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About us
At Monigle, we humanize brands to move people. As the largest independent brand-focused agency in the country, the quality of our work starts and ends with the people doing it — their passion, curiosity, and refusal to settle for good enough.
Our Advertising team is small, agile, and genuinely passionate about what creativity can do to earn attention, shape behavior, and influence culture. We see the entire funnel as our playground, and our work reflects our optimism and agility. We're smart, strategic, and scrappy — showing up for each other and for our colleagues across the agency to make every day a little better and more inspiring than the day before.
The Role
We're looking for a Creative Director, Art Director who is more than a talented visual thinker — you're a strategic force, a master of craft and a dynamic presence who can sell ideas through imagery, design, and visual storytelling that captures both imagination and heart.
The Details
- You have some experience in a leadership role or are ready to make the leap into the next phase of your amazing career. Either way, you're a team player who can translate a brief into a distinctive visual language and see that vision through with the highest degree of creativity and quality.
- You're a positivity magnet, someone who rallies teams and excites clients with equal parts artistic conviction and collaborative generosity.
- You're a performance-driven pro who can create at any altitude — being as comfortable on a shoot with clients as you are perfecting the details on the smallest of activation tactics.
- You'll report to our Executive Creative Director and partner closely with our Creative Director, Copy. Together, you're the creative engine of the growing department — leading the work, building business, and contributing to our dynamic culture.
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Lead the work. Own the visual concept and art direction on major campaigns from brief through production. Establish the aesthetic language, make the craft decisions, and push the work past the expected — across media and throughout the funnel.
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Create across media. Performance-driven creativity is our rocket fuel for solving problems. You have perspective on how to earn attention and spark engagement at the outset of every project.
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Partner and elevate. Here, we are each other's people. You'll collaborate with strategy, digital, visual designers, verbalist, client services, studio artists, and production to ensure creative integrity across every handoff and every touchpoint is a seamless exchange.
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Move with purpose. You're nimble by nature, and equally comfortable in a fast-turn social brief and multi-layered brand launch. You show up where needed and respect timelines without letting them flatten the work.
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Use AI as a creative accelerator. Neither a crutch nor a novelty, we embrace AI tools as part of how you explore, visualize, and pressure-test ideas. We want someone who's already figured out how to make them serve the work, and who isn't afraid to push into new territory.
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Contribute to new business. Help concept and pitch ideas that win.
Your Experience
- 7+ years of creative experience in advertising, with a portfolio that demonstrates genuine conceptual range and strong, distinctive visual thinking across formats.
- Exceptional creative taste, and a demonstrated passion and point of view for every facet of the work.
- Hands-on proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and AI creative tools (Gemini, MidJourney, Firefly, Runway, or equivalent).
- Proven fluency in today's media landscape: how visual content behaves across platforms, how performance creative works, how channels can shape ideas.
- Experience working in health and wellness, financial services and destination brands a plus.
- The presence to present and represent the work, our group and our agency with conviction.
- We are also hiring for CD, Copy, so we are open to interviewing teams.
Lastly…
We can't wait to meet you!
Salary range: $135,000 - $165,000
Final salary will be determined based on seniority, merit, geographic location, education, training and experience – reach out to us to learn more.
Our people take care of us, so we take care of our people. Enjoy:
- Ample paid time off to recharge and reset
- 401K: traditional and Roth options, plus employer match
- 100% employer-paid medical, dental and life insurance premiums for employees
- Optional vision, life, short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Paid maternity leave
If you don't meet all of the requirements for this role, but feel you have something unique to contribute to Monigle, we'd love to hear from you. Please do apply and tell us more about you in your cover letter.
Application Deadline: May 13, 2026
Creative Director, Art Direction at Monigle
About us
At Monigle, we humanize brands to move people. As the largest independent brand-focused agency in the country, the quality of our work starts and ends with the people doing it — their passion, curiosity, and refusal to settle for good enough.
Our Advertising team is small, agile, and genuinely passionate about what creativity can do to earn attention, shape behavior, and influence culture. We see the entire funnel as our playground, and our work reflects our optimism and agility. We're smart, strategic, and scrappy — showing up for each other and for our colleagues across the agency to make every day a little better and more inspiring than the day before.
The Role
We're looking for a Creative Director, Art Director who is more than a talented visual thinker — you're a strategic force, a master of craft and a dynamic presence who can sell ideas through imagery, design, and visual storytelling that captures both imagination and heart.
The Details
- You have some experience in a leadership role or are ready to make the leap into the next phase of your amazing career. Either way, you're a team player who can translate a brief into a distinctive visual language and see that vision through with the highest degree of creativity and quality.
- You're a positivity magnet, someone who rallies teams and excites clients with equal parts artistic conviction and collaborative generosity.
- You're a performance-driven pro who can create at any altitude — being as comfortable on a shoot with clients as you are perfecting the details on the smallest of activation tactics.
- You'll report to our Executive Creative Director and partner closely with our Creative Director, Copy. Together, you're the creative engine of the growing department — leading the work, building business, and contributing to our dynamic culture.
-
Lead the work. Own the visual concept and art direction on major campaigns from brief through production. Establish the aesthetic language, make the craft decisions, and push the work past the expected — across media and throughout the funnel.
