Senior Art Director

M&C Saatchi World Services is a full-service marketing company renowned for using commercial advertising to solve the world’s toughest challenges. World Services is a specialty branch of M&C Saatchi Group, and we provide strategic communications, behavior change, and marketing support to Public Sector clients with special emphasis on the US Federal Government and State, Local, Tribal, & Territorial leaders.

M&C Saatchi World Services US is seeking a Senior Art Director to lead the creative vision, visual identity, and storytelling direction for a wide portfolio of content supporting a large federal and DoD-aligned mission environment.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

This role sets the visual standards for enterprise-wide digital, print, multimedia, and campaign materials, ensuring consistency, brand alignment, and impactful visual communication. The Art Director oversees creative conceptualization, design execution, and cross-team collaboration to deliver high-quality, user-centered creative products. This position serves as the senior creative authority guiding visual strategy, brand governance, and content innovation across all communication channels.

This is a hybrid role; however, the ideal candidate will live in either the greater New York City area or the greater District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) region.

What you'll do:

• Lead the development and evolution of the enterprise visual identity, brand platform, and creative direction.

• Oversee concept creation, storyboarding, design planning, and visual storytelling for digital and print materials.

• Direct creative teams in producing graphics, campaign assets, multimedia, and integrated visual products.

• Ensure consistency of brand voice and visual design across all communication channels and content types.

• Collaborate with UX, multimedia, marketing, and communications teams to unify creative approaches.

• Review and approve design deliverables, ensuring adherence to accessibility, quality, and brand standards.

• Guide development of templates, component libraries, creative toolkits, and visual governance artifacts.

• Translate complex strategic and technical requirements into compelling visual narratives.

• Oversee vendor or subcontractor creative output to ensure alignment with enterprise expectations.

• Support high-priority campaigns, leadership communications, and mission-critical design needs.

• Analyze creative performance metrics and incorporate insights into continuous creative improvement.

You’ll bring:

• Strong creative leadership and ability to define visual strategy.

• Exceptional communication skills for interacting with stakeholders and design teams.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive high-quality creative execution.

• Strong attention to detail, brand consistency, and design rigor.

• Ability to guide, mentor, and elevate multidisciplinary creative teams.

• Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects).

• Deep understanding of visual hierarchy, layout, color theory, typography, and accessibility (508/WCAG).

• Experience with design systems, component libraries, and brand governance.

• Ability to translate abstract concepts and strategic inputs into compelling visual communication.

• Demonstrated success leading visual strategy across digital, print, and multimedia platforms.

• Experience producing unified visual systems, brand standards, and enterprise design frameworks.

WHAT YOU GET

We offer a competitive salary ($120,000-$145,000) and a benefits package designed to support your health, family life, financial wellbeing, and growth.

Family & parental support

• 12 weeks’ full pay for Primary Carers and 6 weeks for Secondary Carers (after one year of service; return requirements apply for subsequent leave)

• Applies to birth, adoption, and surrogacy

• Up to 10 days’ paid fertility leave per year (5 per cycle)

• 2 days’ paid leave for new grandparents

• $2,500 annual interest-free parental loan