Associate Creative Director, Art

New York City, NY (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableSenior Level7+ years exp

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the creative leadership for two to three accounts, driving strategic branding and high craft through concept development, client storytelling, and cross-functional collaboration.

  • Creative leadership and strategic concepting across accounts
  • Team management and project ownership with workload and art-hour estimation
  • Client relationships and brand direction with planning input

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Help develop and review creative briefs that provide strategic insight and creative inspiration
  • Work with ACD, Copy to produce standout and strategically focused concepts and campaigns
  • Take on appropriate projects and own them, start to finish
  • Manage and work independently, under tight deadlines, while juggling multiple projects
  • Estimate art hours
  • Participate in client meetings
  • Lead concept presentations
  • Attend market research as appropriate
  • Share responsibility with planning to shape strategic branding
  • Utilize AI to elevate art direction, helping to uncover visual opportunities, develop compelling concepts, and articulate create intent while persevering a unique creative perspective and high standards of craft

Requirements

  • 7+ years’ agency experience
  • DTC experience is required
  • BA degree (Advertising, Communications, Fine Arts or related field preferred)
  • Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and AI-powered tools with the ability to lead art direction through strategic visual concepting, creative exploration, and brand-defining creative solutions
  • A proven track record of creative ability and judgment, successful client contact experience, the ability to work collaboratively with account management, excellent presentation skills, successful experience in managing creative teams and multiple accounts, and the commitment to go the extra mile in time and effort to produce the very best work
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Founded in 1926 by Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, today Publicis Groupe is the second largest communications group in the world and a leader in marketing, communication, and digital business transformation, led by Arthur Sadoun, the third CEO in its history. Publicis Groupe is positioned at every step of the value chain, from consulting to execution, combining marketing transformation and digital business transformation. Publicis Groupe is a privileged partner in its clients’ transformation to enhance personalisation at scale. The Groupe relies on ten expertise concentrated within four main activities: Communication, Media, Data and Technology. Through a unified and fluid organisation, its clients have a facilitated access to all its expertise in every market. Present in over 100 countries, Publicis Groupe employs around 103,000 professionals. Website: www.publicisgroupe.com X: @PublicisGroupe Instagram: @publicisgroupe YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/publicisgroupe Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/publicisgroupe

Founded in 1926
Paris, Ile de France, FR
34K employees (11,817 in marketing)
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84% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
526.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33.4%
Direct
38.4%
Referral
11.8%
Social
15.8%
Paid
0.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~40.2K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
8,687 (22% of company)
Median Career Experience
15 years
Median Tenure
3.3 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
104

Funding

Total Funding
$1.4B
Last Raise
$1.4B
Post IPO Debt, 10 months ago

Funding History

  • Jun 2025
    Post IPO Debt • $1.4B

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