Senior Art Director

Critical Mass; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global maternity and parental leave

Competitive benefits package

Vacation and flex days

Early Dismissal Fridays

Job summary

Omnicom seeks a Senior Art Director in Chicago to lead concept development and creative direction across accounts, partnering with strategy, technology, and production teams. You will mentor a multidisciplinary team and translate marketing strategies into design solutions for world‑class brands.

In this role you will drive client presentations, champion design excellence, and ensure delivery within scope and timelines. Three in‑office days are required, with a salary range of $120,000–$140,000.

Qualifications

• 4+ years’ experience in a digital agency.
• Experience leading a team of designers, production specialists, and writers.
• Strong portfolio of digital design and art direction work.
• Experience meeting clients and presenting work.
• Proficient with Figma for design and prototyping.
• Knowledge of Design Systems and current Adobe CC tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead concept development and creative direction across projects and accounts.
• Develop innovative ideas and proposals that drive growth and new business.
• Partner cross‑functionally with strategy, technology, and production teams to deliver strong client outcomes.
• Manage project scope, timelines, budgets, and resources to ensure on‑time, high‑quality delivery.
• Build, lead, and mentor a multidisciplinary creative team with ongoing feedback.

Skills

Creative leadership

Art direction

Concept development

Team mentoring

Client presentations

Brand development

Figma proficiency

Tools

Figma

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Lightroom

PowerPoint

Job description

in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.

As a Senior Art Director, you are excited to join a large creative team to develop experiences that support one of the oldest brands in America. Leading major marketing initiatives is what keeps bringing you back to the office—including championing concepts to plan cutting-edge online strategies. We will welcome your strong working knowledge of developing client relationships within experience design, brand development, and creative process. Gaining key management experience is important to you. Good news—you’ll lead the collaborative efforts of a talented group of creatives. And you always foster an environment for professional growth to inspire your team to exceed expectation. Most importantly, you’re a sound creative thinker who efficiently manages time to juggle client needs for world-class brands.

You Will:

• Lead concept development and creative direction across projects and accounts.
• Develop innovative ideas and proposals that drive growth and new business.
• Partner cross‑functionally with strategy, technology, and production teams to deliver strong client outcomes.
• Manage project scope, timelines, budgets, and resources to ensure on‑time, high‑quality delivery.
• Build, lead, and mentor a multidisciplinary creative team, providing ongoing feedback and development.
• Translate business and marketing strategies into effective experience and design solutions.
• Champion creative excellence, quality standards, and continuous improvement across all deliverables.
• Communicate creative ideas and strategies clearly to clients, stakeholders, and senior leadership.

You Have:

• 4+ years’ experience working in a digital agency.
• Experience leading a team of designers, production specialists, and writers to creative excellence.
• Strong portfolio of digital design and art direction work.
• Experience meeting clients and presenting your work.
• Ability to think creatively and justify concepts to clients and team members.
• Experience with strategic brainstorming, creative brief development, and creative execution.
• Experience using Figma for design and prototyping.
• Significant understanding of working within, and adding to, and existing Design System.
• Working knowledge of the latest versions of Adobe Creative Cloud platforms including: Photoshop, Lightroom and Illustrator.
• Comfortable using Microsoft Suite, including PowerPoint.

Nice-to-Haves:

• Motion design, rapid prototyping, and vibe coding experience are all a plus.
• Collaboration with an inter-agency team is an asset.

What We Offer:

• Global maternity and parental leave
• Competitive benefits packages
• Vacation, compassionate leave, personal/sick days, and flex days
• Access to online services for families and new parents
• Early Dismissal Friday’s (off at 3:00 PM local time every Friday)
• 12 affinity groups
• Internal learning and development programs
• Enterprise-wide employee discounts

Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term success.In an effort todo so, we expect our team to work from an office a minimum of 3 days a week.

This position requires candidates to obtain a Level 2 Security Clearancein accordance withU.S. government regulations. As such, only U.S. citizens or permanent residents (Green Card holders) are eligible to apply.

Salary Range: $120,000 - $140,000

Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.

Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.

It is the policy of Omnicom and any of its affiliates to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law. EOE/AA/M/D/V/F.