Associate Creative Director, Art

Edelman•New York, NY

15d•$86,000 - $138,000

About The Position

We are an earned-first creative agency that builds ideas around what the world wants to talk about, not around a media plan. Our work week is constantly changing, requiring an ACD team comfortable with a variety of tasks, often simultaneously. This includes reactive social media content, complex presentation decks, and large-scale integrated launches involving PR, influencers, digital, and brand films. We are looking for an ACD team that can concept and sell integrated campaigns across various media, develop attention-grabbing ideas, and manage the extensive client approval process. The role requires strong ownership of the art direction, with a keen eye for details like casting, editing, music, typography, and overall user experience. Collaboration with account, strategy, influencer, and production teams is crucial to ensure work aligns with Earned Acceleration Principles. The position involves managing multiple projects, directing junior team members, and communicating with multiple creative leaders. Maintaining the integrity of ideas through production, planning, launch, and client feedback is essential. The role also includes documenting successful projects for case studies.

Requirements

6+ years in a creative role, with a track record of ideas that made it into the wild
Comfort managing details and pivots, with an entrepreneurial streak
A portfolio link
A bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience
AI fluency, and a very strong opinion on the difference between smart AI use and work slop

Nice To Haves

Internet fluency, not trend-chasing; people who actually live online.
Capital-P Purpose that goes way deeper than optics.
Ego-free ambition.

Responsibilities

Concept and sell integrated campaigns: social, digital, video, experiential, content, whatever the idea needs.
Think up brilliant ideas that earn attention on their own merit, then build the endless decks it takes to get them through client approval.
Own the art direction, with real opinions on cast, cut, track, type, thumbnail, and overall user experience.
Work shoulder to shoulder with account, strategy, influencer, and production, ensuring that your work consistently adheres to Earned Acceleration Principals.
Juggle several projects at once, giving direction to the jr. team around you while managing up to a handful of creative leaders.
Keep the idea sharp through the twists and turns of production, comms planning, launch, and client feedback.
Document successful projects for case studies.