DEPT®

Principal

• Generate visually sophisticated AI-driven creative across performance campaigns and innovation work while maintaining a high bar for craft and originality.
• Translate creative briefs into compelling visual outputs across a range of aesthetics, including photoreal, conceptual, graphic, product, lifestyle, and experimental imagery.
• Rapidly prototype, iterate, and refine assets based on creative feedback, platform needs, and campaign objectives.
• Use ChatGPT image generation tools to create scalable visual content systems, campaign assets, conceptual explorations, and production-ready creative.
• Art direct and refine outputs with a strong understanding of composition, typography, lighting, styling, realism, motion, pacing, and visual storytelling.
• Partner closely with Creative Directors, Designers, Motion teams, and Producers to ensure all outputs align with brand standards and campaign vision.
• Refine and elevate outputs through compositing, retouching, editing, upscaling, and post-production workflows where needed.
• Continuously evaluate emerging OpenAI tools, workflows, and creative trends to help evolve the agency’s AI capabilities and creative standards.
• Contribute to a culture of experimentation, curiosity, and visual excellence across the broader creative organization.
• Help identify opportunities for scalable AI-assisted production workflows without sacrificing creative quality or craft.

Principal, Art Direction – GenAI

Director

• Steer the programmatic strategy for high-profile clients
• Direct the implementation of 1st and 3rd party data strategies
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders
• Lead the evaluation and onboarding of new programmatic tech partners
• Partner with Search, Social, and SEO leads for a Total Media approach
• Identify and pitch proactive growth opportunities within portfolio
• Manage and mentor a team of Managers and Associates

Freelance Associate Director, Programmatic

Client Partner

• Work in partnership with senior clients to develop annual strategies
• Hold recurring meetings with senior leadership on the client side focused on pushing their business forward, macro goals, industry trends/updates, and new opportunities to drive growth.
• Ensure client satisfaction by regularly communicating with senior decision-makers
• Be responsible for high client retention and growth
• Be a point of escalation on their accounts and effectively solve issues that arise, whether internally or with clients
• Lead new business pitches and proposals alongside leadership and growth team
• Forecast, reconcile and monitor client revenue and profitability
• Estimate, manage, monitor and reconcile client out-of-pocket funds
• Possess a strong understanding of scope management inclusive of how to track and manage, escalate scope pacing issues
• Manage client portfolio revenue, including updating relevant internal financial systems accurately and in a timely manner
• Productize our services within a proposal and SOW
• Author written SOWs, amendments, and other legal adjustments in partnership with contracts team as needed
• Lead contract negotiations and oversee the implementation of commercial agreements
• Proactively pursue cross-sell and upsell opportunities to drive innovation, strategy, and organic revenue growth
• Ensure teams are operating effectively and efficiently towards clients goals while meeting financial revenue targets on accounts
• Successfully work with all craft teams to effectively drive strategies and work that leads clients to the next level of their business
• Lead, line-manage, motivate and inspire a team
• Craft strategic responses to briefs and the ability to develop a POV on media, creative content, tech, and data
• Draw conclusions and actionable insights from analysis
• Ensure delivery of work is to the highest possible standard
• Contribute to the creative process by sharing their ideas and experience
• Be accountable for high employee retention and managing direct reports’ growth

Director, Client Partner

Art Director

• Concept and design best-in-class digital creative across social and video, with a strong focus on visual storytelling and performance.
• Contribute to pre-production planning, support on-set shoots, and collaborate with editors and designers in post to ensure work comes to life as intended.
• Work closely with copywriters, strategists, producers, project managers, and client teams to ensure creative aligns with brief goals, brand voice, and business objectives.
• Navigate ambiguity with CD support, adapt to shifting priorities, and bring proactive solutions to creative and production challenges. These solutions should come in the form of daily brainstorming and inspiration sharing with the team.
• Approach every situation with curiosity, kindness, and accountability to help foster an inclusive and collaborative team environment.

Content Marketing Manager

• Develop integrated social and content strategies across organic, paid, owned, earned, and creator channels, building content ecosystems and channel strategies that connect at the portfolio level and perform at the platform level.
• Write creative briefs and social strategies that give creative teams a genuine problem to solve, framing the strategic challenge with precision, a clear point of view, and useful constraints.
• Build content frameworks, platform strategies, and always-on programming architectures that translate brand positioning into scalable, cross-channel programs.
• Build and maintain social listening programs, cultural trendspotting frameworks, and audience intelligence outputs grounded in behavioral and cultural data that inform strategic decisions.
• Contribute to digital strategy conversations that extend beyond social, including digital OOH, display, and digital performance media, with enough fluency to inform channel roles and creative requirements.
• Immerse yourself in each client's business and competitive landscape, developing a working understanding of category dynamics, commercial pressures, and brand context that connects business objectives directly to social and content strategy decisions.
• Collaborate with media strategists, comms planners, brand strategists, and creative teams to ensure content and cultural strategy integrates credibly into full-funnel thinking.
• Lead day-to-day client engagements, building trust with mid-to-senior stakeholders through the quality and consistency of your strategic output.
• Mentor junior and mid-level strategists, providing feedback on their work and creating the conditions for them to grow. You do not manage headcount; you develop people.

