Top Creative Director Jobs in NYC, NY

Lead and inspire a creative team to develop insight-driven, on-brand campaigns across email, web, display, video, direct mail and social. Manage designers, art directors, copywriters, contractors and agencies; collaborate with marketing strategists and partners; present and influence stakeholders; coach and develop talent while applying market research and emerging AI tools to drive effective, measurable creative work.

Lead visual design and art direction for Phamily’s enterprise marketing, sales, product marketing, campaign, event, and healthcare collateral. Produce high-impact creative assets, evolve brand guidelines and design systems, manage agencies and freelancers, mentor junior designers, and establish scalable creative workflows and QA processes. Partner with marketing stakeholders to develop outcome-focused B2B storytelling while integrating generative AI tools into an enterprise-grade creative operation.

Lead and set the visual and narrative creative vision for AI Experiences across product, marketing, campaigns, and physical moments. Art direct and stay hands-on with design, build and mentor a visually-focused creative team, partner with strategy, product, engineering and marketing, manage agencies and production partners, and represent the studio internally and externally.

Leads creative direction for integrated campaigns, brand initiatives, and content experiences across channels. Develops insight-driven concepts, guides creative teams, mentors talent, reviews work, and partners with strategy, marketing, compliance, and business stakeholders. Ensures brand consistency, accessibility, quality, and compliance while translating business goals and consumer insights into effective creative solutions. Supports an in-house agency in a matrixed healthcare organization.

Leads creative vision and concept development for major marketing campaigns and brand initiatives. The role pitches creative ideas to senior stakeholders, ensures alignment with strategy and brand objectives, and builds a high-performing team of designers, copywriters, and other creative professionals. Responsibilities include recruiting, mentoring, coaching, establishing creative standards, balancing ambition with production realities, and championing creative excellence across a matrixed marketing organization.

Lead creative strategy and execution for a large B2B client portfolio, overseeing concepting, design, production, and post-production. Manage and mentor a multidisciplinary creative team, drive client retention and service expansion, contribute to new business and P&L goals, implement QA and operational standards, leverage AI and the Nova platform, and represent the agency externally.

Coordinates creative asset workflows across copy, design, motion, and external partners. Tracks project status, deadlines, ownership, file versions, and delivery across concurrent workstreams. Maintains organized asset systems, identifies risks, communicates updates, supports basic production accounting, and proofreads materials. Requires strong organization, communication, attention to detail, and proficiency with office productivity tools. Experience in creative production coordination, traffic, asset management, or project management is required.

Leads creative vision across brand, identity systems, websites, and digital experiences. Develops strategically grounded concepts, maintains high craft standards, guides multidisciplinary teams, presents ideas to senior clients, manages multiple workstreams, and supports new business and account growth. Requires strong conceptual and brand expertise, digital experience leadership, client relationship skills, creative judgment, and collaborative leadership.

Leads pharmaceutical creative copy initiatives across HCP and patient marketing, from concept through completion. Oversees copy, design, UX, interactive, motion, and print projects; manages teams, workflows, budgets, and client relationships; mentors junior creatives; and ensures work reflects strategic insights, clinical data, competitive landscapes, and brand objectives. Requires sickle cell disease or gene therapy experience, multicultural experience, pharma launch experience, and extensive creative copywriting leadership.

Lead Babylist’s brand positioning, architecture, visual identity, creative studio, campaign concepting, video production, and partnership marketing. Build scalable, AI-enabled brand systems that help teams create on-brand work without manual approvals. Partner with product design, engineering, content, communications, and commercial teams to increase brand awareness, customer acquisition, and partner value while protecting brand consistency across the customer journey.

Leads a creative squad serving Private Bank and Wealth Management audiences. Oversees premium campaigns, client communications, events, executive materials, and brand experiences across digital, print, social, video, and promotional channels. Manages designers and copywriters, mentors creative talent, partners with senior stakeholders, ensures brand and regulatory compliance, and maintains high standards for design, storytelling, production quality, and client experience.

