Senior Art Director

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$120K/yr – $145K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own enterprise visual identity and brand governance across digital and print, translating strategy into compelling narratives with a cohesive design system.

  • Own visual identity and brand governance across all channels and content.
  • Lead concepting, storyboarding, and storytelling for campaigns and materials.
  • Oversee templates, component libraries, and visual governance artifacts to ensure consistency.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development and evolution of the enterprise visual identity, brand platform, and creative direction.
  • Oversee concept creation, storyboarding, design planning, and visual storytelling for digital and print materials.
  • Direct creative teams in producing graphics, campaign assets, multimedia, and integrated visual products.
  • Ensure consistency of brand voice and visual design across all communication channels and content types.
  • Collaborate with UX, multimedia, marketing, and communications teams to unify creative approaches.
  • Review and approve design deliverables, ensuring adherence to accessibility, quality, and brand standards.
  • Guide development of templates, component libraries, creative toolkits, and visual governance artifacts.
  • Translate complex strategic and technical requirements into compelling visual narratives.
  • Oversee vendor or subcontractor creative output to ensure alignment with enterprise expectations.
  • Support high-priority campaigns, leadership communications, and mission-critical design needs.

Requirements

  • Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects)
  • Deep understanding of visual hierarchy, layout, color theory, typography, and accessibility (508/WCAG)
  • Experience with design systems, component libraries, and brand governance
  • Ability to translate abstract concepts and strategic inputs into compelling visual communication
  • Demonstrated success leading visual strategy across digital, print, and multimedia platforms
  • Experience producing unified visual systems, brand standards, and enterprise design frameworks
  • Strong creative leadership and ability to define visual strategy
  • Exceptional communication skills for interacting with stakeholders and design teams
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive high-quality creative execution
  • Strong attention to detail, brand consistency, and design rigor

Benefits

  • Family & parental support
  • 12 weeks’ full pay for Primary Carers and 6 weeks for Secondary Carers (after one year of service; return requirements apply for subsequent leave)
  • Applies to birth, adoption, and surrogacy
  • Up to 10 days’ paid fertility leave per year (5 per cycle)
  • 2 days’ paid leave for new grandparents
  • $2,500 annual interest-free parental loan
  • $6,000 interest-free fertility treatment loan
  • Healthcare & wellbeing
  • Three medical plans (HSA at $0 cost; EPO 75% employer funded; PPO 65% employer funded)
  • $0 employee-cost dental and vision
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M+C Saatchi UK

Creators and curators of Cultural Power

Founded in 1995
London, England, GBR
918 employees (228 in marketing)

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