Associate Director, Social & Content Strategy

Performance Marketing

• Lead the visual evolution of brands. You’ll oversee the art direction for pitches and flagship projects, ensuring all work meets a world-class standard of design, typography, and composition.
• Guide a team of junior to mid-level Art Directors and Designers. You’ll provide specific, craft-based feedback that pushes their work further while helping them develop their own visual voices.
• Take ownership of the visual narrative across multi-channel campaigns. You’ll lead the aesthetic side of 'the big idea,' ensuring a cohesive look and feel across film, digital, social, and physical experiences.
• Lead the visual side of production, from selecting photographers and directors to overseeing color grading, retouching, and motion design, ensuring the final product matches the original creative vision.
• Act as the visual authority in client meetings. You’ll present design systems and art direction with passion and clarity, helping clients understand the strategic 'why' behind visual choices.
• Partner with Creative leadership to evolve design workflows, establish quality standards, and identify new tools or AI-driven technologies to keep the team’s craft future-ready.
• Foster an inclusive, design-forward culture that encourages experimentation, shared learning, and a relentless pursuit of visual excellence.

Associate Director, Art Direction – Performance Marketing

• Driving programmatic strategy and improved client performance by thinking beyond the brief, embrace innovation, plan future-proof, and push past the status quo
• Embedding yourself and key programmatic team members deeply within our client’s engagement (internally and externally) to consistently deliver client first recommendations and ways of working efficiencies
• Cultivating and maintaining successful, long term client relationships
• Agile problem solving, exceptional storytelling, and communication skills both interpersonally and intrapersonally
• Leading and mentoring team members, with the ability to provide both strategic and tactical feedback with ease and empathy
• Promoting our core values and driving a positive work environment/culture

Director, Programmatic

Graphics Designer

• Closely collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of talented people.
• Design and produce large-scale digital ecosystems, including storytelling sites, premium eCommerce, and animated product demos.
• Translate business strategy into creative execution, bringing fresh perspectives that drive measurable client results.
• Build polished presentations in Figma/Google Docs and deliver precise, developer-ready asset kits and documentation.
• Thrive in low-process environments by proactively identifying efficiencies, managing priorities, and solving problems with optimism.
• Navigate complex organizations and diverse stakeholder needs to deliver projects on time and on budget.
• Balance independent judgment with team collaboration, communicating effectively across departments to align on goals.
• Maintain impeccable organizational skills and attention to detail while ensuring total clarity before making decisions.

Senior Visual Designer

• Deliver High-Impact Creative: Concept and design best-in-class digital creative across social, and video, with a strong focus on visual storytelling and performance.
• Mentor & Lead: Act as a direct supervisor and mentor to junior and mid-level Art Directors and Designers. Provide clear, constructive feedback to creatives across disciplines (for example, to copy) to elevate the team's output and foster professional growth.
• Support Video + Content Production: Contribute to pre-production planning, support on-set shoots, and collaborate with editors and designers in post to ensure work comes to life as intended.
• Partner Across Disciplines: Work closely with copywriters, strategists, producers, project managers, and client teams to ensure creative aligns with brief goals, brand voice, and business objectives.
• Be a Problem Solver: Navigate ambiguity with CD support, adapt to shifting priorities, and bring proactive solutions to creative and production challenges. These solutions should come in the form of daily brainstorming and inspiration sharing with the team.
• Cultivate Culture: Foster an inclusive, high-energy environment. Lead daily brainstorms and inspiration-sharing sessions to keep the team’s creative pulse sharp.Manage Creative Execution: Own the work from end to end. Concepting and producing polished on-brand, performance-minded assets that meet timelines and briefs. As an Associate Director, Art Direction, you will lead by doing, driving execution while strategically delegating portions of our projects to our junior team members to support efficiency, mentorship and delivery while remaining accountable for the final output.

