Senior Art Director

New York City, NY (Hybrid)

$60K/yr – $140K/yrSenior Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the visual storytelling for brand work, aligning creative with strategy, and navigate feedback while juggling multiple projects across reviews and client sessions.

  • Creative Direction: lead concepting, typography, and Activation Boards to shape client visuals.
  • Project Orchestration: manage timelines, budgets, and cross‑team reviews to ship on time.
  • Collaboration & Feedback: advocate for brand personality, sell concepts, and adapt work based on input.

Job Description

Own the visual storytelling for brand work, aligning creative with strategy, and navigate feedback while juggling multiple projects across reviews and client sessions.

  • Responsibilities: Can be relied upon for conceptual thinking, strategic alignment and work that reflects the brand personality and adheres to creative brief.
  • Responsibilities: Understand the big picture as well as the minute details of a project.
  • Responsibilities: Actively participate in creative reviews and effectively sell work and accept/adapt work based on constructive feedback.
  • Responsibilities: Raise hand when additional support is needed or when available to help others.
  • Responsibilities: Manage multiple projects seamlessly.

Requirements

  • 4 years of art direction experience within the advertising industry.
  • Ability to produce outstanding work that’s on time and within budgets.
  • Consistent track record of developing strong visuals, including Activation Boards and typography treatments, as well as solid ability to brainstorm.
  • Routinely participate in client meetings, effectively representing the work and wining the respect of clients.

Preferred

    Benefits

    • Ogilvy celebrates its people. Fully. Enthusiastically. Unhesitatingly. We’ll empower you with the tools you’ll need to succeed.
    • We’ll give you the autonomy to seek out new paths and better ways of doing things.
    • We’ll support you with colleagues who are experts in their disciplines, drawn from across the Ogilvy network.
    • And we’ll provide opportunities for you to do work of which you’ll be proud, with people you’ll be proud to call your teammates.
    • The base salary range for this position at the time of this posting is indicated below. Individual compensation varies based on job-related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. We offer a competitive benefits package, click here for more details.
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    Ogilvy

    Ogilvy has been creating impact for brands through iconic, culture-changing, value-driving ideas since the company was founded by David Ogilvy 75 years ago. We build on that rich legacy through Borderless Creativity – innovating at the intersections of its advertising, public relations, relationship design, consulting, and health capabilities with experts collaborating seamlessly across over 120 offices in nearly 90 countries. We are proud to currently rank as the #1 global agency network for creative excellence and effectiveness by WARC, signifying our ability to deliver creative solutions that drive unreasonable impact for clients and communities.

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    New York, New York, USA
    11K employees (4,203 in marketing)

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