Medical Graphic Designer, Content Suite

$80 - $100 per hour

Contract

Professional

South San Francisco, CA, 94080

Job ID: 

29596838

Graphic Designer – Medical Communications & Creative Production

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly creative, detail-oriented, and experienced Graphic Designer to join an internal creative studio team supporting medical communications, scientific content, and healthcare education initiatives.

This position will focus heavily on the hands-on design, execution, and production of high-quality creative assets supporting medical teams, healthcare providers, and patient education programs.

The ideal candidate combines strong traditional graphic design fundamentals with expertise in modern design tools, including Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Express, PowerPoint, Figma, and emerging generative AI technologies.

A key component of this role involves transforming complex scientific and medical information into visually engaging, easy-to-understand materials, including charts, graphs, presentations, infographics, and educational content.

Working directly with medical stakeholders, Project Managers, Copywriters, and Medical Reviewers, the Graphic Designer will help establish a consistent visual identity across medical education materials while ensuring brand consistency and regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities

Graphic Design & Creative Production

  • Serve as a primary hands-on Graphic Designer, producing a high volume of professional-quality creative assets.

  • Design and develop materials across multiple digital and print formats, including:

    • Digital campaign banners

    • Social media graphics

    • Print collateral and brochures

    • PowerPoint presentations

    • One-pagers and educational materials

    • Scientific charts, graphs, and data visualizations

    • Infographics and iconography

  • Translate creative briefs and scientific information into polished, visually engaging design deliverables.

  • Recreate and enhance scientific charts, graphs, and visual elements for use in presentations and educational materials.

  • Develop reusable design assets and templates to support medical and marketing teams.

  • Apply strong typography, layout, color theory, and visual design principles across all projects.

Medical Communications & Scientific Data Visualization

  • Transform complex medical and scientific data into clear, accurate, and visually accessible formats.

  • Support the development of educational materials for patients and healthcare providers (HCPs).

  • Collaborate with medical stakeholders to ensure scientific information is communicated effectively through visual design.

  • Create consistent visual elements, charts, diagrams, and infographics for medical presentations and documentation.

  • Ensure medical content is presented accurately while maintaining readability, engagement, and visual consistency.

Brand Consistency & Regulatory Compliance

  • Apply established medical brand guidelines and visual identity systems across all deliverables.

  • Ensure creative assets adhere to brand standards, regulatory requirements, and compliance guidelines.

  • Incorporate feedback from medical stakeholders and regulatory/compliance review teams, including CMLR reviews.

  • Revise and refine creative materials to meet medical, legal, regulatory, and quality standards.

  • Maintain exceptional attention to detail in typography, alignment, formatting, and design execution.

Asset Management & Production

  • Prepare accurate, production-ready files for digital publishing and print production.

  • Organize and maintain design files, asset libraries, and reusable templates.

  • Develop scalable templates that enable marketing and medical strategy teams to create consistent content.

  • Ensure final artwork meets technical specifications and formatting requirements across multiple platforms.

  • Support efficient creative workflows through effective file management and asset organization.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Partner with Project Managers, Copywriters, Medical Reviewers, and Medical Strategy teams throughout the creative development process.

  • Execute projects from initial creative brief through final approval and delivery.

  • Incorporate stakeholder feedback efficiently while maintaining design quality and project timelines.

  • Manage multiple concurrent projects in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Creative Innovation & Process Improvement

  • Leverage Adobe Express to rapidly create, modify, and scale design assets in response to evolving medical research and strategic priorities.

  • Explore emerging design technologies, including generative AI tools, to improve creative production efficiency.

  • Utilize modern design platforms to develop scalable creative solutions.

  • Support continuous improvement of creative processes, templates, and design workflows.

Required Qualifications

Education

- Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, or a related field.

Professional Experience

  • 4–7 years of hands-on professional graphic design and creative production experience in an agency or in-house creative environment.

  • Demonstrated experience producing high-quality digital, print, and presentation materials.

  • Strong understanding of traditional graphic design principles, including typography, layout, color theory, and composition.

  • Experience managing multiple creative projects and deadlines simultaneously.

Technical Skills

  • Expert-level proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud, including:

    • Adobe InDesign

    • Adobe Illustrator

    • Adobe Photoshop

    • Adobe Express

  • Strong PowerPoint presentation design skills are essential.

  • Experience creating and recreating charts, graphs, infographics, and other visual assets.

  • Strong understanding of digital and print production requirements.

  • Ability to prepare polished, publication-ready artwork across multiple formats.

Portfolio Requirement

  • A professional design portfolio is required for consideration.

  • Portfolio must demonstrate:

    • Strong typography and layout skills

    • Effective use of color theory and visual composition

    • High-quality digital and print design work

    • Professional PowerPoint presentations

    • Polished, production-ready deliverables

  • Candidates without a portfolio link will not be considered.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Previous graphic design experience within healthcare, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical communications, or another highly regulated industry.

  • Experience developing educational materials for patients and healthcare professionals.

  • Experience transforming scientific or medical information into charts, graphs, infographics, and presentations.

  • Familiarity with medical, legal, and regulatory review processes, including CMLR reviews.

  • Experience with Figma or other UI/UX design tools.

  • Familiarity with Adobe After Effects and basic motion graphics.

  • Experience leveraging generative AI tools to support creative production.

Key Skills & Competencies

  • Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.

  • Strong graphic design and production capabilities.

  • Excellent PowerPoint presentation design skills.

  • Ability to visually communicate complex scientific information.

  • Strong organizational and time-management skills.

  • Ability to manage competing priorities and tight deadlines.

  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

  • Ability to incorporate creative and regulatory feedback.

  • Proactive, adaptable, and solution-oriented mindset.

  • Ability to work independently while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

  • Commitment to maintaining brand consistency and regulatory compliance.


Nesco Resource offers a comprehensive benefits package for our associates, which includes a MEC (Minimum Essential Coverage) plan that encompasses Medical, Vision, Dental, 401K, and EAP (Employee Assistance Program) services.

Nesco Resource provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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