Arc is the lead shopper and retail agency within Publicis an era of unprecedented disruption where the customers you seek actively resist brands like never before everything we do is in service of making your brand irresistible. We call it Irresistible Commerce. And it starts by employing insights and data to uncover whats standing in the way of growth. Then we deploy irresistible creative solutions to build connected shopping experiences that are personal valuable and delightful for your customers. The results simultaneously drive brand sales and love. Helping us become WARCs #1 Specialty Retail Agency with groundbreaking work recognized by Adweek ANA Reggie Awards and Effies.
Overview
The Studio Director is an energetic collaborative forward-looking senior leader that provides day-to-day oversight operational discipline creative production oversight innovation and change leadership for a multidisciplinary studio team delivering high-quality design adaptation production art presentation digital web and print assets. The Studio Director will help unify ways of working across teams while preserving the strengths craft standards and client knowledge each team brings. This leader will partner closely with Studio leadership peer Studio Director Creative Account Strategy Operations and Production teams to build a consistent scalable studio model that delivers work accurately efficiently on brand on budget and on schedule. This position is ideal for an adaptive production-minded creative leader who can lead through organizational change and industry transformation align teams around common standards mentor managers and individual contributors and translate business priorities into practical studio processes. The successful candidate will bring strong design judgment deep production expertise executive communication skills and a proven ability to build trust across teams during periods of growth integration and transformation.
Responsibilities
Lead the studio design team to ensure consistent standards equitable resourcing and aligned ways of working across both teams. Provide steady leadership by building trust clarifying roles and responsibilities supporting change adoption and creating a shared operating rhythm. Translate the Head of Studios vision into actionable team goals staffing plans workflow improvements quality expectations and measurable operating practices. Establish and reinforce studio governance including intake expectations prioritization escalation paths approval procedures version control file release standards and communication protocols. Lead workforce planning and resource allocation for assigned accounts workstreams or capability areas balancing capacity skill mix deadlines business priorities and team development needs. Monitor industry trends innovation (AI and automation) production technologies design tools and workflow innovations to strengthen studio capability. Proactively explore test and pilot emerging tools to Manage coach and develop studio managers designers production artists and other studio team members through clear expectations feedback performance conversations career development and succession planning. Create an inclusive collaborative studio culture that values flexibility accountability craft excellence operational consistency transparency and respectful partnership across teams. Oversee project timelines budgets priorities risks dependencies and quality control to ensure studio deliverables are completed accurately efficiently and on schedule. Partner with Creative Account Strategy Operations and Production leadership to align scope staffing milestones client expectations production requirements and final delivery standards. Guide the extension and translation of approved creative concepts into production-ready digital web presentation and print content while ensuring work remains aligned to brand standards and project direction. Represent the studio in senior-level meetings by providing operational insight staffing recommendations risk assessments delivery updates and solutions that support business and client objectives. Identify opportunities to harmonize tools templates file structures documentation automation reporting and process standards across the integrated studio organization.
Leadership Expectations
Operate as a visible trusted leader who can balance empathy with accountability during team integration and organizational change. Build alignment across teams with different histories client relationships tools workflows and production habits. Make timely decisions surface risks early resolve conflicts constructively and escalate issues with clear recommendations. Model collaborative leadership sound judgment ownership and calm execution in a fast-paced agency environment.
Qualifications
15 years of experience in studio leadership creative production production design design operations graphic design or a similar agency or creative services environment. Proven experience leading multidisciplinary creative production teams including managers and individual contributors in a high-volume deadline-driven environment. Demonstrated ability to lead teams through change integration process transformation or organizational growth while maintaining morale clarity and delivery quality. Strong understanding of studio operations including intake resourcing prioritization quality control approvals asset management prepress mechanical builds file preparation and final release. Portfolio or work samples that demonstrate strong design judgment production excellence brand consistency and execution across digital presentation web and print channels. Expertise in design principles including layout typography color composition brand systems accessibility considerations and current design trends. Adept at moving fluidly across a broad range of creative execution including digital print motion video 3D and emerging tech platforms. Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and strong working knowledge of presentation tools such as Keynote and PowerPoint; experience with Figma Sketch XD email/web workflows motion or video tools is a plus. Excellent written verbal and executive communication skills with the ability to synthesize milestones risks recommendations and decisions for senior leaders and cross-functional partners. Strong analytical organizational problem-solving prioritization and decision-making skills with the ability to manage competing priorities under tight deadlines. Associates Bachelors or BFA degree preferred in art graphic design production art advertising communications or a related field; equivalent experience will be considered.
