Associate Director, Creative

Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V; New York (NY); On-site; USD 106,780 - 170,937; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401K

Paid time off

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible time off

Job summary

Publicis Groupe in New York seeks a seasoned creative leader to guide the development and execution of large-scale multi-channel campaigns. You will mentor teams, shape concepts, and ensure craft across art direction and copywriting while aligning with strategy, media, and tech partners.

Ideal candidates have a four-year degree, 6+ years in a competitive agency, and a track record of award-winning work, cross-channel campaigns, and ideas with real cultural impact.

Qualifications

• Four-year degree and at least six years at a competitive creative agency.
• Experience with strong brand-building, digital and multimedia work, and cross-channel campaigns.
• Proven record of award-winning campaigns and industry recognition.
• Ability to develop ideas with earned media and cultural impact.
• Familiarity with prompt-based AI tools for ideation, research, or content generation.

Responsibilities

• Help lead teams in the development and execution of large-scale, multi-channel campaigns.
• Understand the value of strategic insights, experiences and storytelling to sell ideas.
• Direct teams in execution with strong craft in art direction and copywriting.
• Partner with capabilities like strategy, media, DnA and tech to inform work.
• Build relationships internally and externally.

Skills

Cross-channel campaigns

Creative leadership

Brand-building

Strategic storytelling

Prompt-based AI tools familiarity

Education

Four-year degree

Tools

ChatGPT

DALL·E

Midjourney

Google Gemini

Job description

Responsibilities

• Help lead teams in the development and execution of everything from large-scale, multi-channel campaigns to small, one-time projects.
• Understand the value of strategic insights, experiences and storytelling to create and sell your ideas.
• Direct teams in execution with an appreciation and understanding of craft of both art direction and copywriting.
• Partner with agency capabilities including strategy, media, DnA and tech to help inform the work.
• Build relationships internally and externally.

Qualifications

• Four-year degree and at least six years at a competitive creative agency. Work should include strong brand-building, digital and multimedia experience, and a track record of successful creative work, along with experience working on cross-channel campaigns.
• Proven experience contributing to award-winning campaigns and creative work recognized by industry organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to develop ideas that generate earned media and cultural impact.
• Energy, a sense of humor, and an open and curious mind — yes, these things really do matter. So does being straightforward, candid and, above all, respectful — of the work and your peers.
• Awards are a nice bonus, but original breakthrough ideas and real creative problem-solving are even better.
• Familiarity with prompt-based interaction and commonly used generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Google Gemini, DALL·E, Midjourney) is a plus, especially for tasks like ideation, research, or content generation.

Benefits & Inclusion

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: USD $106,780.00 - USD $170,937.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 1/1/2027.