Creative Director

Location: New York City, United States; hybrid with three days per week in the office. Applicants must be currently authorized to live and work in the United States.

Salary: $175,000–$220,000 annually, plus equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global and Artnet are online art destinations combining art discovery and buying, journalism, auctions, transactional data, and market intelligence, reaching millions of visitors and followers worldwide.

What you will do

• Lead the evolution of hirify.global and Artnet’s brand strategy and visual identity across all customer touchpoints.
• Shape brand positioning, architecture, storytelling, creative direction, and integrated campaigns across digital, print, video, social, content, and experiential channels.
• Develop scalable design systems, creative frameworks, production processes, and AI-enabled workflows.
• Partner with Product, Product Design, Growth Marketing, Content, and executive leadership to bring the brands to life across websites, apps, email, advertising, audio, video, and in-person experiences.
• Lead and grow a small creative function of 1–2 brand designers while directing contractors, freelancers, and creative partners.

Requirements

• Significant experience leading brand and visual identity work for consumer-facing companies, agencies, brand studios, or culturally relevant organizations.
• Experience working both in-house and with agencies or brand studios, with ownership of outcomes inside a team.
• Strong ability to translate creative judgment into clear direction, principles, scalable systems, and frameworks.
• Experience across the full brand lifecycle, from brand architecture and positioning through visual identity, campaigns, content, and activations.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Current authorization to live and work in the United States and availability to work from the New York City office three days per week.

Nice to have

• Experience in art, fashion, marketplaces, editorial, media, or broader cultural industries.
• Experience developing buzz-worthy experiential or environmental campaigns with measurable outcomes.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible time off and a culture based on trust and empowerment.
• Medical, dental, parental leave, disability coverage, mental health support, 401(k), commuter benefits, FSA, HSA, and financial wellness resources.
• Professional development through mentoring, training, lunch and learns, management support, and open feedback.
• International collaboration, global programming, and opportunities to participate in art world events.
• Values emphasize curiosity, ownership, openness, transformation, and impact.