Director, Creative Development

Condé Nast Germany; New York (NY); On-site; USD 105,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Benefits package

Job summary

Condé Nast in New York, NY is seeking a Director of Creative Development to lead the growth of AD’s digital video business. You’ll shape original IP, evolve franchises, and set the creative vision across editorial, video, and social teams.

The role requires a senior creative voice with 7–10+ years in premium digital video, strong leadership, and deep platform knowledge. Based in New York, it offers a competitive salary and benefits.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of experience developing and producing premium original digital video.
• Proven track record developing successful original formats or series.
• Exceptional creative instincts and editorial judgment for AD.
• Ability to lead creative teams and provide actionable feedback.
• Deep understanding of YouTube, social video, and emerging platforms.
• Strong knowledge of design, architecture, celebrity, lifestyle, entertainment and culture.
• Strategic and entrepreneurial mindset leveraging audience insights.
• Excellent communication and collaboration with senior leadership and talent.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute AD’s creative development strategy for video across platforms (O&O, YouTube, social).
• Own the creative development pipeline from early ideas to greenlight, launch, and franchise evolution.
• Develop original video IP and evolve franchises scalable across platforms and markets.
• Partner with editorial and video leadership to identify stories, talent, and moments for video formats.
• Lead creative development for pilots and evolving formats, shaping format, talent, and visual approach.
• Maintain high creative standards while reviewing treatments, scripts, rough cuts, and final cuts.
• Lead brainstorms and pitches for senior leadership; develop programming recommendations.
• Collaborate with Talent/Casting and editorial to identify internal/external talent.
• Use audience insights and trends to inform development and reach new audiences.
• Collaborate with social, commercial, and global teams to extend AD IP across platforms and events.
• Mentor creative collaborators, producers, and freelancers, and direct pilots as needed.

Job description

AD is the international authority on design and architecture. AD provides exclusive access to the world’s most beautiful homes and the fascinating people who live in them, bringing its audience a wealth of information on architecture and interior design, art and antiques, travel destinations, and extraordinary products; its AD100 list of top architects and designers is one of the industry’s most relied-upon indexes of talent. Every day AD inspires millions of affluent readers to redesign and refresh their lives through a multiplatform presence that includes print and digital editions, social media, signature events, and the brand’s website, archdigest.com.

Job Description

Location:

New York, NY

Director, Creative Development

Architectural Digest is seeking a Director, Creative Development to help lead the continued growth and evolution of AD’s global digital video business. Working closely with the Executive Director, Video Programming, this role will shape a distinctive portfolio of original video franchises, developing ambitious ideas that extend AD’s authority in design and reach new audiences across platforms. The Director will be a senior creative voice within AD’s video organization, responsible for developing original IP, evolving successful franchises, and helping set the creative vision and standards for AD video. This role will collaborate across editorial, video, audience, talent, social, commercial, and global teams to create compelling, scalable entertainment. This role is based in New York.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Help define and execute AD’s creative development strategy for video across O&O, YouTube, social, and emerging platforms

• Own the creative development pipeline from early-stage ideas and pilots through greenlight, launch, and franchise evolution

• Develop original video IP and evolve successful franchises with the potential to scale across platforms, formats, and global markets

• Partner with editorial and video leadership to identify stories, talent, cultural moments, and areas of AD authority that can become compelling video formats

• Lead creative development for new pilots and evolving formats, shaping format, talent, visual approach, storytelling, and platform positioning.

• Establish and uphold a high creative bar across the portfolio, reviewing treatments, scripts, rough cuts, and final cuts and providing clear creative direction

• Lead brainstorms and develop compelling pitches, treatments, and programming recommendations for senior leadership

• Partner with Talent/Casting and editorial teams to identify and develop internal and external talent, from designers and creators to high-profile celebrities

• Use audience insights, platform behavior, and cultural trends to inform development and identify opportunities to reach new audiences

• Collaborate with social, commercial, and global teams to identify opportunities to extend AD’s IP across platforms, markets, cultural moments, events, and partnerships

• Lead and mentor creative collaborators, producers, and freelance partners, and direct or produce select pilots and priority projects as needed

Skills and Qualifications:

• 7–10+ years of experience developing and producing premium original digital video, entertainment, or editorial programming, including experience leading creative development

• Proven track record developing successful original formats, franchises, or series from concept through launch and iteration

• Exceptional creative instincts, visual sensibility, and editorial judgment, with a strong understanding of what makes an idea distinctly right for AD

• Demonstrated ability to lead creative teams, provide clear and actionable feedback, and translate creative vision into execution

• Deep understanding of YouTube, social video, and emerging platforms, including how storytelling, talent, packaging, and audience behavior differ across them

• Strong understanding of design, architecture, celebrity, lifestyle, entertainment, and culture

• Strategic and entrepreneurial mindset, with the ability to use audience insights to identify new formats, audiences, and business opportunities

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience working across matrixed teams, senior leadership, and high-profile talent

• Strong organizational skills and the ability to balance creative ambition with timelines, resources, production complexity, and scalability

The expected base salary range for this position is from $105,000-$171,000. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including but not limited to relevant skills, training, experience, and education.

In addition to salary and a generous employee benefits package, successful candidates may also be eligible to receive discretionary bonus compensation.

Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.