-
Create across media. Performance-driven creativity is our rocket fuel for solving problems. You have perspective on how to earn attention and spark engagement at the outset of every project.
-
Partner and elevate. Here, we are each other's people. You'll collaborate with strategy, digital, visual designers, verbalist, client services, studio artists, and production to ensure creative integrity across every handoff and every touchpoint is a seamless exchange.
-
Move with purpose. You're nimble by nature, and equally comfortable in a fast-turn social brief and multi-layered brand launch. You show up where needed and respect timelines without letting them flatten the work.
-
Use AI as a creative accelerator. Neither a crutch nor a novelty, we embrace AI tools as part of how you explore, visualize, and pressure-test ideas. We want someone who's already figured out how to make them serve the work, and who isn't afraid to push into new territory.
-
Contribute to new business. Help concept and pitch ideas that win.
Your Experience
- 7+ years of creative experience in advertising, with a portfolio that demonstrates genuine conceptual range and strong, distinctive visual thinking across formats.
- Exceptional creative taste, and a demonstrated passion and point of view for every facet of the work.
- Hands-on proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and AI creative tools (Gemini, MidJourney, Firefly, Runway, or equivalent).
- Proven fluency in today's media landscape: how visual content behaves across platforms, how performance creative works, how channels can shape ideas.
- Experience working in health and wellness, financial services and destination brands a plus.
- The presence to present and represent the work, our group and our agency with conviction.
- We are also hiring for CD, Copy, so we are open to interviewing teams.
Lastly…
We can't wait to meet you!
Salary range: $135,000 - $165,000
Final salary will be determined based on seniority, merit, geographic location, education, training and experience – reach out to us to learn more.
Our people take care of us, so we take care of our people. Enjoy:
- Ample paid time off to recharge and reset
- 401K: traditional and Roth options, plus employer match
- 100% employer-paid medical, dental and life insurance premiums for employees
- Optional vision, life, short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Paid maternity leave
If you don't meet all of the requirements for this role, but feel you have something unique to contribute to Monigle, we'd love to hear from you. Please do apply and tell us more about you in your cover letter.
Application Deadline: May 13, 2026
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship in Art Director
Build a portfolio that proves specialty occupation
USCIS must confirm your role requires a specific degree, not just creative talent. Structure your portfolio around conceptual strategy and brand systems rather than execution alone, so it supports the specialty occupation argument in your petition.
Check employer LCA history before applying
Use the OFLC Wage Search to verify whether a studio or agency has filed Labor Condition Applications for Art Director roles specifically. Employers who have filed for this occupation code are meaningfully more likely to sponsor again.
Target employers exempt from the H-1B cap
Universities, nonprofit research institutions, and government-affiliated organizations are cap-exempt, meaning they can hire you on H-1B outside the annual lottery. In-house creative roles at major research hospitals or university presses are legitimate options.
Use Migrate Mate to filter for verified sponsors
Search Art Director roles on Migrate Mate to see employers with documented H-1B filing history for this occupation. This filters out companies that are open to sponsorship in theory but have never filed, saving you time on applications that won't convert.
Negotiate offer timing around the April filing window
H-1B cap registrations open in March for an October 1 start date. If you receive an offer in May, your earliest cap-subject start is the following October. Get offers by mid-February so your employer can register you in the same cycle.
Clarify whether your title matches the LCA job code
Art Director maps to a specific SOC code that determines prevailing wage level. If your actual duties span UX, motion, or brand strategy, confirm with your employer which job code they intend to use before the LCA is filed, since mismatches can trigger Requests for Evidence.
H-1B Visa Art Director: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Art Director role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, Art Director qualifies when the position requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field such as graphic design, fine arts, visual communications, or a closely related discipline. The employer must show the degree requirement is standard for the role, not just preferred. Roles framed as requiring any bachelor's degree regardless of field are harder to qualify.
Which types of employers sponsor H-1B visas for Art Directors?
Advertising agencies, in-house creative departments at consumer brands, media companies, publishing houses, and entertainment studios are the most consistent H-1B sponsors for Art Directors. Smaller boutique studios occasionally sponsor but are less predictable. You can browse verified sponsors on Migrate Mate, which surfaces employers with confirmed LCA filing history for this specific occupation.
How does the prevailing wage requirement affect Art Director job offers?
Your employer's LCA must certify they'll pay you at least the DOL prevailing wage for Art Director in the work location's metro area. Wages are tiered by experience level, so an entry-level Art Director and a senior one have different minimums. You can look up the applicable wage using the OFLC Wage Search before evaluating an offer.
Can an Art Director on OPT work while waiting for H-1B approval?
If your H-1B is filed before your OPT expires and your employer submits before the October 1 start date, cap-gap protection automatically extends your work authorization through September 30. Your employer must file your I-20 STEM OPT extension and H-1B petition in sequence. USCIS issues guidance on cap-gap rules each cycle, so confirm current requirements with your employer's immigration counsel.
What happens to my H-1B status if I change employers as an Art Director?
H-1B status is employer-specific, so changing jobs requires your new employer to file a transfer petition before your last day at the sponsoring company. You can start working for the new employer as soon as the transfer petition is received by USCIS, not when it's approved. If you're let go, you have a 60-day grace period to find a new sponsor or change status.