Art Director, Creative Development

Join Dentsu Creative as an Art Director in Creative Development, shaping integrated, performance-driven creative work for clients across multiple channels. This hybrid role is based in the New York or Boston area, with an in-office schedule of 3 days per week, and includes close collaboration with a copywriter and broader project teams to take concepts through completion.

You will work on a range of deliverables tied to communications objectives, audience insights, and direct response best practices, translating strategy into art direction for campaigns, comps, storyboards, and mockups. Reporting to a Creative Director, you will also contribute to new business pitches and present work internally and to clients while building relationships.

What you’ll do

• Concept and craft performance-driven creative, including paid media assets for paid and organic social, display, digital ads, email, OLV, and website and landing pages, while meeting client branding requirements.
• Produce campaign and visual deliverables such as AI-generated imagery and visual systems, animations, PR-ready creative assets, storyboard development for motion and video, long-form video concepts, and experiential or event-based creative.
• Develop creative solutions that reflect a clear understanding of communications objectives, client nuances, and timing and budget parameters.
• Collaborate with a partner across projects of varying size, scope, and style through to completion.
• Art direct and concept across multiple projects and clients at once, including campaign development, comps, storyboards, and mockups.
• Support growth by contributing work to new business pitches.
• Partner with Producers, Designers, Client Leadership, and Strategy Partners throughout the project lifecycle.
• Create on-brand creative activations grounded in strategies that bring art and messaging to life for specific audiences across channels.
• Use audience insights, strategic frameworks, and direct response best practices to inform your work.
• Stay current with evolving technologies and trends.
• Present work both internally and to clients and help build client relationships.

What you bring

• Minimum 2 years of experience in creative advertising.
• Online portfolio featuring conceptual integrated campaign examples.
• Comfort with production and post-production.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud, including Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator.
• Bachelor’s degree in advertising, marketing, graphic design, or a related field; or equivalent experience in a relevant field in lieu of a degree.
• Experience with Figma.
• Preference for candidates located in New York or Boston, since 3 days per week onsite is required.

Tools and technologies

• Adobe Creative Cloud
• Photoshop
• InDesign
• Illustrator
• Figma

Role details

• Location: New York, NY (hybrid)
• Onsite requirement: 3 days per week in the office (New York or Boston)
• Employment type: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Salary range: USD 62,100 - 85,000 per year
• Placement within the range depends on factors such as relevant experience, knowledge, and skills.
• Reporting: To a Creative Director; paired with a copywriter
• Client work context: One of Dentsu’s newest client wins, supporting large healthcare, pharmacy, and consumer wellness brands in the US
• Tags: #LI-RB1, #LI-Hybrid

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 401k
• Flexible paid time off
• At least 15 paid holidays per year
• Paid sick and safe leave
• Paid parental leave

For additional details about Dentsu benefits, visit www.dentsubenefitsplus.com. Dentsu also supports reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans, including assistance for applicants who need an accommodation when searching and applying for careers. To request an accommodation, email [email protected] with the nature of your request and your contact information.