Art Director

An art director establishes the conceptual and stylistic direction for all design staff and orchestrates their work, as well as the work of production artists, photographers, illustrators, prepress technicians, printers and anyone else who is involved in the development of a project. The art director generally selects vendors and, if there isn't a creative director on staff, has final creative authority.

Source: RGD Creative Earners Report 2022/23

Average Median Salary:

$82,440

Art Directors Work On:

• Storyboards
• Print advertising
• TV & radio commercials
• Magazine layouts
• Billboards
• Web ads

Past winners of the Applied Arts Awards

  • 2025 Advertising Awards Katie Edwards (Courage)
    2025
    Advertising Awards

    Katie Edwards (Courage)
  • 2024 Photo/Illustration Awards Tracy  Cox (Tracy Cox Inc. )
    2024
    Photo/Illustration Awards

    Tracy Cox (Tracy Cox Inc. )
  • 2025 Design Awards Mariam Assaf (Iregular)
    2025
    Design Awards

    Mariam Assaf (Iregular)
  • 2025 Student Awards Hongqing Yang
    2025
    Student Awards

    Hongqing Yang