Mid Level Assistant Art Director Jobs
Mid level assistant art director jobs call for professionals ready to own campaigns or projects end to end, guide junior creatives, and make design decisions with minimal oversight. Roles are spread across on-site, hybrid, and remote settings in Marketing & Advertising, Staffing & Recruiting, and Consulting & Professional Services, with employers like 1000heads, Ursus, and 24 Seven Talent hiring at this level now.
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INTRODUCTION
We are looking for an Art Director to join our growing Creative team. The 1000heads Creative team is a proud, powerful collective of social copy and design obsessives, experts managing creative output. You will work closely with a whole host of departmental specialists, from Accounts to Insights, Community to Strategy, to deliver transformational social-first work for our clients. We are looking for an Art Director who thrives in fast-paced environments and loves the challenge of discovering engaging and innovative content that genuinely excites our target audience. You'll be the hands-on visionary involved in creating impactful social, digital and brand activation campaigns, from concept to execution, working on a design-savvy team and across clients to help brands effectively tell their story through various channels. We'll depend on you for championing and selling creative work, actively evolving design strategies that promote excellence, and translating marketing and branding strategies into fresh and impressive campaigns. All this while always acting as the guardian of quality and overall look and feel. If you are passionate about all of the small things and are eager to get your hands dirty with ever-evolving work across various projects, we'd like to meet you.
Responsibilities
- Working from a brief with a copywriter or other members of the creative team, generating ideas to present to clients
- Determine how to best represent concepts visually
- Producing sketches, storyboards, wireframes, and layouts based on creative ideas to bring to life concepts for presentations and proposals
- Understanding marketing initiatives, strategic positioning and target audience, and developing artistic approach and style to match
- Working on designs to produce effective social and digital campaigns
- Coordinating with specialists, such as artists, photographers and developers
- Offering input to creative meetings and sharing ideas
- Producing attractive and effective designs for all media
- Managing projects, on and off location, and working within a budget
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- This is a hybrid role, with 2 days per week in office required.
- Minimum 5 years' experience
- Must have agency and/or social media content experience
- Experience in the luxury industry a plus
- Expert knowledge of design software and editing tools (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, After Effects)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellence in all visual elements (layout, typography, hierarchy and composition)
- A keen eye for design and visualization, and a meticulous attention to detail
- Time management and multitasking abilities
- Creativity skills and problem-solving aptitude
- Ability to meet deadlines in a high pressure environment
- Inspirational and visionary with the self-drive to maintain and improve design standards
- Team player with flexibility to step in when needed on any project
- Online portfolio with provided link
BENEFITS
- Medical, dental, vision, and more!
- Generous time off package, including the last week of the year
- 401k & Roth retirement investment options with employer match, after year-one
- Gym and professional development stipends
- Culture Club with monthly activities like sports, games and happy hours
- DEI Council and Employee Resource Groups
- Commute and parking benefits
- Wellness program that focuses on mental, physical and financial employee wellness
- And much more!
SALARY RANGE
$95,000 - $110,000
About 1000heads
1000heads combines expertise in data & analytics, strategy, technology and creativity to help the world's best businesses build Social Age brands. 1000heads provides a fully integrated, end-to-end Social Transformation™ proposition to blue-chip clients encompassing data & analytics, strategy and implementation. 1000heads has a global footprint, employing over 200 people across 12 offices in London, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, Bogota, Sydney, Melbourne, Kuala Lumpur, Japan, Paris and Berlin. 1000heads' clients include Alphabet, Nature Made, The North Face, San Pellegrino, Amazon, Cisco, and Diageo. 1000heads is an Equal Opportunities Employer, we are passionately committed to working together to promote an inclusive environment which celebrates and promotes diversity. We are committed to our belief that diversity in our team generates better and bolder ideas, creativity, understanding and respect. We welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual's ability to perform their job.
INTRODUCTION
We are looking for an Art Director to join our growing Creative team. The 1000heads Creative team is a proud, powerful collective of social copy and design obsessives, experts managing creative output. You will work closely with a whole host of departmental specialists, from Accounts to Insights, Community to Strategy, to deliver transformational social-first work for our clients. We are looking for an Art Director who thrives in fast-paced environments and loves the challenge of discovering engaging and innovative content that genuinely excites our target audience. You'll be the hands-on visionary involved in creating impactful social, digital and brand activation campaigns, from concept to execution, working on a design-savvy team and across clients to help brands effectively tell their story through various channels. We'll depend on you for championing and selling creative work, actively evolving design strategies that promote excellence, and translating marketing and branding strategies into fresh and impressive campaigns. All this while always acting as the guardian of quality and overall look and feel. If you are passionate about all of the small things and are eager to get your hands dirty with ever-evolving work across various projects, we'd like to meet you.