Additional Information
The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things we offer powerful best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:
Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more Monetary assistance and support for Adoption Surrogacy and Fertility Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance Tuition Assistance Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation Annual Sick Days Volunteer Days Holiday and Identity days and more Matching Gifts programs Flexible working arrangements Work Your World Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility) Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances
The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S. Based employees are reviewed on an annual basis and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.
We also offer medical and voluntary benefits to our freelancers and temporary employees. Voluntary benefit options include supplemental medical insurance transportation and parking benefits legal benefits pet insurance and auto and home insurance. You must be actively employed for 90 consecutive calendar days in order to be eligible for Publicis medical and voluntary benefits.
Arc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race color ethnicity religion creed sex sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression pregnancy childbirth and related medical conditions national origin ancestry citizenship status age disability medical condition as defined by applicable state law genetic information marital status military service and veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local laws and ordinances.
If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically please contact
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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Compensation Range: USD $129485.00 - USD $186060.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law compensation will be determined based on the skills qualifications and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles the Company will offer medical coverage dental vision disability 401k and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 9/7/2026.
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Company DescriptionArc is the lead shopper and retail agency within Publicis an era of unprecedented disruption where the customers you seek actively resist brands like never before everything we do is in service of making your brand irresistible. We call it Irresistible Commerce. And it starts by ...
Company Description
Arc is the lead shopper and retail agency within Publicis an era of unprecedented disruption where the customers you seek actively resist brands like never before everything we do is in service of making your brand irresistible. We call it Irresistible Commerce. And it starts by employing insights and data to uncover whats standing in the way of growth. Then we deploy irresistible creative solutions to build connected shopping experiences that are personal valuable and delightful for your customers. The results simultaneously drive brand sales and love. Helping us become WARCs #1 Specialty Retail Agency with groundbreaking work recognized by Adweek ANA Reggie Awards and Effies.
Overview
The Studio Director is an energetic collaborative forward-looking senior leader that provides day-to-day oversight operational discipline creative production oversight innovation and change leadership for a multidisciplinary studio team delivering high-quality design adaptation production art presentation digital web and print assets. The Studio Director will help unify ways of working across teams while preserving the strengths craft standards and client knowledge each team brings. This leader will partner closely with Studio leadership peer Studio Director Creative Account Strategy Operations and Production teams to build a consistent scalable studio model that delivers work accurately efficiently on brand on budget and on schedule. This position is ideal for an adaptive production-minded creative leader who can lead through organizational change and industry transformation align teams around common standards mentor managers and individual contributors and translate business priorities into practical studio processes. The successful candidate will bring strong design judgment deep production expertise executive communication skills and a proven ability to build trust across teams during periods of growth integration and transformation.
