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New York University

Creative Director

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Brooklyn, NY

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $70K - $110K

💻 Communications

🗓️ December 11th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

New York University is hiring a Creative Director. The role involves collaborating with senior leadership to establish strategic design communication goals, overseeing a creative team, and leading brand strategy across multiple media. The Creative Director also creates marketing illustrations and develops creative briefs to support marketing campaigns and communications.

Highlights
  • Lead and oversee a team specialized in graphic design, illustration, motion graphics, and branding.
  • Develop strategic design communication goals in collaboration with senior marketing and public relations leaders.
  • Create marketing illustrations including journal covers, print/digital ads, and data visualizations.
  • Manage school-wide brand strategy across print, digital, web, social media, video, signage, and presentations.
  • Produce comprehensive creative briefs outlining multiple project options and timelines.
  • Required skills include skilled illustration, visual concept communication, multitasking, team leadership, and consensus building.
  • Must have a Bachelor's Degree and at least 7 years of relevant marketing/communications experience, including supervision.
  • Strong writing, organizational skills, and knowledge of established and emerging communications trends.
  • Salary range: $70,000 to $110,000 annually.
  • Works within NYU Tandon School of Engineering’s Marketing and Communications department.

Creative Director Full Description

Position Summary: The Creative Director will work closely with the Vice Dean for External Affairs and Public Relations and the Chief Marketing Officer to develop strategic design communication goals for both internal and external marketing and communications. Create illustrations of marketing assets (ie. journal/proposal covers, print and digital advertising, data visualizations, marketing publications, etc). Oversee a team dedicated to graphic design, illustration, motion graphics, and branding. Lead school-wide creative and brand strategy across several mediums (print, digital, web & social, video, wayfinding & signage, presentations & decks, etc). Develop creative briefs and decks illustrating concepts for marketing campaigns and other communications. Qualifications: Required Education:
Bachelor's Degree in a related area

Required Experience:
7+ years experience with marketing/communications and/or web communication techniques and supervision

Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Must be a skilled illustrator with an ability to communicate a plethora of visual concepts and themes effectively. Ability to produce comprehensive creative briefs that lay out several options including their respective timelines per project. Ability to multitask and meet multiple deadlines. Ability to independently generate visual and creative ideas and work collaboratively across organizational lines. Ability to lead teams effectively and demonstrate a record of success. Ability to build consensus with a variety of important stakeholders. Excellent writing and organizational skills and strong detail orientation. Displays broad knowledge of and appreciation for the communications profession, and is equally versed in both the established and emerging communications arenas and can anticipate promising trends before they are accepted in the mainstream.

Additional Information: In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is USD $70,000.00 to USD $110,000.00. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. This pay range represents base pay only and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses, clinical compensation, or other items. 

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