Senior Art Director

Costa Mesa, CA (Hybrid)

$77K/yr – $90K/yrSenior Level7+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own and evolve breakthrough campaigns from brief to production, mentor junior creatives, and explore emerging technologies to elevate creative work.

  • Lead integrated campaigns across channels
  • Mentor and elevate the team
  • Experiment with new tools and tech

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Develop breakthrough campaign ideas from brief through production.
  • Partner with copywriters to create integrated creative platforms that work across every channel.
  • Art direct television, online video, digital experiences, social content, experiential, and POP communications.
  • Translate strategic and cultural insights into visually compelling creative.
  • Raise the creative bar through exceptional craft, taste, and attention to detail.
  • Present ideas with confidence and clarity to clients and agency leadership.
  • Collaborate with photographers, directors, illustrators, editors, animators, developers, and production partners.
  • Mentor junior creatives through constructive feedback and creative leadership.
  • Help shape the agency's creative culture by contributing ideas, curiosity, and generosity.
  • Explore emerging technologies—including AI—as tools to enhance creativity.

Requirements

  • 7–10+ years of agency experience in an art direction role.
  • A portfolio filled with ideas—not just beautiful executions.
  • Experience creating integrated campaigns across broadcast, digital, social, retail and experiential.
  • Outstanding design fundamentals including typography, layout, composition, and visual storytelling.
  • Strong presentation and communication skills.
  • The ability to balance strategic thinking with meticulous execution.
  • Comfort working in a fast-moving, collaborative environment.
  • A passion for mentoring others and elevating the work around you.
  • Bilingual Spanish is a must
  • This is a hybrid role with mandatory work in office days on Tuesdays and Thursday.

Preferred

  • A deep understanding of U.S. Hispanic culture and multicultural audiences.
  • Experience developing culturally authentic campaigns rather than simply adapting general market work.
  • Bilingual English/Spanish communication skills.
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Casanova//McCann

Casanova//McCann is a woman-owned, minority-owned, full-service advertising agency specializing in reaching Hispanic consumers. Based in Southern California with offices around the country, we are one of the top Hispanic agencies in the U.S. We translate culture into business impact by getting to the heart of culture, and we create ideas that move people and brands.

Founded in 1984
Costa Mesa, California, USA
109 employees (40 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$77K/yr – $90K/yr

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Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
21 (19% of company)
Median Tenure
6.4 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
2.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
41.5%
Direct
19.2%
Referral
4.9%
Social
33.1%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~109
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Senior Art Director

Casanova//McCann · Costa Mesa, CA · Hybrid