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About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Creative Team (Senior Art Director) who is passionate about creating meaningful, attention-getting work. You are a strong visual storyteller who helps brands find and express their personality through culture, design, and entertainment. You bring confidence in your craft, a clear point of view, and a collaborative spirit that helps push ideas further. In this role, you contribute high-quality creative work from concept through execution, with increasing ownership over projects and visual expression. You’re comfortable leading visual design and art direction within campaigns, while working closely with copywriters, strategists, and account partners to deliver thoughtful, inclusive, and effective creative. You bring strong conceptual thinking, a social-first mindset, and experience creating work across digital and traditional channels. You stay closely connected to culture—and you’re curious about how emerging technologies, including AI, can support creative exploration, efficiency, and storytelling in responsible, human-centered ways.

Responsibilities

Develop insightful, objective-driven concepts that build brand presence, personality, and cultural relevance.
Lead visual design and art direction on assigned projects, ensuring a high level of craft, consistency, and creative integrity.
Collaborate closely with copywriters, designers, strategists, and account teams to bring integrated ideas to life across platforms.
Translate creative concepts into compelling visual systems across social, digital, experiential, and traditional channels.
Contribute to creative workstreams that incorporate AI-enabled tools to support ideation, experimentation, prototyping, and production—applying strong human judgment, taste, and direction.
Stay curious and engaged with new creative technologies, design trends, and cultural shifts; share relevant learnings with the team.
Respond thoughtfully and constructively to feedback, iterating work while protecting the core idea and creative quality.
Support fast-moving timelines and cultural moments with flexibility, collaboration, and a solutions-oriented mindset.
Partner with Creative Leads to uphold creative standards and contribute to a positive, collaborative team culture.

Requirements

6+ years of experience in art direction and design, with experience across both social-first and integrated campaign work.
A strong portfolio demonstrating visual storytelling, conceptual thinking, and polished execution.
Proven experience art directing or designing creative for branded campaigns across multiple channels.
Strong ability to translate ideas into clear, compelling visual expressions and systems.
Proficiency in industry-standard design tools such as Photoshop, InDesign, After Effects, Figma, or similar software.
Curiosity and openness to exploring AI-enabled creative tools (e.g., for ideation, mood-boarding, prototyping, or production), with an understanding of their role in modern creative workflows.
A collaborative mindset and comfort working across disciplines, perspectives, and feedback styles.
Passion for culture, craft, creativity, and continuous learning.
A clear point of view on how social platforms, design trends, and emerging technologies fit into the broader consumer experience.
Automotive and Finance experience is an asset.

Skills

Visual storytelling
Conceptual thinking
Design
Art direction
Social-first mindset
AI-enabled creative tools
Collaboration

Location

Toronto

Work Type

Full time
Permanent

Experience Level

Senior

Salary/Compensations

CAD $95k-$110k

Benefits

Medical
Dental
RRSP
Paid time off

About the Company

For over 120 years, innovation has been a core tenet of our offering – exploring new ways to reach, engage and nurture relationships with audiences.
Together we drive a multiplier effect for clients at a global scale, through the development of Integrated Growth Solutions that are underpinned by our promise to clients: innovating to impact.
Be a force for good. Sustainability is a vital part of our business and an important area of focus for our clients. We’re leading the way – helping to build a more sustainable planet.
Dream loud. In this moment of transformation, we need our people to be fearless, embracing change and ambiguity, driven by the love for their work and excitement for the future.
Team without limits. We create opportunities for connection and collaboration between our colleagues and clients, building a sense of belonging and having some fun along the way.

Equal Opportunity

We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds foster a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better business results.
We strive to create workplaces that reflect the clients we serve and where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work.
We are committed to working with our candidates from all ability levels throughout the recruitment process to ensure that they have what they need to be at their best.
If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact Canada.Recruitment@dentsu.com or to begin a conversation about your individual accessibility needs throughout the hiring process.