Associate Director, Art Director

• Deliver High-Impact Creative: Concept and design best-in-class creative across digital, social, and video touchpoints, with a strong focus on visual storytelling and performance.
• Support Video + Content Production: Contribute to pre-production planning, support on-set shoots, and collaborate with editors and motion designers in post to ensure work comes to life as intended.
• Partner Across Disciplines: Work closely with copywriters, strategists, producers, project managers, and client teams to ensure creative aligns with brief goals, brand voice, and business objectives.
• Manage Creative Execution: Own your work from end to end—delivering polished, on-brand, and performance-minded assets on time and on brief.
• Be a Problem Solver: Navigate ambiguity with ACD support, adapt to shifting priorities, and bring proactive solutions to creative and production challenges.
• Embody Team Culture: Approach every situation with curiosity, kindness, and accountability to help foster an inclusive and collaborative team environment.

Principal Art Director

3D Artist

• Conceptualize, design, and execute high-quality motion graphics, animation, UI motion, video content, and digital experiences across campaigns and content initiatives.
• Develop storyboards, style frames, motion studies, and visual explorations that help communicate and refine creative concepts.
• Partner closely with Creative Directors, Art Directors, Copywriters, Visual Designers, and Generative AI Artists to create integrated audience experiences across channels and platforms.
• Collaborate on music selection, sound design, and audio direction to enhance storytelling, reinforce brand expression, and elevate the overall quality of motion experiences.
• Ensure all motion work maintains a high standard of craft, storytelling, technical execution, and brand consistency.
• Contribute to pre-production planning, production, and post-production efforts to help ensure creative intent is maintained through final delivery.
• Explore AI-assisted motion workflows, automation, and emerging creative technologies that improve efficiency and unlock new creative possibilities.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining exceptional attention to detail, organization, and quality.
• Participate in creative reviews, brainstorms, and cultural trend exploration, bringing fresh inspiration and motion-first thinking to the team.
• Stay current on motion design, animation, filmmaking, sound design, AI, and emerging technologies to continually push the work forward.

Senior Motion Designer

Copywriter

• Develop and articulate original and compelling concepts that inspire audiences, driving engagement and conversion
• Deliver high-quality work from ideation through final copy and delivery
• Set the standard for the brand voice across all platforms, with both in-asset and accompanying copy
• Translate technical product features into clear, benefit-driven messaging
• Support in developing strategic narratives that win over clients
• Offer informed perspectives that elevate team output
• Work closely with counterparts across Strategy, Creative, Design, Delivery, and Client Partnerships
• Ensure we’re taking advantage of the latest tech and most advanced approaches, as well as expanding into new platforms

Senior Copywriter

• Own and manage campaign performance across key Retail Media Networks including Amazon DSP, Walmart DSP, and Target DSP
• Hands-on campaign trading and optimization with a high level of efficiency and attention to detail
• Manage reporting and performance tracking through Q4 and key promotional periods
• Monitor and optimize and build upon currently active retail DSP program, ensuring Q4 performance goals are met
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently in a lean environment
• A self-starter who takes full ownership of their book of business with minimal oversight
• Collaborate with internal teams to provide data-driven recommendations and programmatic insights

Freelance Associate Director, Programmatic Retail

• Translate business goals and brand strategy into actionable design principles and world-class digital experiences.
• Lead cross-functional teams with empathy, fostering a culture of mentorship, high standards, and creative experimentation.
• Drive workshops and presentations for high-level stakeholders, aligning complex goals with clear experience outcomes.
• Oversee large-scale projects—from branding and content to websites—ensuring they exceed expectations, hit budgets, and meet deadlines.
• Partner with strategy and product teams to streamline workflows and influence executive decision-making.
• Nurture world-class design talent and provide strategic insights for hiring and growth.
• Leverage an entrepreneurial spirit and cultural trends to deliver innovative, results-driven creative execution.
• Solve problems proactively in low-process environments, maintaining a clear point of view and a commitment to craft.

Director, Creative

Growth Marketing

• Manage net-new pitch process including building pitch timelines, writing pitch briefings, setting pitch win strategies, contributing content for new client proposals and tender documents.
• Craft detailed responses for net-new pitches, including RFIs, procurement processes, and collaborating with legal and finance teams in accordance with the pitch process
• Contribute to the ongoing improvement of the business development process including qualification strategy, win strategy, pitch casting, usability and best practices in order to better win and deliver for clients, and enhance the DEPT® customer experience.
• Manage client communications positioning DEPT® as a strategic partner for current and future project / account work.
• Collaborate with marketing teams to ensure that DEPT®’s differentiated positioning comes to life through case studies, PR, thought leadership content and other marketing material.
• Take on other duties and responsibilities as assigned.