Mid to Senior Art Director, Creative Development - Temporary Worker

Merkle Italia; Massachusetts; Hybrid; USD 73,000 - 99,000; Part time

Job summary

Dentsu is seeking a Mid to Senior Art Director for a temporary assignment that could extend or convert beyond year-end. This fully remote role prefers candidates in or near Boston, Hartford, Rhode Island, or New York, and requires ET business hours.

The candidate will lead across high-volume creative production and strategic customer engagement in regulated health-adjacent sectors. The position emphasizes brand marketing, content, social, and retail media, with project-by-project scope on varied

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in the creative advertising industry.
• Experience leading high-volume creative production and strategic customer engagement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide superior comping skills on multiple projects
• Develop superior creative solutions across media reflecting objectives
• Be self-motivated, hardworking, organized, and resilient to changing timelines
• Concept and art direct against deliverables, developing campaigns across multiple projects

Skills

Creative direction

Brand marketing

CRM

Content development

Job description

Job Description: Temporary assignment starting ASAP through EOY, with the potential to extend or convert to a permanent role; however, neither is guaranteed at this time. W2 only. Candidates must be authorized to work and reside in the United States. Preferred location: Fully remote, with a preference for candidates based in or near Boston, Hartford (CT), Rhode Island, or New York. Must be available to work during Eastern Time (ET) business hours. The ideal candidate will bring a broad mix of experience across integrated brand marketing, retail, CRM, content, social, commerce, retail media, and highly regulated customer communications. This role requires leadership across both high-volume creative production and strategic customer engagement initiatives. Customer wellness, healthcare, or health‑adjacent industry experience is required.

Role Purpose We serve our clients from offices around the world. Passionate about building brands in diverse categories, we handle accounts of all sizes, from local to global, crossing all communication channels. We're currently hiring a Mid to Senior Art Director. This high conceptual thinker is responsible for generating, co‑managing and co‑directing the look, tone and feel of all on‑strategy creative ideas across multiple mediums. This role is project by project so you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of clients.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide superior comping skills on multiple projects
• Develop Superior creative solutions that successfully live across all forms of media and reflect a firm understanding of the communications objective, client nuances and timing/budget parameters
• Be self‑motivated, hardworking, well organized, and resilient to ever‑changing timelines, requests, and deliverables
• You will concept and art direct against all deliverables, developing campaigns, comps, story boards and mockups across multiple projects, deliverables and clients simultaneously

Person Specification

4+ years of experience in the creative advertising industry.

Additional Information

At dentsu, we believe great work happens when we’re connected. Our way of working combines flexibility with in‑person collaboration to spark ideas and strengthen our teams. Employees who live within a commutable distance of one of our hub offices, currently located in Chicago, metro Detroit, Los Angeles, and New York City, are required and expected to work from the office three days per week (two days per week for employees based in Los Angeles). Dentsu may designate other Hub offices at any time. Those who live outside a commutable range may be designated as remote, depending on the role and business needs. Regardless of your work location, we expect our employees to be flexible to meet the needs of our Company and clients, which may include attendance in an office.

The hourly pay range for this position is $53.74 - $71.65.

The hourly pay rate for the successful candidate is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law.

Temporary employees are eligible for paid holidays in accordance with dentsu policy, as well as safe and sick time. This position is not eligible for any other benefits or other compensation.

Location: USA - Remote - Massachusetts. Brand: Time. Type: Full time. Contract Type: Temporary.

Dentsu is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. We do this without regard to race, color, national origin, sex , sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religious practices and observances, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

Dentsu is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to, among others, individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans.

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