ABOUT CURE®
Cure is a healthcare innovation campus in the heart of New York City that serves as the go-to hub for innovators and entrepreneurs with a mission to advance healthcare and find cures. The Cure ecosystem features more than 20 on-campus startup and established life science, digital health, and tech-enabled companies focused on developing and commercializing cutting-edge solutions to tackle unmet needs in healthcare. By integrating the capabilities of innovators from academia, government, industry and not-for-profit sectors, Cure seeks to accelerate cures.
Our campus features state of the art laboratory and business facilities, a collaboration residency, office space and premium event venues, including an education center, conference center, and iconic rooftop facility, well as compelling leadership content, industry leading event programming, mentoring, networking, and other services to members of its ecosystem. CureX is an affiliate of Deerfield Management Company, LP. For more information, please visit https://wewillcure.com/.
The Opportunity
Cure is seeking a Graphic Designer to join our dynamic New York City-based team in support of Deerfield Management, a member of the Cure ecosystem.
Cure ecosystem member organizations aim to advance healthcare via supporting breakthroughs in the life sciences and biotechnology. We are active across the spectrum of healthcare, with collaborations spanning academic institutions and private industry to non-profits and government agencies. We are focused on enhancing the discovery, development, and production of diagnostics, devices, drugs, and vaccines as well as care delivery and public health. Cure also offers industry-leading event programming focused on critical health topics.
The Graphic Designer will work with existing creative and communications professionals to translate requests from Deerfield Management and Cure ecosystem clients into high-quality finished products. You will be responsible for all aspects of visual output, which includes but is not limited to conceptual development; design and layout of corporate and investor presentation decks; art and imagery for branding and marketing initiatives; image retouching/photo and video manipulation; and designing social media assets. Output can include but is not limited to logos, corporate websites, infographics, presentation decks, event- and conference-related collateral, simple videos, and web graphics and banners. An understanding of production for digital and print deliverables is a must.
We are looking for someone with a creative mind who is organized and able to work efficiently on multiple projects while meeting deadlines. We are looking for someone with a strong command of tools within the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, InDesign) and Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). UI/UX, Web Design and Illustration skills are a plus but not required.
Please note that this role will initially be a four week trial/consulting engagement. Following a successful trial period, there is the opportunity to transition into a full-time position.
Responsibilities:
- Own projects from concept to execution, delivering finished products that meet stakeholders’ objectives and deadlines.
- Lead development and manage execution of conceptualization, design, and production of compelling branded visual content for a variety of affiliates.
- Align design choices with business objectives and strategies in support of a unified brand identity.
- Adept at explaining design concepts to those unfamiliar with design practices.
- Collaborate with other team members to prioritize accuracy (e.g., scientific or financial) and visual consistency.
- Provide creative input during strategy meetings and brainstorming sessions.
- Adapt designs for various platforms and audiences to optimize impact.
- Interface and collaborate with external vendors to facilitate printing, digital design, photoshoots, and video editing.
Preferred Skills & Qualifications:
Design Skills:
- Ability to act as a strategic and conceptual leader on projects, contributing to the strategic development of an assignment and its creative ideas while promoting conceptual thinking among clients and creative team.
- Excellent design, typography, and layout skills.
- Willingness to creatively iterate over all aspects of the design process: creating a design concept, preparing rough drafts and presenting new ideas, then amending after stakeholder feedback.
- Expert knowledge of preferred design and graphic editing software (e.g. Adobe Creative Suite, (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, etc).
- Strong understanding of Microsoft Office Suite, with advanced PowerPoint skills in design, formatting, and charting.
- Curiosity and interest that keep you up to date on graphics trends, best practices, and emerging technologies.
- A bonus: You understand video production and can help create video assets for internal and external use.
Performance Skills:
- Proven experience managing and balancing streams of work for multiple projects at the same time, from concept to completion.
- Excellent communication skills -- verbal, written, interpersonal and inter-departmental -- and a desire to collaborate with cross-functional teams to achieve shared goals.
- Results-oriented e.g. you do what you say you’ll do, when you say you’ll do it.
- A driven, proactive, “can-do” orientation toward work – you are a problem solver who wants to get things done, and done right.
- Meticulous attention to detail – no misaligned boundaries or font mismatches escape your eye!
- Professional time management skills – you understand how long things take, communicate accordingly, and reprioritize when necessary to make sure the most important things get done on time. You’re quick on the draw when something needs a fast turnaround and thoughtful when engaged in deeper work.
Qualifications:(but note that we’re more interested in your portfolio than your resume):
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in graphic design or related field
- 3+ years of professional design experience in high-volume, fast-paced professional environments, such as an advertising agency or graphic design firm (required)
- Background or experience in graphic design for the healthcare, life science, and/or biotechnology industries is preferred.
Please note that this is an on site position. Cure follows a Monday-Thursday in office and Friday remote policy.
To be considered for this position, please email your resume, and your latest portfolio to careers@cureexperience.com
Salary Range: $80,000 - $100,000
CureX is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer, and we encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
