Creative Director

Artsy • New York, NY

2d • $175,000 - $220,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Artsy and Artnet have merged, creating a unified leadership and vision for the art world's leading online destinations. Artnet will continue its role as a trusted source for journalism, data, auctions, and market intelligence, while Artsy will lead in art discovery and purchasing through personalized recommendations, storytelling, and a seamless collecting experience. Together, they reach over 7 million monthly visitors globally and have a significant social media presence. This role is crucial for evolving the brands' visual identities and strategic positioning at this pivotal time. The Creative Director will oversee brand strategy, visual identity, campaign development, and activation, ensuring consistent and thoughtful brand expression across all touchpoints. This position requires close collaboration with Growth Marketing, Content, Product, and Executive Leadership, reporting to the VP of Marketing and Content and leading a small, impactful creative team responsible for the visual, strategic, and cultural presentation of Artsy and Artnet.

Requirements

• This is a hybrid role based in NYC and requires 3 days a week in the office.
• Significant experience leading brand and visual identity work for consumer-facing companies, agencies, or culturally relevant brands.
• Have worked both in-house and at agencies or brand studios—you’ve seen multiple brands and owned outcomes inside a team.
• Understand and lead on the “why” not just the “what”.
• Think in systems: you can take intuitive creative judgment and turn it into direction and frameworks others can execute against, without flattening the craft.
• Are genuinely AI-native — you’re already building AI tools, automation, and modular production into how creative gets made.
• Have led brand-building initiatives across the full brand lifecycle—from defining brand architecture and strategic positioning to developing visual identity systems and bringing them to life through digital and physical/experiential campaigns, content, and activations.
• Are an excellent communicator who can influence cross-functional partners, align stakeholders, and bring teams along through clear creative direction and storytelling.
• You are currently authorized to live and work in the United States.
• This role will be based in New York City.

Nice To Haves

• Have experience working within the art, fashion, marketplace, editorial, media, or broader cultural landscape.
• Have worked in-house after agency experience, particularly at brand-focused studios or agencies.
• Have developed multiple buzz-worthy experiential or environmental campaigns with measurable outcomes, tangible delight factor, and cultural relevancy.

Responsibilities

• Lead the evolution of Artsy and Artnet’s brand and visual identity across all customer touchpoints, ensuring consistency, clarity, and creative distinction.
• Develop scalable creative systems and design frameworks that enable efficient execution across channels and teams.
• Shape and articulate Artsy and Artnet’s broader brand strategy, including positioning, storytelling, and visual expression.
• Partner closely with Product, Growth Marketing, and Content teams to bring the brand to life in cohesive and collaborative ways.
• Lead a small creative team, setting clear direction and priorities, establishing effective ways of working, thoughtfully planning resources, and ensuring high-quality execution.
• Build scalable creative systems, design frameworks, and AI-enabled workflows so the team and the wider org move with clarity, brand unity, and speed.
• Grow a small team of 1-2 brand designers while directing contractors, freelancers, and creative partners, and working closely with Product Design.
• Work with cross-functional partners, to concept and plan the execution of integrated campaigns and programs across a wide range of media and platforms: digital, print, video, social and content.
• Craft concepts and partner closely with Product & Product Design to execute across all mediums and audiences including our websites, app, emails, ad campaigns, video and audio, IRL, and more.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity
• Flexible time off
• Comprehensive healthcare & benefit options, including: medical, dental, parental leave, short- and long-term disability, Employee Assistance Program featuring free mental health support, 401k, commuter benefits, flexible spending accounts (FSA), health savings accounts (HSA), financial wellness support & resources, and more
• Professional development, including: mentoring, lunch & learns, regular training, 1:1 management, and an open feedback culture
• Engaging opportunities and internal programming globally, to foster new relationships and build upon our collaborative community. Including: happy hours, holiday parties, global "All Hands" meetings, "Artsy Salon" (a yearly exhibition of our team's creativity), attendance to art world events, and more

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed