Senior Designer Jobs in Rutherford, NJ (NOW HIRING)

Company Description

Heartbeat is a full-service agency for healthcare Challenger Brands. Challengers are playing a high-stakes game-they must battle behemoth market leaders, upend ingrained treatment habits, or transform a "me-too" product into "yes-please."

The agency is known for serving up distinctive strategies and differentiating approaches, ensuring clients' market positions are uniquely owned. Heartbeat designs their organization around a 100% integration model, housing media, strategy, med comms, creative, technology, and even point of care/population health under the same roof for the tightest, most integrated campaigns possible. They price work based on outcomes, not outputs. Their innovative model delivers not only alignment, but powerful orchestration, greater efficiency, and maximum impact for every dollar spent-all the necessary elements for Challengers to triumph.

That's the philosophy, here's the creds: 250+ employees between NYC & LA; 6 agency leaders with decades of tenure; a pile of awards from the likes of the Mannys, MM&M Awards, OMMAs, and Clios; an industry-leading commitment to diversity and inclusion (with a Med Ad News D&I Champion nod to match); and a President who dared to be quoted as saying, "We celebrate people who stand up and say, 'You know what? This is dumb.' Damn straight.

Overview

We're searching for a Sr. Designer who has a fresh viewpoint and an interest in transforming concepts into innovative visual solutions. You'll design and execute innovative visual materials for integrated, cross-channel initiatives including web and print advertising. You'll collaborate with the entire creative team from Creative Directors, other Art Directors/Sr. Designers, Copywriters, Designers, Production Specialists and other key members of our creative team to produce industry-leading work.

Responsibilities

Tasks and responsibilities include:

• Lead projects, create and communicate concepts to clients and team members
• Design comps, storyboards, initial graphic concepts and final deliverables
• Foster a collaborative environment
• Communicate and articulate concept rationales
• Brainstorm and assist in developing campaigns
• Partner with copywriters to ensure that the copy and voice support the concepts

Qualifications

To qualify, you'll need:

• Four year degree
• 5+ years of  design experience
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of digital design
• Creative agency experience desired
• Expert use of the latest version of the Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign)
• Robust design portfolio with combination of print and web
• Mastery of all design tools, platforms and versions of applicable software programs
• Experience with strategic brainstorming, campaign development, creative brief development and creative execution
• Strong typographical, motion graphic and interaction design skills including but not limited to Flash, Ajax, Flex and emerging platforms
• In-depth understanding of HTML/dHTML and the capabilities of web browsers

Candidate must be open to travel as needed

Additional Information

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Difference" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent. 

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive.  Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K,  as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com.  All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. 

Compensation Range: $66,785 - $101,085 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 10/28/2025.

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 Compensation Range: USD $66,785.00 - USD $101,085.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 9/15/2025.Employment Type: OTHER