Senior Creative Director, Art — AI-Driven Brand Campaigns

Verizon Communications; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 126,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Verizon Communications in New York, NY is seeking a Senior Creative Director, Art to lead unified visual strategy for major integrated campaigns and drive AI-enhanced workflows. This hybrid role blends in-house leadership with collaboration across business units, delivering high-impact creative at scale.

The role requires a strong track record in award-winning ATL work, leadership of big-budget shoots, and a passion for typography, design, and motion graphics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience.
• Ten or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.
• Experience within top-tier advertising agencies or world-class in-house creative teams, with a heavily decorated portfolio showcasing award-winning ATL and integrated work.
• Extensive experience leading high-budget commercial shoots, lifestyle photography, and working closely with top-tier directors and production houses.
• Even better if you have one or more of the following:
• Proven experience navigating, scaling, and delivering high-stakes creative for a major Fortune 100 brand.
• A deep, uncompromising passion for typography, design, photography, cinematography, and motion graphics.
• You are zero-ego, highly collaborative, and deeply invested in the growth of your team.

Responsibilities

• Orchestrate Unified Brand Ecosystems: Lead the visual evolution of full‑funnel integrated campaigns, ensuring that every touchpoint—from broadcast to social‑first experiences—aligns with a singular, high‑impact brand strategy.
• Institutionalize AI‑Augmented Creative Workflows: Spearhead the adoption of agentic AI within the creative pipeline to transform traditional production, shifting focus from manual execution to high‑level conceptualization and rapid visual prototyping.
• Architect Scalable In‑House Creative Capabilities: Move beyond agency reliance by building and refining in‑house production frameworks that deliver best‑in‑class assets with unprecedented speed and operational agility.
• Cultivate Cross‑Functional Synergy: Act as a strategic bridge between disparate Business Units and brand teams, breaking down silos to ensure visual and verbal consistency across the enterprise.
• Elevate Creative Talent & Culture: Build a future‑ready team by mentorship in both traditional craft and next‑gen technology, fostering an environment of continuous experimentation and collective intellectual curiosity.
• Drive Data‑Informed Cultural Relevance: Translate consumer insights and performance analytics into compelling visual narratives that shape the zeitgeist, ensuring work is not just beautiful, but strategically engineered to drive measurable impact.

Education

Bachelor's degree or four or more years of work experience

Job description

Verizon Communications in New York, NY is seeking a Senior Creative Director, Art to lead unified visual strategy for major integrated campaigns and drive AI-enhanced workflows. This hybrid role blends in-house leadership with collaboration across business units, delivering high-impact creative at scale.

The role requires a strong track record in award-winning ATL work, leadership of big-budget shoots, and a passion for typography, design, and motion graphics.