Art Director

MRM McCann; Birmingham (MI); On-site; USD 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

MRM McCann is seeking a full-time Art Director to create bold, strategic, and persuasive advertising across media and ensure alignment with the client strategy. The role collaborates with copywriters and production teams to deliver high-quality creative solutions.

The candidate should have a strong Portfolio, 2+ years in digital/print marketing, and proficiency in art techniques and software. Office-based with standard in-office expectations and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in digital and print marketing.
• Art education in advertising design and conceptual thinking preferred.
• Portfolio is required to demonstrate creative and technical skills.
• Demonstrated judgment and imagination for the creation and arrangement of visual elements of an advertisement.
• Experience with online content (websites, email, interactive tools, search).
• Comfortable presenting to clients.
• Experience with Responsive design is a plus.
• Previous experience as an Art Director/Associate Art Director preferred.
• Skilled in art techniques as well as computer proficient.
• Motivated, self-starter with an action oriented and can-do attitude.
• Capable of juggling multiple projects, sticking to deadlines and ensuring high-quality output.

Responsibilities

• Develops concepts and collaborates with the production team as needed.
• Builds relationships with appropriate agency creative leads.
• Works productively and harmoniously as a teammate with Copywriters and production/producers who share the responsibility on the given assignment.
• Collaborates with Copywriter and Information Architects in concepting and ideation.
• Presents concepts to other departments if necessary and revises concepts according to comments.
• Updates recommendations based on any client comments and shares approved recommendations with all departments.
• Works with CAOR on creative needs.
• Gives input when images are scanned for high resolution and retouching.
• Meets with project management to review work in progress and selects desired concepts.
• Submits work to senior leadership for review and approval.

Skills

Art Direction

Digital & Print Marketing

Client Presentations

Portfolio Required

Responsive Design

Advertising Design

Concept Development

Creative Collaboration

Adobe Creative Suite

Education

Art education in advertising design

Job description

Agency: Omnicom Precision Marketing

Job Function: Creative

Job Subfunction: Art Direction

MRM is part of theOmnicomPrecision Marketing activation practice.This practice integrates CRM platform expertise, journey management, and first-party data capabilities with creative excellence and performance capabilities, enablingOmnicomto deliver intelligent activation across the full funnel with data-driven decisioning at scale to help clients move faster and deliver more connected customer experiences.

MRM is a modern relationship marketing agency dedicated to building enduring brand relationships. MRM's specialized capabilities drive relationship lifetime value and span CRM, Customer Experience, and Commerce with data and martech at the core. MRM operates in a borderless, integrated way to enable greater collaboration, creativity, and true speed to market. For more information, please visitwww.mrm.com.

The full-time Art Director is a key role within MRM. We expect that s/he will execute advertising materials that are consistent with the agreed strategy and work closely with the team to come up with the best possible creative solutions for that job. It is also the responsibility of the Art Director to produce bold, strategic and persuasive products in all media for our clients and complies with quality standards for the team. Project workload will consist of (but is not limited to) designing.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develops concepts and collaborates with the production team as needed.
• Builds relationships with appropriate agency creative leads.
• Works productively and harmoniously as a teammate with Copywriters and production/producers who share the responsibility on the given assignment.
• Collaborates with Copywriter and Information Architects in concepting and ideation.
• Presents concepts to other departments if necessary and revises concepts according to comments.
• Updates recommendations based on any client comments and shares approved recommendations with all departments.
• Works with CAOR on creative needs.
• Gives input when images are scanned for high resolution and retouching.
• Meets with project management to review work in progress and selects desired concepts.
• Submits work to senior leadership for review and approval.

REQUIREMENTS:

• 2+ years of experience within digital and print marketing or a comparable industry.
• Art education in advertising design and conceptual thinking is preferred.
• Portfolio is required to demonstrate creative and technical skills.
• Demonstrated judgment and imagination for the creation and arrangement of the visual elements of an advertisement.
• Experience with online content (websites, email, interactive tools, search).
• Comfortable presenting to clients
• Experience with Responsive design is a plus.
• Previous experience as an Art Director/Associate Art Director preferred.
• Skilled in art techniques as well as computer proficient.
• Motivated, self-starter with an action oriented and can-do attitude.
• Capable of juggling multiple projects, sticking to deadlines and ensuring high-quality error-free output.
• Must have excellent communication skills, both written and oral.

$70,000 OMC APPROVED 9/8/2026

Omnicom's policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom's corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

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