Temp to Perm Senior Art Director

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$105K/yr – $140K/yrSenior Level6+ years expContract

Posted 1 day ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end art direction for integrated campaigns across digital and traditional channels, leading concept development, cross-functional collaboration, and production quality for a major brand refresh.

  • Drive concept development and campaign systems
  • Lead production across digital, social, video, DOOH, and audio
  • Navigate feedback in a regulated financial services context

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead concept development and art direction for integrated campaigns across digital, social, video, display, audio, and out-of-home
  • Develop campaign ideas that build from an established brand platform while bringing fresh, culturally relevant creative thinking
  • Help drive multiple campaign activations launching throughout 2026 while contributing to the development of a major creative refresh for 2027
  • Partner closely with copywriters, strategists, designers, producers, and account teams to create cohesive campaign systems from concept through production
  • Create and present mood boards, storyboards, creative territories, production references, and presentation materials for internal and client reviews
  • Provide art direction throughout production, ensuring creative quality and consistency across every execution
  • Develop work across a variety of digital and social channels, including platform-specific creative for Meta, TikTok, Pinterest, Snapchat, Reddit, X, and other emerging platforms
  • Contribute to campaigns spanning online video, streaming, programmatic display, audio, DOOH, and potential broadcast/video production
  • Navigate feedback effectively while balancing creative ambition with business objectives and the requirements of a highly regulated financial services environment
  • Present creative concepts confidently, clearly communicating the strategic rationale behind the work

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience as an Art Director within a creative agency, with a strong background developing integrated campaigns
  • Outstanding portfolio demonstrating concept-driven thinking and high-quality execution across digital, social, video, and integrated campaign work
  • Proven experience developing campaigns from initial concept through production and launch
  • Strong understanding of social-first creative and digital storytelling across multiple platforms and channels
  • Experience collaborating closely with copywriters, strategists, designers, production, and account teams
  • Comfortable using AI-assisted creative tools for ideation, concept exploration, and workflow enhancement
  • Ability to manage multiple workstreams while maintaining exceptional creative quality and attention to detail
  • Excellent presentation and communication skills, with the ability to confidently articulate creative rationale to clients and internal teams
  • Passion for creating breakthrough creative that inspires travel, drives engagement, and elevates a globally recognized financial services brand

Preferred

  • Experience working within regulated industries, particularly financial services, is strongly preferred; hospitality, travel, or other large enterprise brands are also highly relevant
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Big Spaceship

We're a creative company built for exploration. And we've been doing it for 25 years. We explore new creative territory and new ways of working. Fluent in culture and powered by tech. We deliver integrated work and native storytelling at scale.

Founded in 2000
New York, New York, USA
169 employees (54 in marketing)

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Current headcount: ~169

Marketing Team

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