an independent commercial solutions partner to pharmaceutical and life science companies, we bring together strategists, scientists, communicators, creatives, technologists, and data experts to tackle some of healthcare's most important challenges.
Our teams work across consulting and communications to help clients shape strategy, launch innovations, engage stakeholders, and drive meaningful results throughout the product lifecycle. The work is complex, fast-moving, and deeply connected to improving lives, creating opportunities for curious minds to make a real difference every day.
If you're energized by collaboration, inspired by innovation, and motivated by work that matters, you'll find a place to grow, contribute, and make a meaningful impact at BGBx.
The Director, Integrated Designer is a senior creative leader responsible for developing compelling, strategically grounded design solutions across a wide range of channels and touchpoints. This individual brings together strong conceptual thinking, exceptional design craft, and a deep understanding of how ideas translate across integrated experiences.
Working closely with Creative, Strategy, Account Services, and other cross-functional partners, the Director, Integrated Designer helps shape creative from initial concept
through execution, ensuring work is cohesive, engaging, and aligned with client objectives. This is a highly collaborative and hands-on role for a designer who can think big, execute
with precision, and elevate the work and teams around them.
Position Overview
• Create Integrated Experiences: Concept and design cohesive creative solutions across digital, print, social, experiential, presentation, and other relevant channels,
ensuring ideas translate effectively across the full customer experience.
• Drive Conceptual Thinking: Partner with Creative and Strategy teams to translate strategic insights into distinctive creative concepts and visual solutions that address client and brand objectives.
• Deliver Exceptional Design: Maintain a high standard of design craft across all work, with a strong command of typography, layout, visual hierarchy, imagery, color, and composition.
• Own Work from Concept Through Execution: Take an active, hands-on role throughout the creative process, from early ideation and design exploration through refinement, production, and final delivery.
• Build and Evolve Brands: Develop and extend visual identities and design systems that create consistency while allowing brands to evolve across channels and experiences.
• Champion Digital-First Thinking: Bring a strong understanding of digital experiences and emerging platforms, designing with the end user, channel, and experience in mind.
• Collaborate Across Disciplines: Work closely with Art Directors, Copywriters, Creative Directors, UX/UI, Strategy, Account Services, Production, and other partners to develop integrated creative solutions.
• Present and Defend the Work: Clearly articulate the thinking behind creative decisions and confidently present design concepts and recommendations to internal teams and clients.
• Mentor and Elevate Talent: Provide thoughtful creative direction, feedback, and mentorship to designers and other creative team members, helping strengthen both individual capabilities and the overall quality of the work.
• Stay Ahead of the Industry: Maintain a strong understanding of evolving design trends, technology, platforms, and creative tools, bringing new ideas and approaches into the work where appropriate.
• Navigate Healthcare Complexity: Develop creative solutions that are impactful while working effectively within the regulatory and compliance considerations of healthcare and pharmaceutical marketing.
Role Requirements
• 8+ years of progressive design experience within an advertising, creative, healthcare, or similarly fast-paced agency environment, with experience operating at a senior design level.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating sophisticated design thinking, conceptual creativity, and integrated work across multiple channels and formats.
• Exceptional visual design skills with a refined understanding of typography, composition, color, imagery, and brand systems.
• Demonstrated ability to develop a creative idea and thoughtfully translate it across multiple touchpoints.
• Strong conceptual and problem-solving skills with the ability to connect creative execution back to strategy and business objectives.
• Experience working collaboratively with multidisciplinary creative and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities while maintaining strong attention to detail and design quality.
• Strong presentation and communication skills with the ability to articulate and defend creative decisions.
• Experience providing creative direction, feedback, and mentorship to other designers.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and adapting as client and project needs evolve.
• Healthcare, pharmaceutical, or HCP promotional experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience working within regulated environments and navigating medical, legal, and regulatory review is a plus.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and relevant design and collaboration tools. Experience with Figma and emerging AI-enabled creative tools is a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, or a related discipline preferred, or equivalent professional experience.
What Success Looks Like
The Director, Integrated Designer consistently delivers thoughtful, beautifully crafted work that strengthens the creative product and brings strategic ideas to life across channels.
They are equally comfortable developing an idea, getting hands-on in the work, collaborating across disciplines, and helping other creatives do their best work. They bring
curiosity, strong creative judgment, and a commitment to continually raising the bar for BGBx and our clients.
Salary Range: 160,000 - 170,000 CAD
What We Offer
At BGBx, we invest in our people because exceptional talent drives exceptional work. We provide a competitive rewards package designed to support your health, well-being, professional growth, and life outside of work.
Our benefits package typically includes health care insurance, retirement plans, generous paid time off and holidays, wellness benefits, life insurance, learning and development opportunities, and other resources that support our employees throughout their careers. Additional benefits may be available based on your location. Beyond benefits, you'll find a culture built on collaboration, innovation, inclusion, and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on healthcare and the people it serves.
BGBx is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status or any category or class of person protected by law.