I’m Mark Allen, a Creative Director/Art with a track record in memorable advertising. My storytelling and craft are brought to life with AI-powered tools like Midjourney, and I’ve built deep experience in the pharmaceutical HCP/DTC space. I’m adept at leading multi-disciplinary teams, winning new business pitches, and delivering campaigns from concept to launch. I thrive in client-facing roles and am ready to help your business grow—remote/hybrid, based outside NYC.…

Mark Allen

I’m Mark Allen, a Creative Director/Art with a track record in memorable advertising. My storytelling and craft are brought to life with AI-powered tools like Midjourney, and I’ve built deep experience in the pharmaceutical HCP/DTC space. I’m adept at leading multi-disciplinary teams, winning new business pitches, and delivering campaigns from concept to launch. I thrive in client-facing roles and am ready to help your business grow—remote/hybrid, based outside NYC.…

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I’m Mark Allen, a Creative Director/Art with a track record in memorable advertising. My storytelling and craft are brought to life with AI-powered tools like Midjourney, and I’ve built deep experience in the pharmaceutical HCP/DTC space.

I’m adept at leading multi-disciplinary teams, winning new business pitches, and delivering campaigns from concept to launch. I thrive in client-facing roles and am ready to help your business grow—remote/hybrid, based outside NYC.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Freelance Creative Director, Art at Self-employed
July 1, 2024 - Present
Creative concepting in the pharmaceutical HCP/DTC advertising space; running as well as concepting for new business pitches; creating launch campaigns for newly acquired clients; management of projects or teams across all phases of creative development; extensive use of AI in delivering visuals.
Associate Creative Director, Art at The Bank (FCB Health New York)
February 1, 2015 - July 1, 2024
Part of The Bank, a senior conceptual creative group working on new business, re-branding, product launches; created the "my way" Cologuard TV campaign; TB Alliance account; Stiolto, Spiriva and Prolia consumer work; managed and produced TV/video/social/web/banner/email/print across clients; MM&M gold best consumer site stiolto.com and copdrealitycheck.com; managed creative teams and client contact.
Associate Creative Director, Art at Extrovertic
December 1, 2011 - December 1, 2014
Management and creation of integrated advertising and design campaigns for Pfizer and EMD Serono as well as new business.
Freelance Creative Director, Art at DraftFCB & Ogilvy Commonhealth
February 1, 2010 - December 1, 2011
New business pitches and brand redesigns; TV and print work for Symbicort.
VP Associate Creative Director at GSW Worldwide
February 1, 2009 - February 1, 2010
Responsible for Bayer Women’s Health; leads a team creating HCP journal ads, tablet PC, printed visual aids and email for Bayer Yaz and Mirena; day-to-day client contact; ads and sales materials for Covidien’s Tofranil PM, Novartis’s Menveo vaccine and Ethicon’s surgical mesh/staple.
VP Creative Director at Digitas Health
July 1, 2008 - February 1, 2009
All consumer TV and print advertising for Crestor; managed creative staff and day-to-day client contact.
VP Art Supervisor at Ogilvy Healthworld
January 1, 2007 - July 1, 2008
Concerta pediatric HCP business; created brand advertising, direct mail, web banners, tablet PC visual aids; direct-to-physician print campaign for Allergan breast implants that helped win the account.

Education

Graphic Design at California State University, Long Beach
January 11, 2030 - December 29, 2025
Graphic Design at Orange Coast College
January 11, 2030 - December 29, 2025

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Healthcare, Life Sciences, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment, Other
    paper Flare up

    For COPD patients, a flare-up can be a life threatening event. Yet most patients aren’t aware they even exist until it happens to them. In this campaign we use the brand icon of an elephant sitting upon a COPD patient’s chest. Only this time we took it to a whole new level to help communicate the severity of a flare-up and how Spiriva can help prevent them. The campaign used broadcast and social.