Associate Director, Creative

New York City, NY (On-site)

$107K/yr – $171K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Lead multi-channel campaigns and cross-functional teams to create strategically driven ideas with strong storytelling, while partnering with strategy, media, DnA and tech to inform work.

  • Own the development of campaigns and projects from concept through execution
  • Collaborate across disciplines to drive earned media and cultural impact

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Help lead teams in the development and execution of everything from large-scale, multi-channel campaigns to small, one-time projects.
  • Understand the value of strategic insights, experiences and storytelling to create and sell your ideas.
  • Direct teams in execution with an appreciation and understanding of craft of both art direction and copywriting.
  • Partner with agency capabilities including strategy, media, DnA and tech to help inform the work.
  • Build relationships internally and externally.

Requirements

  • Four-year degree and at least six years at a competitive creative agency. Work should include strong brand-building, digital and multimedia experience, and a track record of successful creative work, along with experience working on cross-channel campaigns.
  • Proven experience contributing to award-winning campaigns and creative work recognized by industry organizations.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop ideas that generate earned media and cultural impact.
  • Energy, a sense of humor, and an open and curious mind — yes, these things really do matter. So does being straightforward, candid and, above all, respectful — of the work and your peers.
  • Familiarity with prompt-based interaction and commonly used generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Google Gemini, DALL·E, Midjourney) is a plus, especially for tasks like ideation, research, or content generation.

Preferred

  • Awards are a nice bonus, but original breakthrough ideas and real creative problem-solving are even better.

Benefits

  • Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.
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Digitas North America

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Digitas is the Networked Experience Agency, built on the vision that we create magnetic experiences that earn the right for brands to exist in human networks. Today, and tomorrow. We deliver Networked Experiences by leveraging comprehensive data, technology, creative, media and strategy capabilities. Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes via unique solutions that include Creative Experiences, Integrated Media, Addressable Relationships, Social Marketing and Total Commerce. Celebrated by AdAge as Data and Insights Agency of the Year, U.S Campaign’s Brand Experience Agency of the Year, Media Network of the Year and celebrated by Forrester and Gartner, Digitas serves the world’s leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 5,500 employees across over 65 offices in 43 countries.

Founded in 1980
Boston, Massachusetts, US
2.8K employees (892 in marketing)
74% recommend to a friend
82% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
67.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
42.7%
Direct
42.7%
Referral
6.8%
Social
6.2%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.9K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
673 (23% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
3.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
31

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