Senior Art Director

About the role

Dentsu Creative is looking for a Senior Art Director to join its creative team in Toronto. You will lead visual design and art direction on campaigns, helping brands express their personality through culture, design and entertainment. Reporting to Creative Leads, you contribute high-quality creative work from concept through execution, with increasing ownership over projects and visual expression.

Key responsibilities

• Develop insightful, objective-driven concepts that build brand presence, personality and cultural relevance.
• Lead visual design and art direction on assigned projects, ensuring craft, consistency and creative integrity.
• Collaborate with copywriters, designers, strategists and account teams to bring integrated ideas to life across platforms.
• Translate concepts into visual systems across social, digital, experiential and traditional channels.
• Contribute to creative workstreams using AI-enabled tools for ideation, prototyping and production, applying sound human judgment.
• Stay engaged with new technologies, design trends and cultural shifts, and share learnings with the team.
• Respond constructively to feedback, iterate work while protecting the core idea, and support fast-moving timelines.
• Partner with Creative Leads to uphold creative standards and team culture.

Required profile

• 6+ years of experience in art direction and design, across social-first and integrated campaign work.
• A strong portfolio showing visual storytelling, conceptual thinking and polished execution.
• Proven experience art directing or designing creative for branded campaigns across multiple channels.
• Experience in automotive and finance is an asset.

Required skills

• Proficiency in industry-standard design tools such as Photoshop, InDesign, After Effects, Figma or similar.
• Curiosity about AI-enabled creative tools and their role in modern workflows.
• Ability to translate ideas into clear, compelling visual systems.

What we offer

• Salary range of CAD 95k-110k, depending on experience, knowledge and skills.
• Medical, dental, RRSP, paid time off and/or other benefits for permanent employees.

To apply, use the online application portal and include the name of your creative partner; upload your portfolio as part of the application.