Associate Creative Director, Art

New York, USA (Hybrid)

$75K/yr – $185K/yrMid Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive creative leadership for cross-channel health campaigns, shaping briefs, directing teams, and delivering on-brand work.

  • Own creative direction across briefs, concepts, and cross-channel campaigns.
  • Must-have: At least 7+ years in a senior creative role with a strong portfolio.
  • Standout: Leadership of large, multi-team projects and client-facing presentations.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the client’s brand and the overall industry by leading in the briefing, concept, design, and execution of cross-channel initiatives
  • Provide creative direction and feedback to creative teams that ensures all creative work aligns with the client’s objectives and strategies outlined in the brief
  • Be self-sufficient when it comes down to designing and comping a layout
  • Partner with account and strategy teams to ensure that the task is clear strategically at briefing stage, that the deliverables & timelines are clear and that the needs of the client are being met.
  • Participate and/or lead client meetings/presentations and develop client relationships
  • Taking direction from creative leaders on creative development; take guidance and rework appropriately.
  • Work collaboratively with account and production team to maintain budgets and ensure that internal or client deliverables are executed on time
  • Setting an example for the larger team through setting high creative standards and overall involvement in the larger agency initiatives.
  • Developing junior teams with careful and consistent feedback, mentorship and model behavior
  • Assist with onboarding junior employees – training them on team, agency, and client procedures
  • Remain current on latest creative trends globally. Stay curious about award shows, past and present case studies, production companies, and everything that is being created by some of the best people and companies in our industry. Only by gaining an understanding of what kind of work moves you and what it takes to get there, you will then be able to create work that moves others.
  • Stay on top of the latest technological advancements, including design software, digital tools, and platforms, to enhance creative processes and deliver innovative solutions
  • Remain curious about pop culture, social media trends and your audience's interests and behaviors in order to infuse culturally relevant elements into briefs and campaigns. Bring the outside world into our work, so our brands can join the conversation.

Requirements

  • At least 7+ years of industry experience in a well-established, creative role with a proven track record
  • Strong foundation in design principles
  • Experience with the Adobe Suite, Figma, and AI tools
  • Agency experience working across all channels
  • Strong creative portfolio highlighting relevant/category experience
  • Solid verbal communication skills, with experience presenting to all levels of clients
  • Experience working with large teams in client-facing role
  • Excellent written and presentation skills
  • Able to handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment

Preferred

  • Hybrid work arrangement including required in-office days
  • Competitive benefits package

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement including required in-office days
  • Competitive benefits package
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Grey

Grey’s mission is to create Famously Effective ideas that move people, business, and the world forward—harnessing the power of creativity to solve business problems and deliver growth for the world’s most influential brands and companies including P&G, Volvo, Haleon, Circle K, and The Coca-Cola Company, among others. This year alone, Grey was recognized as a 2025 Fast Company World Changing Ideas winner, earned 7 Grand Prix from prestigious global award shows, and secured 22 Lions at the 2025 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, including a Gold Lion in every region. Newsweek also named Grey a Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace (2024) and America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women and Professional Services (2025). Grey is part of WPP (NYSE:WPP).

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