Art Director, Cancer Care Creative Strategy

Job Description Summary

MUSC Office of Communications and Marketing is seeking a collaborative Art Director to lead creative direction, campaign development, and enterprisewide storytelling for MUSCs cancercare initiatives. This role introduces elevated creative approaches, engages both internal and external audiences, and strengthens the clarity and effectiveness of cancercare communications across MUSC.

Entity

Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA)

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Cost Center

CC002257 SYS - Brand Marketing

Pay Rate Type

Salary

Pay Grade

Health-31

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Work Shift

Job Description

Reporting to the Senior Director of Brand Strategy, the Art Director is an integrated thinker with exceptional design and conceptual skills, able to lead creative strategy while stepping in to execute highquality design when needed. The role works across clinical, research, academic, digital, and enterprise communications teams and serves as a central creative partner to internal teams and agency collaborators.

This in-person role is based in Charleston, South Carolina.

Key Responsibilities

Creative Leadership and Direction (35%)

• Serve as the creative lead for cancer-care communications, shaping campaigns, visual systems, and storytelling frameworks that elevate MUSCs brand and advance awareness, prevention, research, philanthropy, and patient experience initiatives.
• Translate clinical and research information into clear, compelling visual narratives across the full patient journey prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and research.
• Create insight-driven creative solutions that strengthen MUSCs visibility, enhance brand positioning, and differentiate the organization in the healthcare marketplace.
• Partner with the Senior Director of Brand Strategy to advance enterprise-wide creative standards, alignment, and effectiveness.
• Execute highquality design work when needed, applying exceptional visual and conceptual skills to priority projects.
• Provide art direction to designers, freelancers, and agency partners to ensure consistent, highquality execution.

Enterprise, Digital, and Agency Collaboration (25%)

• Serve as the creative lead for cancer-care initiatives, ensuring all internal and agency-developed work adheres to MUSC brand standards and enterprise creative direction.
• Collaborate with enterprise communications teams to ensure content is accurate, consistent, and effectively adapted for digital and enterprise channels.
• Partner with writers, content strategists, photographers, videographers, and digital teams to deliver cohesive, multiplatform storytelling.
• Ensure all agencyproduced creative assets are retained by MUSC and properly managed within the enterprise digital asset management (DAM) system, maintaining organized, accessible, compliant asset libraries.
• Act as a cross-enterprise creative partner, fostering alignment, collaboration, and high-quality outcomes.

Production and Creative Operations (20%)

• Oversee creative asset development from concept through delivery, ensuring accuracy, quality, and alignment with goals.
• Manage workflows, timelines, and production processes across concurrent projects.
• Deliver productionready artwork and collaborate with vendors and agencies across print, digital, environmental, and multimedia outputs.
• Maintain efficient creative systems and structured filemanagement practices.

Education and Engagement (15%)

• Develop tools, templates, and resources that support effective cancer-care communication.
• Lead workshops and presentations that promote creative best practices and elevate communication quality.
• Champion a culture of design excellence and thoughtful storytelling.

Other Duties (5%)

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Design, or a related field.

Experience: 10+ years in graphic design, art direction, and creative leadership, ideally within a creative agency or in-house team, with a focus on healthcare or academic environments.

• Experience collaborating with and directing external agencies
• Proven ability to lead creative strategy while also contributing exceptional handson design work

Skills:

• Exceptional design skills, conceptual thinking, refined visual aesthetic, and strong creative judgment, with the ability to guide, mentor, and elevate the work of others
• Ability to provide creative leadership, set clear direction, and elevate creative quality, clarity, and effectiveness across teams and communications
• Proficiency in core creative and collaboration tools, including Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, PowerPoint, Canva, DAM systems, analytics tools, accessibility checkers, and project management platforms
• Ability to translate complex clinical and scientific information into compelling visual narratives
• Strong portfolio demonstrating brand identity, integrated campaigns, and cross-channel execution across digital and print
• Experience developing scalable design systems and templates that improve consistency and efficiency across teams
• Strong communication, presentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Knowledge of HIPAA requirements related to visual communications, accessibility standards, and inclusive design principles

Please share your resume, portfolio, and a cover letter that highlights your experience, creative philosophy, and what motivates you as a designer and leader.

Additional Job Description

Education: Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Work Experience: 7 years progressive work experience and 2 years management experience.

Physical Requirements

• Mobility & Posture

• Standing: Continuous

• Sitting: Continuous

• Walking: Continuous

• Climbing stairs: Infrequent

• Working indoors: Continuous

• Working outdoors (temperature extremes): Infrequent

• Working from elevated areas: Frequent

• Working in confined/cramped spaces: Frequent

• Kneeling: Infrequent

• Bending at the waist: Continuous

• Twisting at the waist: Frequent

• Squatting: Frequent

• Manual Dexterity & Strength

• Pinching operations: Frequent

• Gross motor use (fingers/hands): Continuous

• Firm grasping (fingers/hands): Continuous

• Fine manipulation (fingers/hands): Continuous

• Reaching overhead: Frequent

• Reaching in all directions: Continuous

• Repetitive motion (hands/wrists/elbows/shoulders): Continuous

• Full use of both legs: Continuous

• Balance & coordination (lower extremities): Frequent

• Lifting & Force Requirements

• Lift/carry 50 lbs. unassisted: Infrequent

• Lift/lower 50 lbs. from floor to 36: Infrequent

• Lift up to 25 lbs. overhead: Infrequent

• Exert up to 50 lbs. of force: Frequent

• Examples:

• Transfer 100 lb. non-ambulatory patient = 50 lbs. force

• Push 400 lb. patient in wheelchair on carpet = 20 lbs. force

• Push patient stretcher one-handed = 25 lbs. force

• Vision & Sensory

• Maintain corrected vision 20/40 (one or both eyes): Continuous

• Recognize objects (near/far): Continuous

• Color discrimination: Continuous

• Depth perception : Continuous

• Peripheral vision: Continuous

• Hearing acuity (with correction): Continuous

• Tactile sensory function: Continuous

• Gross motor with fine motor coordination: Continuous

• Selected Positions:

• Olfactory (smell) function: Continuous

• Respirator use qualification: Continuous

• Work Environment & Conditions

• Effective stress management: Continuous

• Rotating shifts: Frequent

• Overtime as required : Frequent

• Latex-safe environment: Continuous

If you like working with energetic enthusiastic individuals, you will enjoy your career with us!

The Medical University of South Carolina is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MUSC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, age, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, family or parental status, or any other status protected by state laws and/or federal regulations. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment based upon applicable qualifications, merit and business need.

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