Saatchi & Saatchi

Associate Creative Director - Art

Saatchi & Saatchi$106K — $146K *
Miami, FL 33186In-Person
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7-9 years of art direction experience in advertising
  • Proven ability to create both long form and short form content
  • Experience mentoring junior creative talent
  • Outstanding creativity and strong conceptual skills
  • Ability to work within an Art Director/Copywriter team
  • Prior experience in the US Hispanic market or multicultural advertising
  • Familiarity with AI-powered creative tools for concept development

Responsibilities

  • Deliver innovative creative work
  • Concept and develop comprehensive project ideas
  • Expand big picture concepts into 360-degree creative executions
  • Identify opportunities for digital and social-focused campaigns
  • Collaborate on new business pitches to shape brand messaging
  • Ensure project tone and style align with concepts
  • Contribute to brainstorming sessions and creative brief development
  • Present ideas effectively to clients and oversee campaign roll-out
  • Mentor junior creatives

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical coverage
  • Dental and vision insurance
  • Disability benefits
  • 401(k) plan contributions
  • Parental and family care leave
  • Tuition reimbursement programs
  • Flexible time off options
Full Job Description
Overview

The Community is looking for an ACD art director to join our team. This role will focus on US Hispanic Market / Multicultural and will partner closely with an ACD Copywriter. The ideal candidate will be responsible for concepting new ideas on future creative initiatives for one the agency's largest clients. This role will be tasked to ensure that the team's creative efforts are impactful.
The Community leads with their passion to create inventive new concepts. This position will partner to develop, create and execute 360 creative as well as social focused work for assigned clients. This will include determining the tone, style, visual identity and structure of content based on client's requirements but also helping push the clients further. This role will have the opportunity to be involved in all stages of the advertising process including initial idea creation to ensure anticipated creative ideas can be achieved based on the platform, technical and artistic needs, and budgets proposed.

Responsibilities
• Deliver breakthrough creative work
• Create succinct concepts for projects inclusive of big picture campaigns.
• Lead the creative expansion of big picture concepts to be rolled out into 360 creative including: retail copy, radio, print, out of home, in store signage, etc.
• Understand when to push for Digital/Social focused projects.
• Collaborate with the creative team on new business pitches to develop and shape brands and their messaging.
• Interact with project teams to ensure tone, style and structure support the concept.
• Actively contribute to strategic brainstorming campaign development, creative brief development and execution.
• Present to clients and help sell through ideas.
• Manage the roll out of campaigns.
• Mentor and direct junior creative talent.

Qualifications
• 7-9 years of experience in an ad agency in an art direction role.
• Ability to concept long form and short form content.
• Experience overseeing and/or mentoring junior creatives.
• Outstanding creativity and ability and strong concept skills.
• Ability to concept content in a wide variety of styles.
• Experience working in an Art Director/Copywriter partnership.
• Prior advertising experience working in US Hispanic sector or other multicultural markets required.
• Ability to interact with team and clients in English.
• Spanish language skills are preferred but not required.
• Ability to communicate effectively with team members and clients.
• Bachelor's in advertising or communications or foreign equivalent a plus but not required.
• Demonstrated experience leveraging AI-powered creative tools and workflows to support concept development, visual storytelling, creative exploration and/or production within a professional creative environment.

Additional information

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

Compensation Range: $106,780.00 - $146,100.00 annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 07/08/2026.

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About Saatchi & Saatchi

Saatchi & Saatchi is a global advertising agency headquartered in New York City. The company was founded in London in 1970 by brothers Maurice and Charles Saatchi and is now part of the Publicis Groupe, a French multinational advertising and public relations company. Saatchi & Saatchi has over 6,000 employees in 114 countries and provides a range of advertising and marketing services to clients in various industries, including automotive, consumer goods, financial services, and telecommunications. The company is known for its creative and innovative advertising campaigns, including the iconic 'Nothing is Impossible' campaign for Toyota. Saatchi & Saatchi has won numerous awards for its work, including Cannes Lions, Clios, and Effies.
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