Art Director, Creative Development

About the role

New York or Boston location required, for 3 days per week onsite in our office:

About the role

We are seeking an Art Director, Creative Development to join our team, working on one of our newest client wins, largest healthcare, pharmacy, and consumer wellness brands in the US.

You will concept and execute a variety of deliverables including integrated brand campaigns, retail and shopper marketing, CRM and lifecycle communications, healthcare enrollment and member communications, patient education, social and content creation, retail media and commerce assets, in-store experiences, personalization programs, and AI-enabled creative production.

You will report to a Creative Director and be paired with a copywriter.

• You will create conceptual yet performance-driven work, such as paid media assets including paid and organic social, display, digital ads, email, OLV, website and landing pages while satisfying the branding requirements of our clients.
• Other key deliverables include AI generated imagery and visual systems for campaigns, animations, PR ready creative assets, storyboard development for motion/video work and long form video concepts as well as experiential/event based creative
• You'll develop creative solutions that live across all forms of media and reflect a firm understanding of the communications objective, client nuances and timing/budget parameters.
• You'll collaborate with a partner on projects of any size, scope and style through to completion.
• You'll concept and art direct against all deliverables, developing campaigns, comps, story boards and mockups across multiple projects, deliverables and clients simultaneously.
• You'll contribute work to new business pitches.
• You'll collaborate with Producers, Designers, Client Leadership, and Strategy Partners across the life span of the project.
• You understand and find excitement in diverse media outlets, evolving technologies, and current trends.
• You appreciate the importance of strategy and create compelling, creative solutions that are on brief.
• You will develop on-brand creative activations rooted in strategies that serve as a framework for bringing art and messaging to life for specific audiences, across channels.
• You will partner with our teams to create concepts that enhance response strategies and achieve client goals.
• You will apply audience insights, strategic frameworks, and direct response best practices to your work.
• You understand unique audiences and create content that is relevant to each.
• You will stay current with the latest trends and technologies
• You will present work both internally and to our clients while building client relationships.

Qualifications

• 2 years minimum experience in creative advertising
• An online portfolio with conceptual integrated campaign examples
• Comfortable with production and post-production
• Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud including Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator
• Bachelor's degree in advertising, marketing, graphic design or related field; in lieu of degree, equivalent experience in a relevant field required
• Experienced in Figma
• We are seeking candidates in the New York or Boston area, as 3 days per week in office time is required

Pay and benefits

The annual salary range for this position is $62,100 - $85,000. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law.

Benefits available with this position include

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance,
• Life insurance,
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance,
• 401k,
• Flexible paid time off,
• At least 15 paid holidays per year,
• Paid sick and safe leave, and
• Paid parental leave.

• Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, in accordance with its plans and policies.
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At dentsu, we believe great work happens when we're connected. Our hybrid way of working combines remote flexibility with regular in-person collaboration to spark ideas and strengthen our teams. Many of our employees who live within commuting distance (90 minutes) from one of our Headquarter or Hub Offices (New York, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles) are required to work in the office 2-3 days per week including one Team Day.

• The minimum number of days may vary by office and role.
• Dentsu may designate other HQ or Hub offices at any time.
• Those who do not live near an office may be designated as a remote employee, depending on the role and business needs.
• Regardless of your work location, we expect you to be flexible to meet the needs of our Company and clients, which may include attendance in an office from time to time.

• Location: New York
• Brand: Dentsu Creative
• Time Type: Full time
• Contract Type: Permanent

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