Temporary Creative Director, Art

Daniel J. Edelman•New York, NY

About The Position

Edelman is seeking a culturally connected creative leader with a strong art direction background to develop culturally relevant, social-first, and integrated campaigns for major consumer brands. The role calls for exceptional taste, cultural curiosity, a distinctive visual point of view, and the ability to turn timely cultural insights into compelling ideas that attract attention and encourage participation. The Creative Director, Art will work across integrated campaigns, talent-led productions, and reactive social ideas, drawing on developments in fashion, entertainment, music, creators, celebrity culture, and internet culture. The role collaborates across creative, strategy, social, earned media, talent, and account teams, while helping foster an inclusive and supportive creative environment.

Requirements

At least 8 years of experience in creative roles within advertising, marketing, communications, or integrated agency environments.
Demonstrated experience leading art direction and conceptual creative development across social-first and integrated campaigns.
A strong portfolio showcasing culturally relevant creative work, original thinking, and a distinctive visual point of view.
Experience developing and presenting creative concepts, leading multidisciplinary teams, and guiding work from initial idea through execution.
Strong understanding of social platforms, digital content, and how audiences engage with brands and culture.

Nice To Haves

Experience creating culturally relevant campaigns for consumer, retail, fashion, lifestyle, or entertainment brands.
Deep familiarity with emerging creators, entertainment trends, internet culture, and social behaviors, and ability to translate insights into original creative ideas.
Experience developing creative concepts involving celebrities, influencers, creators, or entertainment partnerships.
Strong visual storytelling and art direction skills across photography, video, social content, and integrated campaigns.
An earned-first creative mindset and experience developing ideas that generate conversation, participation, and organic attention.
Ability to balance ambitious creative thinking with agile, resourceful execution across varying production budgets and timelines.
Experience independently leading client presentations, navigating feedback, and guiding creative decisions.
A collaborative leadership approach that values different perspectives, adaptability, and creative problem-solving.

Responsibilities

Lead development of culturally relevant, social-first, and integrated creative campaigns for consumer brands.
Translate emerging trends across fashion, music, television, celebrity, creators, and internet culture into creative concepts and visual storytelling.
Provide art direction for campaigns, content, shoots, talent-led creative, and digital experiences, ensuring work is visually distinctive and strategically grounded.
Identify opportunities for brands to collaborate with relevant creators, celebrities, and cultural voices, partnering with talent and entertainment teams to execute ideas.
Develop creative designed to earn attention, spark conversation, and encourage audiences to engage, share, and participate.
Work across larger integrated campaigns and fast-moving social executions, recognizing opportunities for timely ideas.
Lead creative development and presentations; articulate ideas, make decisions, and guide work through feedback, refinement, and execution.
Collaborate with creative, strategy, social, earned media, talent, and account teams to deliver work and foster an inclusive, supportive creative environment.