Senior Art Director (Team)

adam&eveDDB; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading agency as a Senior Art Director, where you'll collaborate closely with a Senior Copywriter and creative teams to ideate and develop compelling campaigns. Your expertise will be pivotal in establishing visual communications and managing creative processes, ensuring impactful outputs that resonate with audiences. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking work in an environment that values creativity and innovation.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans

Generous Time Off

Paid parental leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Stock Discounts

Qualifications

• 5-9 years of art direction experience required.
• Demonstrates a unique point of view and strategic insight.
• Working knowledge of digital design tools.

Responsibilities

• Establish visual tone and messages for target audiences.
• Collaborate across departments and manage external creatives.
• Participate and lead brainstorm sessions.

Skills

Creativity

Proactive Ideation

Collaboration

Design Versatility

Presentation Skills

Education

Portfolio

Tools

Photoshop

Illustrator

Figma

Google Slides

Dreamweaver

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About Us

Hello from adam&eve DDB NY!

adam&eveDDB NY is the “feelings first” agency, blending the excitement and ambition of a start-up with the iconic creative legacy that is DDB. Creative excellence is our north star— we relentlessly pursue work that is not only emotionally charged and beautifully crafted but rooted in what’s alive in the world now. We care deeply about what’s happening in culture, in the industry, and pour that passion into ideas that help brands outmaneuver competitors to genuinely win hearts & minds.

We believe great ideas don’t just win awards—they make an impact. That’s why we tap into best-in-class talent from across our global network to dream big and deliver work that actually works. Whether it’s a bold 360 campaign or a piece of digital content that people can’t help but share, our goal is simple: create work people want to spend time with, ideas that spark real feelings, and an output that moves our clients’ business forward.

Our team is fueled by openness, curiosity, kindness, and a hunger to keep pushing—always making space for new voices, new ideas, and brave creative thinking. Because here, the best ideas can come from anyone, anywhere.

About The Role

We are proud of our feelings-first, award-winning, culturally disruptive DNA. If this sounds appealing, we hope you’re interested in joining our creative crew!

This opportunity is for a passionate & driven Senior Art Director. At adam&eveDDB NY, we have an insatiable hunger to create amazing work—and the hustle to make it happen daily. In this role, you’ll partner with a Senior Copywriter to bring bold creative and ideas/marketing strategies to life across a range of different spaces. You’ll collaborate with creative, strategy, account, production, design and work with external creative partners—including illustrators, photographers, and multimedia providers—ensuring every idea is crafted with clarity, passion, and has a cultural impact.

Qualifications (The Feels)

We, You, Us Are:

• Fiercely independent operators who are proactive, constantly ideating & identifying opportunities in every brief.
• Unconventional thinkers whose ideas demonstrate a unique point of view based on strategic insights.
• Keenly aware of the social & digital space and can deliver dynamic activation concepts.
• Collaborate with empathy and contribute to a high trust, no ego team culture.
• Embrace feedback and setbacks as opportunities; you’re willing to grow individually and therefore grow with us as a collective.
• Show up as your full self and create space for others to do the same.
  
  

The Skills

• Creates ideas at volume, and understands how to refine & edit the work.
• Proven highly versatile design skills. Portfolio necessary.
• Working knowledge of Googles Slides, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash and Dreamweaver (or other html editing software). Familiarity with KeyNote & Figma is also desirable.
  
  

Core Responsibilities

• Establishes visual tone, character, and messages that will effectively communicate with the target audience and fulfill the project objectives.
• Responsible for crafting the proper placement, context, and meaning of every image and graphic element within a creative assignment.
• Assists CD's and in commissioning and management of outside illustrators, photographers, comp artists, and video producers. Proactively defines and assembles all necessary content assets with the creative staff.
• Knows the basics of production and is able to work across multiple work streams without allowing the quality of their work to slip.
• Possesses strong presentation skills, in the house & with clients. Articulates ideas clearly & with a genuine enthusiasm to make the work they’re selling.
• Seeks approvals from CD's on all work before delivery to Account or Client.
• Participates in (and may lead) brainstorms.
• Collaborates with other creative staff to share learning and experience and to establish initiatives that will improve adam&eveDDB’s creative product.
• Contributes to overall office morale, spirit, character and work quality.
• Reports to Creative Directors.
• Partners with Senior Copywriter.
• Directs the work of external creative vendors.
• Collaborates with mainline agency counterparts.
• Mentors more junior talent on the creative team sharing their knowledge, experience and expertise.
  
