Company Description Dentsu AMP is a content-focused creative agency and integrated production house, built to deliver high-impact, culture-led storytelling for brands in the digital and social ecosystem. Part of the dentsu India network, AMP brings together strategy, creativity, and on-ground execution under one roof, enabling faster, sharper, and more relevant content solutions. With a strong pulse on pop culture, digital trends, and real-time content creation, the agency thrives at the intersection of creativity and production. Headquartered in Mumbai, Dentsu AMP operates as a high-energy, hands-on environment that values craft, cultural awareness, physical well-being, and disciplined work ethics, making it a space for ambitious creative talent to grow and do meaningful, visible work. Associate Creative Director – Art

About the Role
We’re looking for a creatively fearless, design-obsessed and AI-savvy Associate Creative Director – Art who can think big, design brilliantly and lead from the front. Someone with exceptional graphic design skills, a sharp creative eye, a knack for emerging technologies and the energy to turn ambitious ideas into extraordinary visual experiences.

Key Responsibilities
* Creative Direction: Conceptualise and execute standout campaigns, key visuals, brand identities and compelling visual narratives across digital, social, print, OOH and film.
* Hands-on Design Excellence: Demonstrate mastery of typography, layouts, composition, colour theory, image manipulation, retouching and advanced graphic design.
* AI-Powered Creativity: Leverage generative AI for image creation, AI-assisted graphic design, visual storytelling, video generation, animation, motion graphics, image enhancement, compositing, style exploration and rapid creative prototyping.
* AI Innovation: Experiment with prompt engineering,



AI workflows, reference-based generation, image-to-image, text-to-image, text-to-video and image-to-video techniques to push creative boundaries.
* Creative Leadership: Lead, mentor and inspire a team of designers and art directors, providing clear creative direction, constructive feedback and quality control.
* Campaign Ownership: Drive creative projects from initial ideation, mood boards and storyboards through production and final execution.
* Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with copywriters, strategists, production teams and senior leadership to develop integrated, culturally relevant campaigns.
* Client Communication: Confidently present creative concepts, articulate design rationale, pitch ideas and manage senior client conversations.
* Trendspotting: Stay ahead of evolving design trends, visual culture, AI breakthroughs, emerging creative technologies and social-first content formats. Skills & Competencies
* Design Mastery: Expert proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign, with strong working knowledge of After Effects and Figma.
* AI Tools & Creative Tech: Hands-on experience with tools such as Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, Runway, Google Gemini, ChatGPT, FLUX, Stable Diffusion, ComfyUI, Kling, Pika and other emerging AI creative platforms.
* Conceptual Thinking: Exceptional visualisation skills, original creative thinking and the ability to translate business briefs into striking design solutions.




* Team Leadership: Proven experience managing, mentoring and developing creative teams while remaining actively involved in hands-on design.
* Communication & Presentation: Exceptionally articulate, persuasive and confident, with strong storytelling, presentation and stakeholder-management skills.
* Personality & Mindset: Energetic, upbeat, enthusiastic, quick-thinking, curious, resourceful and creatively adventurous. Someone who brings fresh ideas, positive energy and a strong sense of ownership.
* Adaptability: Comfortable experimenting, learning new tools quickly, solving creative challenges and thriving in a rapid-paced agency environment. Qualifications
* 7–10 years of experience in graphic design, visual communication or art direction, preferably with leading advertising, digital or creative agencies.
* Demonstrated experience leading designers or art directors and independently owning high-impact creative campaigns.
* Strong understanding of branding, integrated advertising, social-first design and visual storytelling.
* Proven ability to combine exceptional traditional design craftsmanship with innovative AI-driven creative execution.
* An outstanding portfolio showcasing conceptual campaigns, sophisticated graphic design, art direction and AI-powered creative work is mandatory. Who Will Thrive Here? Someone who’s a brilliant designer, confident communicator, inspiring team leader and an unapologetic creative-tech enthusiast. We want someone who doesn’t just follow trends but experiments with what’s next, brings infectious creative energy to the room and knows how to turn a wild idea into exceptional work. Work Mode: Work From Office

Location:
Andheri East, Mumbai Working days: Monday
- Friday

📌 Associate Creative Director (Mumbai)
🏢 Dentsu Amp
📍 Mumbai