Responsibilities
- Working from a brief with a copywriter or other members of the creative team, generating ideas to present to clients
- Determine how to best represent concepts visually
- Producing sketches, storyboards, wireframes, and layouts based on creative ideas to bring to life concepts for presentations and proposals
- Understanding marketing initiatives, strategic positioning and target audience, and developing artistic approach and style to match
- Working on designs to produce effective social and digital campaigns
- Coordinating with specialists, such as artists, photographers and developers
- Offering input to creative meetings and sharing ideas
- Producing attractive and effective designs for all media
- Managing projects, on and off location, and working within a budget
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- This is a hybrid role, with 2 days per week in office required.
- Minimum 5 years' experience
- Must have agency and/or social media content experience
- Experience in the luxury industry a plus
- Expert knowledge of design software and editing tools (e.g. Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, After Effects)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellence in all visual elements (layout, typography, hierarchy and composition)
- A keen eye for design and visualization, and a meticulous attention to detail
- Time management and multitasking abilities
- Creativity skills and problem-solving aptitude
- Ability to meet deadlines in a high pressure environment
- Inspirational and visionary with the self-drive to maintain and improve design standards
- Team player with flexibility to step in when needed on any project
- Online portfolio with provided link
BENEFITS
- Medical, dental, vision, and more!
- Generous time off package, including the last week of the year
- 401k & Roth retirement investment options with employer match, after year-one
- Gym and professional development stipends
- Culture Club with monthly activities like sports, games and happy hours
- DEI Council and Employee Resource Groups
- Commute and parking benefits
- Wellness program that focuses on mental, physical and financial employee wellness
- And much more!
SALARY RANGE
$95,000 - $110,000
About 1000heads
1000heads combines expertise in data & analytics, strategy, technology and creativity to help the world's best businesses build Social Age brands. 1000heads provides a fully integrated, end-to-end Social Transformation™ proposition to blue-chip clients encompassing data & analytics, strategy and implementation. 1000heads has a global footprint, employing over 200 people across 12 offices in London, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago, Bogota, Sydney, Melbourne, Kuala Lumpur, Japan, Paris and Berlin. 1000heads' clients include Alphabet, Nature Made, The North Face, San Pellegrino, Amazon, Cisco, and Diageo. 1000heads is an Equal Opportunities Employer, we are passionately committed to working together to promote an inclusive environment which celebrates and promotes diversity. We are committed to our belief that diversity in our team generates better and bolder ideas, creativity, understanding and respect. We welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual's ability to perform their job.
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Mid Level Assistant Art Director Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a mid level assistant art director job?
Position your portfolio around projects you led rather than contributed to, showing clear creative decision-making and results. Highlight experience concepting across multiple formats, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and delivering work with limited direction. Tailor your application to each brand's visual language, and be ready to speak to your process and the measurable impact your work had on campaigns or audiences.
Which companies hire mid level assistant art directors?
Companies hiring mid level assistant art directors right now include 1000heads, Ursus, and 24 Seven Talent, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Hiring at this level comes from a mix of in-house creative teams at consumer brands, advertising and design agencies, media companies, and retailers with active content and marketing operations.
Are there remote mid level assistant art director jobs?
Yes, though availability varies by employer and industry. About 50% of mid level assistant art director openings are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the creative industry's broader shift toward flexible work. Agency roles and in-house positions at larger companies tend to offer the most remote flexibility at this experience level.
How do I move up to a mid level assistant art director role?
Moving from entry level to mid level means shifting from executing others' creative direction to developing and defending your own. Build that by seeking out projects where you own the concept, not just the execution, and by mentoring newer team members when the opportunity arises. Document the impact of your work, refine your specialty across formats or channels, and develop a portfolio that shows consistent creative judgment over time.
Which industries hire the most mid level assistant art directors?
Mid Level assistant art director roles concentrate in Marketing & Advertising, Staffing & Recruiting, and Consulting & Professional Services, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors drive hiring at this level because they maintain large in-house creative teams or agency partnerships that need experienced art directors who can own projects without senior oversight on every deliverable.