Senior Art Director

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$120K/yr – $140K/yrFull time

Posted 7 days ago

Job Description

Agency
Critical Mass
Job Function
Creative
Job Subfunction
Art Direction
Job Description
As a Senior Art Director, you are excited to join a large creative team to develop experiences that support one of the oldest brands in America. Leading major marketing initiatives is what keeps bringing you back to the office—including championing concepts to plan cutting-edge online strategies. We will welcome your strong working knowledge of developing client relationships within experience design, brand development, and creative process. Gaining key management experience is important to you. Good news—you’ll lead the collaborative efforts of a talented group of creatives. And you always foster an environment for professional growth to inspire your team to exceed expectation. Most importantly, you’re a sound creative thinker who efficiently manages time to juggle client needs for world-class brands.
You Will
  • Lead concept development and creative direction across projects and accounts.
  • Develop innovative ideas and proposals that drive growth and new business.
  • Partner cross‑functionally with strategy, technology, and production teams to deliver strong client outcomes.
  • Manage project scope, timelines, budgets, and resources to ensure on‑time, high‑quality delivery.
  • Build, lead, and mentor a multidisciplinary creative team, providing ongoing feedback and development.
  • Translate business and marketing strategies into effective experience and design solutions.
  • Champion creative excellence, quality standards, and continuous improvement across all deliverables.
  • Communicate creative ideas and strategies clearly to clients, stakeholders, and senior leadership.
You Have
  • 4+ years’ experience working in a digital agency.
  • Experience leading a team of designers, production specialists, and writers to creative excellence.
  • Strong portfolio of digital design and art direction work.
  • Experience meeting clients and presenting your work.
  • Ability to think creatively and justify concepts to clients and team members.
  • Experience with strategic brainstorming, creative brief development, and creative execution.
  • Experience using Figma for design and prototyping.
  • Significant understanding of working within, and adding to, and existing Design System.
  • Working knowledge of the latest versions of Adobe Creative Cloud platforms including: Photoshop, Lightroom and Illustrator.
  • Comfortable using Microsoft Suite, including PowerPoint.
Nice-to-Haves
  • Motion design, rapid prototyping, and vibe coding experience are all a plus.
  • Collaboration with an inter-agency team is an asset.
What We Offer
  • Global maternity and parental leave
  • Competitive benefits packages
  • Vacation, compassionate leave, personal/sick days, and flex days
  • Access to online services for families and new parents
  • Early Dismissal Friday’s (off at 3:00 PM local time every Friday)
  • 12 affinity groups
  • Internal learning and development programs
  • Enterprise-wide employee discounts

Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term success. In an effort to do so, we expect our team to work from an office a minimum of 3 days a week.
This position requires candidates to obtain a Level 2 Security Clearance in accordance with U.S. government regulations. As such, only U.S. citizens or permanent residents (Green Card holders) are eligible to apply.
Salary Range: $120,000 - $140,000
Omnicom’s policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week, unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time, and many of our agencies as well as Omnicom’s corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.
Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed, and we’re focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join us—we look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.
Link to Recruitment Privacy Notice: https://www.omc.com/privacy-notice
For US Job Seekers
It is the policy of Omnicom and any of its affiliates to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, ethnic origin, gender, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law. EOE/AA/M/D/V/F.
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Salary Range: $120,000 - $140,000
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Critical Mass

Critical Mass is a team of 1,900 inspired folks based in 13 offices around the world, providing full-service digital capabilities for the greatest brands on Earth. Our secret sauce is our uncompromising design standards, our relentless focus on customers, and an ability to put powerful new technologies to work for our clients. We work with the best—Apple, Nike, Mars Wrigley, Nissan, Diageo, Airbnb, BMW, BNY Mellon, Johnson & Johnson, and many more—brands who strive for connected digital ecosystems and unparalleled experiences. We help them get there by gaining deep insight into their consumers and orchestrating data, AI, design, media, and tech stacks around human stories.We’re a global agency founded in Canada, but digital is our home. If you know us, then you know we’re a special, quirky place that attracts big talent and tiny egos. (We actually give out a “so f-n nice” award—lots of them). But just because we’re friendly doesn’t mean we’re not a force to be reckoned with. We’re driven. Relentless. And we live our values. We’re Critical Mass, but our friends call us CM. Please call us CM!

Founded in 1996
Calgary, Alberta, CAN
1.8K employees (728 in marketing)

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Senior Art Director

Critical Mass · Chicago, IL · Hybrid