  

Hello from adam&eve DDB NY!

adam&eveDDB NY is the “feelings first” agency, blending the excitement and ambition of a start-up with the iconic creative legacy that is DDB. Creative excellence is our north star— we relentlessly pursue work that is not only emotionally charged and beautifully crafted but rooted in what’s alive in the world now. We care deeply about what’s happening in culture, in the industry, and pour that passion into ideas that help brands outmaneuver competitors to genuinely win hearts & minds.

We believe great ideas don’t just win awards—they make an impact. That’s why we tap into best-in-class talent from across our global network to dream big and deliver work that actually works. Whether it’s a bold 360 campaign or a piece of digital content that people can’t help but share, our goal is simple: create work people want to spend time with, ideas that spark real feelings, and an output that moves our clients’ business forward.

Our team is fueled by openness, curiosity, kindness, and a hunger to keep pushing—always making space for new voices, new ideas, and brave creative thinking. Because here, the best ideas can come from anyone, anywhere.

About The Role

We are proud of our feelings-first, award-winning, culturally disruptive DNA. If this sounds appealing, we hope you’re interested in joining our creative crew!

This opportunity is for a passionate & driven Senior Copywriter. At adam&eveDDB NY, we have an insatiable hunger to create amazing work—and the hustle to make it happen daily. In this role, you’ll partner with a Senior Art Director to bring bold creative and ideas/marketing strategies to life across a range of different spaces. You’ll collaborate with creative, strategy, account, production, design and work with external creative partners—including illustrators, photographers, and multimedia providers—ensuring every idea is crafted with clarity, passion, and has a cultural impact.

We, You, Us Are:

• Fiercely independent operators who are proactive, constantly ideating & identifying opportunities in every brief.
• Unconventional thinkers whose ideas demonstrate a unique point of view based on strategic insights.
• Keenly aware of the social & digital space and can deliver dynamic activation concepts.
• Collaborate with empathy and contribute to a high-trust, no ego team culture.
• Embrace feedback and setbacks as opportunities; you’re willing to grow individually and therefore grow with us as a collective.
• Show up as your full self and create space for others to do the same.
  
  

The Skills

• Consistently comes up with scripts at volume.
• Creates ideas at volume and understands how to refine and edit the work.
• Ensures craft of our copy permeants across all our messaging on each assignment, laddering up to our strategic insights.
• Is able to prepare a range of integrated copy from development of headlines, platforms, manifestos and editorial copy to scripts for film, olv, activations, collateral, social and digital platforms.
  
  

Core Responsibilities

• Establishes visual tone, character, and messages that will effectively communicate with the target audience and fulfill the project objectives.
• Assists CD's and in commissioning and management of outside illustrators, photographers, comp artists, and video producers. Proactively defines and assembles all necessary content assets with the creative staff.
• Seeks approvals from CD's on all work before delivery to Account or Client.
• Participates in (and may lead) brainstorms.
• Collaborates with other creative staff to share learning and experience and to establish initiatives that will improve adam&eveDDB’s creative product.
• Contributes to overall office morale, spirit, character and work quality.
• Reports to Creative Directors.
• Partners with Senior Art Director.
• Directs the work of external creative vendors.
• Collaborates with mainline agency counterparts.
• Mentors more junior talent on the creative team sharing their knowledge, experience and expertise.
  
  

Position Requirements

• 5-9 years of art direction experience.
• Experience across a variety of communications channels and business categories.
  
  

What We Offer

• Competitive Salary Range: $120,000 - $130,000 commensurate with experience
• ️Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• ️Generous Time Off
• Paid parental leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Family Planning Assistance
• Stock Discounts
• Transit Discounts
• LinkedIn Learning Access
• Employee Assistance Programs
  
  

Please let us know should you require any additional support or assistance through the recruitment process.

This role requires regular in-office presence with a minimum of three days per week, to engage and collaborate in in-person team interactions and meetings as required.

The range below represents the low and high end of the base salary someone in this role may earn as an employee of adam&eveDDBNYC. Salaries will vary based on various factors including but not limited to professional and academic experience, training, associated responsibilities, and other business and organizational needs. The range listed is just one component of our total compensation package for employees. Salary decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each hire.

NYC Pay Range

$120,000 - $130,000 USD

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

• Industries

  Advertising Services

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