Multicultural Creative Director & Art Lead

Merkle Italia

New York (NY)

On-site

USD 114,000 - 150,000

Full time

4 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance
Vision insurance
Dental insurance
Life insurance
Disability insurance
401(k)
Flexible PTO
15 paid holidays per year
Paid sick leave
Paid parental leave

Job summary

Dentsu Creative in New York is seeking an Associate Creative Director, Art Director with a strong multicultural focus. You will lead the visual language of integrated campaigns, mentor a midlevel team, and collaborate with strategists, producers, and designers to deliver concepts from brief to production.

The role emphasizes storytelling across TV, social, and experiential, with on-set/post production involvement. A robust portfolio and 7+ years in creative advertising are required.

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in creative advertising at an agency with increasing ownership
  • Portfolio showing TV/OLV/social/integrated work and strong craft
  • Production chops and on-set/post experience with understanding of production workflows

Responsibilities

  • Concept and copyrighting of integrated campaigns from concept through production
  • Collaborate with ACD art director from brief to delivery on various projects
  • Develop campaign systems with a consistent visual logic across multiple campaigns
  • Mentor a midlevel team and share knowledge to elevate work
  • Contribute to pitches and shape agency voice in new business contexts
  • Stay informed about culture, formats, platforms, and new ways to connect

Skills

Multicultural advertising
Creative direction
Art direction
Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in advertising/design

Tools

Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
Figma
Adobe Creative Cloud

Job description

Dentsu Creative in New York is seeking an Associate Creative Director, Art Director with a strong multicultural focus. You will lead the visual language of integrated campaigns, mentor a midlevel team, and collaborate with strategists, producers, and designers to deliver concepts from brief to production.

The role emphasizes storytelling across TV, social, and experiential, with on-set/post production involvement. A robust portfolio and 7+ years in creative advertising are required.

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