Group Creative Director, Creative Development

Designer Jobs; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 197,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, vision, and dental insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401k

Flexible earned time off

15 paid holidays per year

Paid sick and safe leave

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Dentsu Creative in New York seeks a Group Creative Director (art director or copywriter background) to lead creative development and teams across integrated healthcare and consumer wellness work. Reporting to the ECD, this is a hands-on role focused on the look, tone, and feel of on-strategy creative ideas across multiple mediums.

You will mentor direct reports, lead projects under high pressure, and collaborate with Strategy and Analytics to leverage insights.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience
• 5+ years experience in a creative leadership capacity
• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, advertising, digital design, copywriting, or a related field
• Experience mentoring talent and navigating inter-agency and client relationships
• Experience organizing others with total accountability
• Experience leading projects and teams in high-pressure situations
• A portfolio showcasing compelling ideas
• Digital, interactive, and customer experience agency or consultancy experience desired
• Strong interpersonal skills, including facilitating client meetings and leading presentations
• Strong team leadership and mentoring skills with the ability to inspire collaboration
• Knowledge of creative collaboration software such as Figma
• Must be located in New York for required weekly onsite work in the Dentsu office

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the team to deliver best-in-class experiences across channels, including TV/online video, social, email, SMS, MMS, and Push, integrated with experiential promotions, gamification, and loyalty programs
• Lead the creation of email custom design systems, while also utilizing and scaling existing client design systems
• Partner with Strategy and Analytics teams to support creative work using insights such as customer feedback, quantitative data, and usability findings
• Work with cross-functional leaders to support user adoption and client satisfaction
• Serve as a trusted creative voice across accounts, building strong client relationships and aligning creative output to client needs
• Translate client challenges into creative and strategic responses, shaping briefs and creative direction
• Mentor direct reports and foster a collaborative culture of teamwork
• Oversee creative choices, connect creative execution to messaging strategies, elevate quality, and meet client and financial objectives
• Act as day-to-day leadership between client and creative teams by nurturing relationships, presenting and selling creative concepts, and partnering with leadership to oversee clients
• Define feedback across the creative process, brief quality, and final output
• Stay current on emerging technologies and creative trends
• Identify opportunities to increase the scope of creative work while applying knowledge of industry, innovation, and competitors
• Contribute to new business pitches

Skills

15+ years

5+ years leadership

Figma

Leadership

Portfolio

Strong interpersonal

New York resident

Education

Bachelor’s degree in marketing/advertising/digital design/copywriting or related field

Tools

Figma

Job description

Dentsu is seeking a New York based Group Creative Director (with an Art Director or Copywriter background) to lead creative development and teams across integrated healthcare and consumer wellness work. Reporting to the ECD, this is a hands-on role focused on the look, tone, and feel of on-strategy creative ideas across multiple mediums.

What you'll do

• Collaborate with the team to deliver best-in-class experiences across channels, including TV/online video, social, email, SMS, MMS, and Push, integrated with experiential promotions, gamification, and loyalty programs
• Lead the creation of email custom design systems, while also utilizing and scaling existing client design systems
• Partner with Strategy and Analytics teams to support creative work using insights such as customer feedback, quantitative data, and usability findings
• Work with cross-functional leaders to support user adoption and client satisfaction
• Serve as a trusted creative voice across accounts, building strong client relationships and aligning creative output to client needs
• Translate client challenges into creative and strategic responses, shaping briefs and creative direction
• Mentor direct reports and foster a collaborative culture of teamwork
• Oversee creative choices, connect creative execution to messaging strategies, elevate quality, and meet client and financial objectives
• Act as day-to-day leadership between client and creative teams by nurturing relationships, presenting and selling creative concepts, and partnering with leadership to oversee clients
• Define feedback across the creative process, brief quality, and final output
• Stay current on emerging technologies and creative trends
• Identify opportunities to increase the scope of creative work while applying knowledge of industry, innovation, and competitors
• Contribute to new business pitches

What you bring

• 15+ years of experience (or equivalent)
• 5+ years experience in a creative leadership capacity
• A Bachelor’s degree in marketing, advertising, digital design, copywriting, or a related field
• Experience mentoring talent and navigating inter-agency and client relationships
• Experience organizing others with total accountability
• Experience leading projects and teams in high-pressure situations
• A portfolio showcasing compelling ideas
• Digital, interactive, and customer experience agency or consultancy experience desired
• Strong interpersonal skills, including facilitating client meetings and leading presentations
• Strong team leadership and mentoring skills with the ability to inspire collaboration
• Knowledge of creative collaboration software such as Figma
• Must be located in New York for required weekly onsite work in the Dentsu office

Salary

USD 197,225 - 260,000 per year

Technologies

• Figma

Benefits

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

Location: New York, NY (hybrid)

Brand: Dentsu Creative

Time type: Full time

Contract type: Permanent