Senior Art Director, Social

Publicis is an omni-channel communications agency with over 600 employees across our Canadian operations.

The office is the largest in our industry in Canada and boasts talent across various disciplines of marketing and advertising expertise. Publicis carries a balanced split of Canadian, U.S. and Global clients for which we are Agency of Record. Publicis supports a range of D&I actions through our Driving Change team as well as giving back to the community through a long-standing participation in the Out of the Cold Program.

With a strong, active and familial culture, Pub United is the agency’s social club, hosting events as wide reaching as Curling, Trivia Nights and more.

We’re looking for an Art Director who really understands social.

Based in Toronto, you’ll work for brands that want to show up in culture, not just post into the void. This isn’t about maintaining calendars, it’s about creating work people actually care about.

This role is for a visual thinker, concept maker, and social-native creative who can turn audience behaviour, cultural tension, platform trends, and brand ambition into work people actually care about.

You’ll concept social-first ideas, shape campaign look and feel, art direct content across platforms, and bring a high level of craft to everything from always-on content to integrated campaigns.

You’ll work closely with copywriters, designers, content strategists, account leads, media, production, community, and creator partners to make work that moves fast without losing its sharpness.

We’re a growing agency, which means no passengers. You’ll have real influence on how we work, what we make, and how we grow. If you like building as you go, you’ll feel right at home.

And yes, this role is deeply plugged into culture. You’re across platforms, creators, trends, and shifts in behavior before they hit the mainstream. More importantly, you know what’s worth acting on, and what’s just noise.

You’ll be an influential creative voice in the room: clear, collaborative, opinionated, and able to bring confidence to the work when things move quickly. If you’re excited by the idea of shaping standout work, building something meaningful, and leaving your mark on a fast-moving agency, we should talk.

• Concept and art direct social-first ideas across always-on content, social-first campaigns, creator partnerships, and integrated brand moments.
• Turn cultural, behavioural, and platform insights into ideas that feel timely, ownable, and built for how people actually use social.
• Shape the visual direction of campaigns, including look and feel, mood boards, storyboards, social mocks, content systems, decks, and production-ready creative.
• Bring strong craft to design, photography, motion, short-form video, creator content, and digital storytelling.
• Clearly present and defend creative ideas to internal teams and clients using visual references, written rationale, and strategic thinking.
• Interpret feedback, identify the real ask, and translate stakeholder input into stronger creative work.
• Partner closely with content writers, strategy, account, media, production, community, and creator teams from brief through execution.
• Manage assigned creative work streams, balancing timelines, feedback, production realities, and multiple projects without losing creative quality.
• Mentor junior creatives and designers through clear direction, constructive feedback, and support that helps them grow.
• Use AI tools thoughtfully to support ideation, visual exploration, mockups, storyboards, prototyping, and production workflows.

• 5+ years of experience in a creative agency, social agency, digital agency, content studio, or related creative environment.
• A strong…