Creative Director, Art Direction

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.

About the role

You’ll report to our Executive Creative Director and partner closely with our Creative Director, Copy. Together you’ll be the creative engine of a growing department — leading work, building business, and contributing to our dynamic culture. The role is open to individuals with leadership experience or those ready to make the next career leap. Teams (Creative Director + Copy) are also welcome to interview.

Responsibilities

• Lead the work and own visual concept and art direction on major campaigns from brief through production.
• Establish the aesthetic language, make craft decisions, and push work beyond expectations across media and the entire funnel.
• Create performance‑driven creative that earns attention and sparks engagement at the outset of every project.
• Collaborate with strategy, digital, visual designers, verbalists, client services, studio artists, and production to ensure seamless creative integrity across all handoffs.
• Adapt quickly to fast‑turn social briefs and multi‑layered brand launches while respecting timelines.
• Leverage AI tools as creative accelerators, using them to explore, visualize, and pressure‑test ideas.
• Contribute to new‑business efforts by helping concept and pitch ideas that win.

Requirements

• 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 clear point of view for every facet of the work.
• Proven fluency in today’s media landscape, including how visual content behaves across platforms, how performance creative works, and how channels shape ideas.
• Experience working in health and wellness, financial services, or destination brands is a plus.
• The presence to present and represent work, the group, and the agency with conviction.

Skills

• Hands‑on proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite.
• Proficiency in Figma.
• Experience with AI creative tools such as Gemini, MidJourney, Firefly, Runway, or equivalent.

Benefits

• Ample paid time off to recharge and reset.
• 401(k) with 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.

Pay

Salary range: $135,000 – $165,000. Final salary will be determined based on seniority, merit, geographic location, education, training and experience.