Associate Creative Director, Art

Join Edelman in New York, NY (onsite) and help build integrated, earned-first campaigns that are designed to ship. This role combines creative leadership with real-world execution, internet fluency, and a focus on capital-P purpose. You will own the art, guide creative teams through production, and partner across functions to deliver work that moves beyond decks and actually performs in the wild.

What you’ll be doing

• Concept and sell integrated campaigns across formats including social, digital, video, experiential, and content, sometimes with an ACD and copy partner depending on the work.
• Turn ideas into client-ready materials, building the extensive decks required for approvals while keeping the concept sharp and persuasive.
• Own the art end-to-end: at the Associate Creative Director level, art is a core piece of the work, not the only focus.
• Partner closely with account, strategy, influencer, and production to ensure creative output consistently adheres to Earned Acceleration Principals.
• Run multiple projects simultaneously, providing direction to the junior team and managing up to a handful of creative leaders, even when alignment is difficult and teams are not always in the same room.
• Maintain momentum through production, comms planning, and launch, including handling multiple high-stakes client moments.
• After launch, stay close to results by returning from downtime with fresh perspective and continuing into case study work while impact is still top of mind.

What you bring

• 6+ years in a creative role with a track record of ideas that made it into the wild.
• Comfort managing details and pivots, with an entrepreneurial streak.
• A portfolio link. Applications without one won’t be considered.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience that’s weird and/or interesting.
• AI fluency, including a strong opinion on the difference between smart AI use and low-quality “work slop.”

Why this role

Edelman’s creative culture values work that is out in the world, internet fluency without trend-chasing, and capital-P Purpose that goes deeper than optics. The team also prioritizes ego-free ambition.

Compensation and benefits

Salary: USD 86,000 - 138,000 per year.

• Medical and dental insurance
• Vision
• 401K
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Paid time off
• Travel assistance
• Wellness programing

How to apply

Send your portfolio and a note on the one live project you’re most proud of. You may also receive a short questionnaire about what you read, watch, and post.