Creative Director, Art and Design
VML
New York, NY · $100k–$230k a year · Posted October 31, 2026
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November 2026
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Rankings about design jobs
- Best cities for design jobs #1 New York (717 openings)
- Most requested AI skills in design jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (14.5%)
- Employers with the most design jobs #1 Amazon (176 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $165,000 a year. Across 55 open creative director listings that state pay, the middle half runs $164,000 to $221,500 and the median is $182,000. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 9% below the median.
Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
How AI is used in this kind of work
Among art directors, AI is already used for some of the tasks. Measured exposure for art directors: 21% (some).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
...please visit and follow along on LinkedIn #WeAreVML.Who We Are Looking ForPassport Brand Design, a VML company and part of the WPP network, is seeking a forward-thinking Creative Director of Art & Design to lead a talented, large-scale team of art directors and designers....