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Will AI replace creative directors?
Based on live job postings — updated September 2026
Not yet — employers aren't cutting creative directors. They're asking them to use AI.
There are 234 live creative directors openings right now. Across the roughly 3,300 fast-growing companies we track, 33% of current creative directors openings now ask for AI skills. The work is changing, not going away.
234live openings
33%ask for AI skills
18%remote
106companies hiring
What AI is actually changing
AI shows up directly in these openings: Artificial Intelligence. That is the part of the job changing fastest.
Employers still ask most for: Collaboration, Communication, Media, Creativity, Presentation Skills, Figma — the parts of the work people are hired to own.
Who's hiring right now
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| VML | 34 |
| Monks | 20 |
| Power Digital | 19 |
| VaynerMedia LLC | 7 |
| Braze | 4 |
| FeverUp | 4 |
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