Lead brand strategy, positioning, messaging, identity, and creative direction for startup and technology clients. Manage projects from discovery through delivery, develop narratives and integrated campaigns across film, social, web, experiential, and paid channels, and direct multidisciplinary teams. Present and sell creative work to clients, support new business, mentor team members, and help grow Nen’s brand practice and commercial capabilities.

Lead and scale a high-performing, conceptually driven design team across brand, motion, and multi-disciplinary creative. Set and enforce a clear quality bar, build design systems and scalable processes, partner with strategy and cross-functional leaders, mentor emerging leaders, oversee visual identity across channels, and manage vendors and production while occasionally contributing hands-on when strategic input is required.

Lead creative concepts and execution for healthcare advertising and promotional campaigns across digital, print, video, web, app, and immersive media. Serve as lead creative on brands, guide creative strategy, present ideas to clients, mentor junior and mid-level creatives, uphold quality standards, support new business pitches, and identify opportunities to grow the agency’s creative offering.

Develop original campaign concepts and provide visual creative leadership across social, digital, packaging, in-store, and activation channels. Partner with an ACD Copywriter, Design Director, production teams, photographers, editors, and marketing leads. Art direct photo and video shoots, guide animation and video concepts, maintain visual quality, and ensure campaign work aligns with brand identity systems and platform-native creative standards.

Lead and produce high-priority brand, campaign, product, web, social, video, and event creative. Build AI-native creative systems, reusable prompts/templates, and a flexible freelance bench. Partner across Marketing and Product to translate complex technical concepts into clear visual systems, run creative operations and measurement loops, and deliver in-product visuals and motion assets.

Lead creative direction for experiential campaigns across sports, music, and entertainment. Manage and mentor creative teams, maintain quality control, collaborate with clients and vendors, anticipate production challenges, and align concepts with strategy and industry trends.

Lead and define the creative vision for branded video content across New York Magazine and Vox. Oversee creative directors, writers, and production teams; mentor senior and junior talent; develop concepts, scripts, treatments, and visual direction; ensure creative integrity through production and post; drive innovation in storytelling and maintain brand-aligned, culturally attuned work with a strong focus on fashion, luxury, and video.

Lead development of insight-driven, integrated marketing proposals and pre-sale processes across Future's brands. Collaborate with sales, creative, editorial, and production to build cross-platform campaigns (video, social, creator, newsletter, audio, experiential), shape go-to-market narratives, and create commerce-driven branded content that aligns client goals with editorial audiences.

Shape A1’s visual language across web and mobile AI products. Design visual systems, UI components, information hierarchies, accessibility patterns, system states, reliability signals, and AI-generated content experiences. Collaborate with product, UX, and engineering teams to create polished, implementable designs and maintain a scalable design system.

Leads AI-forward art direction and creative vision for integrated advertising campaigns across film, digital, social, and emerging media. Develops concepts, mock-ups, storyboards, treatments, and mood boards; guides designers, editors, AI film directors, and motion designers through execution. Presents and defends ideas to clients, ensures creative quality and brand alignment, and collaborates with teams across the US, UK, and Mexico. Uses generative AI and traditional production techniques to create high-impact campaign visuals.

Lead Duolingo's creative vision for marketing, driving culturally resonant campaigns while mentoring a team of creatives and collaborating across departments to enhance brand impact.

Lead and mentor creative teams to develop and execute breakthrough themed and immersive brand experiences and campaigns. Own mid-to-large projects end-to-end, present to clients, manage budgets/timelines, and drive creative innovation while using industry AI tools.

Leads GeistM’s performance creative function while remaining hands-on in concept development, short-form video, UGC, static ads, creator campaigns, testing, and iteration. Manages and coaches the creative team, builds creator networks and scalable production workflows, analyzes performance data, presents strategies to clients, and connects creative decisions to campaign growth, retention, and new business.

Leads copy strategy, narrative vision, brand voice, and campaign writing for major technology-brand clients. Presents messaging frameworks to senior stakeholders, directs and mentors writers, oversees editorial quality, collaborates with multidisciplinary creative teams, manages client feedback, and adapts campaigns for global markets. The role requires hands-on client leadership, strong storytelling, complex product communication, localization expertise, and delivery of high-quality copy across campaigns, product launches, digital experiences, scripts, and brand platforms.