Responsibilities
Lead the studio design team to ensure consistent standards equitable resourcing and aligned ways of working across both teams. Provide steady leadership by building trust clarifying roles and responsibilities supporting change adoption and creating a shared operating rhythm. Translate the Head of Studios vision into actionable team goals staffing plans workflow improvements quality expectations and measurable operating practices. Establish and reinforce studio governance including intake expectations prioritization escalation paths approval procedures version control file release standards and communication protocols. Lead workforce planning and resource allocation for assigned accounts workstreams or capability areas balancing capacity skill mix deadlines business priorities and team development needs. Monitor industry trends innovation (AI and automation) production technologies design tools and workflow innovations to strengthen studio capability. Proactively explore test and pilot emerging tools to Manage coach and develop studio managers designers production artists and other studio team members through clear expectations feedback performance conversations career development and succession planning. Create an inclusive collaborative studio culture that values flexibility accountability craft excellence operational consistency transparency and respectful partnership across teams. Oversee project timelines budgets priorities risks dependencies and quality control to ensure studio deliverables are completed accurately efficiently and on schedule. Partner with Creative Account Strategy Operations and Production leadership to align scope staffing milestones client expectations production requirements and final delivery standards. Guide the extension and translation of approved creative concepts into production-ready digital web presentation and print content while ensuring work remains aligned to brand standards and project direction. Represent the studio in senior-level meetings by providing operational insight staffing recommendations risk assessments delivery updates and solutions that support business and client objectives. Identify opportunities to harmonize tools templates file structures documentation automation reporting and process standards across the integrated studio organization.
Leadership Expectations
Operate as a visible trusted leader who can balance empathy with accountability during team integration and organizational change. Build alignment across teams with different histories client relationships tools workflows and production habits. Make timely decisions surface risks early resolve conflicts constructively and escalate issues with clear recommendations. Model collaborative leadership sound judgment ownership and calm execution in a fast-paced agency environment.
Qualifications
15 years of experience in studio leadership creative production production design design operations graphic design or a similar agency or creative services environment. Proven experience leading multidisciplinary creative production teams including managers and individual contributors in a high-volume deadline-driven environment. Demonstrated ability to lead teams through change integration process transformation or organizational growth while maintaining morale clarity and delivery quality. Strong understanding of studio operations including intake resourcing prioritization quality control approvals asset management prepress mechanical builds file preparation and final release. Portfolio or work samples that demonstrate strong design judgment production excellence brand consistency and execution across digital presentation web and print channels. Expertise in design principles including layout typography color composition brand systems accessibility considerations and current design trends. Adept at moving fluidly across a broad range of creative execution including digital print motion video 3D and emerging tech platforms. Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and strong working knowledge of presentation tools such as Keynote and PowerPoint; experience with Figma Sketch XD email/web workflows motion or video tools is a plus. Excellent written verbal and executive communication skills with the ability to synthesize milestones risks recommendations and decisions for senior leaders and cross-functional partners. Strong analytical organizational problem-solving prioritization and decision-making skills with the ability to manage competing priorities under tight deadlines. Associates Bachelors or BFA degree preferred in art graphic design production art advertising communications or a related field; equivalent experience will be considered.
Additional Information
The Power of One starts with our people! To do powerful things we offer powerful best-in-class wellness and benefits offerings include:
Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more Monetary assistance and support for Adoption Surrogacy and Fertility Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance Tuition Assistance Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation Annual Sick Days Volunteer Days Holiday and Identity days and more Matching Gifts programs Flexible working arrangements Work Your World Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility) Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances
The benefits offerings listed are available to eligible U.S. Based employees are reviewed on an annual basis and are governed by the terms of the applicable plan documents.
We also offer medical and voluntary benefits to our freelancers and temporary employees. Voluntary benefit options include supplemental medical insurance transportation and parking benefits legal benefits pet insurance and auto and home insurance. You must be actively employed for 90 consecutive calendar days in order to be eligible for Publicis medical and voluntary benefits.
Arc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our employment decisions are made without regard to actual or perceived race color ethnicity religion creed sex sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression pregnancy childbirth and related medical conditions national origin ancestry citizenship status age disability medical condition as defined by applicable state law genetic information marital status military service and veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local laws and ordinances.
If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically please contact
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
#LI-DB3
Compensation Range: USD $129485.00 - USD $186060.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law compensation will be determined based on the skills qualifications and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles the Company will offer medical coverage dental vision disability 401k and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 9/7/2026.
Publicis Media is one of the four solutions hubs of Publicis Groupe ([Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40], alongside Publicis Communications, Publicis.Sapient and Publicis Healthcare. Led by Steve King, CEO, Publicis Media is powered by its five global brands, Starcom, Zenith, Spark
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