Associate Creative Director, Creative Development

In New York, Dentsu Creative is looking for an Associate Creative Director, Creative Development to help lead language across integrated healthcare, pharmacy, and consumer wellness campaigns. Working in a hybrid setup from New York, you will collaborate closely with an ACD art director, report into CDs and an ECD, and guide a midlevel team while helping shape the agency’s voice in new business.

Role focus

You will concept and copyright integrated campaign work across multiple mediums, from TV and OLV to social, performance creative, and experiential. The job centers on building campaign systems with consistent visual logic, bringing a discerning eye to storyboards, comps, and mockups, and ensuring ideas move from rough to finished with clear intent.

Responsibilities

• Concepting and copyrighting of integrated campaigns (TV, OLV, social, performance creative, experiential) from concept through production
• Partnering closely with an ACD art director, from brief to delivery, across projects of any size and style
• Concepting and composing across multiple projects simultaneously, while developing campaign systems with consistent visual logic
• Reviewing storyboards, comps, and mockups with a sharp eye for what separates a rough idea from a finished one
• Working across two Creative Direction teams with strategists, producers, and designers
• Mentoring a midlevel team by sharing knowledge and elevating the work around you
• Contributing to pitches and helping shape the agency voice in new business contexts
• Staying genuinely interested in where culture is going, including new formats, platforms, and ways of connecting

Requirements

• 7+ years of creative advertising experience at an agency, with a clear arc of increasing ownership
• A portfolio that includes TV, OLV, and integrated work, demonstrating both concept thinking and craft, not only executions
• Production chops: comfortable on set and in post, with an understanding of how things get made
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) to build ideas, not just finish them
• A Bachelor’s degree in advertising, design, or a related field
• Must be located in New York

Tools and technologies

• Adobe Creative Cloud
• Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign

Benefits

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

Team context

• Good taste and detail are expected, with craft positioned as a competitive advantage
• Collaborative teamwork across departments, with people working together and the work reflecting that culture
• Ability to tolerate dad jokes is required

How to apply

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Include a portfolio that shows work made with intention, where you can point to choices rather than just outcomes. Use the Apply button at the top of this posting to get started.

Location: New York, NY (hybrid) | Time type: Full time | Contract type: Permanent

Compensation: USD 99,500 - 150,000 per year