Creative Director

About Us

Artsy and Artnet have joined forces, bringing together the art world’s two most important online destinations under shared leadership and vision. Both brands will continue to embrace their proven strengths: Artnet as the definitive destination for trusted journalism, transactional data, auctions, and market intelligence; Artsy as the leader in discovering and buying art through personalized recommendations, editorial storytelling, and a seamless collecting experience across web and mobile. Together, Artsy and Artnet attract over 7 million monthly visitors across 190+ countries and reach over 9 million followers across social channels.

The Role

We see brand as a core part of how people experience our product, mission, and place within the art world. We’re looking for a Creative Director to lead the evolution of Artsy and Artnet’s brands and visual identities at a pivotal moment for both companies. This role will help define how both brands show up across every touchpoint. This role requires a leader who can think across the full spectrum of brand strategy and building—from brand architecture and positioning to visual identity, campaign development, and activation—ensuring Artsy and Artnet’s brand is expressed consistently and thoughtfully across every touchpoint.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the evolution of Artsy and Artnet’s brand and visual identity across all customer touchpoints, ensuring consistency, clarity, and creative distinction
• Develop scalable creative systems and design frameworks that enable efficient execution across channels and teams
• Shape and articulate Artsy and Artnet’s broader brand strategy, including positioning, storytelling, and visual expression
• Partner closely with Product, Growth Marketing, and Content teams to bring the brand to life in cohesive and collaborative ways
• Lead a small creative team, setting clear direction and priorities, establishing effective ways of working, thoughtfully planning resources, and ensuring high-quality execution
• Build scalable creative systems, design frameworks, and AI-enabled workflows so the team and the wider org move with clarity, brand unity, and speed
• Grow a small team of 1-2 brand designers while directing contractors, freelancers, and creative partners, and working closely with Product Design

This Role Is a Fit For You

• If you have significant experience leading brand and visual identity work for consumer-facing companies, agencies, or culturally relevant brands
• If you have worked both in-house and at agencies or brand studios—you’ve seen multiple brands and owned outcomes inside a team
• If you understand and lead on the “why” not just the “what”
• If you think in systems: you can take intuitive creative judgment and turn it into direction and frameworks others can execute against, without flattening the craft
• If you are genuinely AI-native — you’re already building AI tools, automation, and modular production into how creative gets made
• If you have led brand-building initiatives across the full brand lifecycle—from defining brand architecture and strategic positioning to developing visual identity systems and bringing them to life through digital and physical/experiential campaigns, content, and activations
• If you are an excellent communicator who can influence cross-functional partners, align stakeholders, and bring teams along through clear creative direction and storytelling
• If you craft concepts and partner closely with Product & Product Design to execute across all mediums and audiences including our websites, app, emails, ad campaigns, video and audio, IRL, and more

What Success Looks Like in Your First 3–6 Months

• In Your First 3 Months, You Will Build strong cross-functional relationships across Marketing, Product, Growth, and Leadership
• Develop a clear understanding of Artsy and Artnet’s current brand ecosystem, strengths, gaps, and opportunities
• Begin establishing creative systems, workflows, and visual direction principles for the team
• In Your First 6 Months, You Will Deliver a refined and cohesive brand and visual identity direction across key customer touchpoints
• Implement scalable creative processes and production systems that improve consistency and execution velocity
• Establish yourself as a trusted creative and strategic partner across the organization

What We Offer

• Opportunity to reimagine the art industry while working with a talented, diverse, international team
• Competitive salary and equity
• Flexible time off: our culture of trust and empowerment allows employees to take the time they need away from work while still excelling in their roles
• A global hybrid team: most employees work from our NYC, London, or Berlin offices 3 days per week. (In-person expectations vary by role)
• Comprehensive healthcare & benefit options, including: medical, dental, parental leave, short- and long-term disability, Employee Assistance Program featuring free mental health support, 401k, commuter benefits, flexible spending accounts (FSA), health savings accounts (HSA), financial wellness support & resources, and more
• Professional development, including: mentoring, lunch & learns, regular training, 1:1 management, and an open feedback culture
• Engaging opportunities and internal programming globally, to foster new relationships and build upon our collaborative community. Including: happy hours, holiday parties, global "All Hands" meetings, "Artsy Salon" (a yearly exhibition of our team's creativity), attendance to art world events, and more
• Opportunity to reimagine the art industry while working with a talented, diverse, international team

Arsdy Values

Arsdy has five core values that will inform your experience at Arsdy. For the Love of Art: We show relentless curiosity, empathy, and passion for collectors, artists, gallerists, and the art market. We take action to make the art world more fair and welcoming. Own Our Outcomes: We are all individual owners of Arsdy’s shared success. We are resourceful and resilient, and to get the job done, we each take responsibility for our outcomes. Lead with Openness: We trust in our teammates. We seek diverse perspectives, communicate authentically, and act with integrity. A more open art world starts with us. Transform Together: Our mission asks us to challenge the status quo. We embrace feedback, learning, and change so that we can transform our industry, our company, and ourselves. Impact Over Perfection: Using both art and science, we debate and decide swiftly and iterate on our plans as we learn. To make the biggest impact, we prioritize speed and clarity of action over perfection.