Graduate Leadership Program - Junior Art Director

We are PMG

PMG, a global independent platform company engineered for impact, integrates business strategy, media, creative, and data within a single operating model powered by our proprietary operating system, Alli. With more than 1,000 employees, PMG partners with brands including Apple, Nike, Dropbox, Experian, Sephora, and Whole Foods. Our work has earned top industry honors, including Cannes Lions and Adweek’s Media Plan of the Year, and PMG has won 40+ workplace culture awards, including being the only company to rank among Ad Age’s Best Places to Work for 11 consecutive years.

PMG is a digital company that helps marketers connect people with their brand. Focused on people and grounded in data, our award-winning culture fosters meaningful careers. Partnering with the most iconic brands in the world, we put people at the center of everything we do to deliver value, innovation, and business transformation.

The PMG Graduate Leadership Program (GLP) is a hands-on leadership development program for recent graduates of bachelor’s or master’s programs who are interested in the future of advertising, working on cutting-edge campaigns and driving impact for leading brands such as Nike, PayPal, and Best Western. This full-time program will hone your skills in design, storytelling, and innovative content creation. We’re looking for team players, passionate leaders, and curious individuals who ask questions, solve problems, and who are ready to roll up their sleeves and get to work. 

The Creative Track provides career opportunities focused on shaping what the future of the industry looks like, working in concert with strategy, media, data, and technology to build brands through 'Inspired Creative that Works. Your training and curriculum will cover a series of topics including brand building, the intersection of technology and creative, creative strategy, production, and building media-right creative. 

Who you are: 

1. Creatively Passionate | You are eager to create, energized by making things that are endearing, compelling, memorable and rooted in culture. 
2. Human Centered | Humans are unpredictable. They’re funny. They’re inventive and emotional and original and smarter than they’re given credit for. You need to be all those things, too. 
3. Impact Driven | Great work creates action. Deliver tangible outcomes that build brands through every part of the customer journey. 
4. Agile | You are ready to adapt to shifts in culture, budgets and real-time data to produce advertising creative relevant for that moment in time. 

This role is best suited for those interested in: 

• Helping the team in coming up with creative campaigns, ideas, content, and executions with an emphasis on their visual expression.
• Translating strategic briefs into coherent advertising concepts and executions.
• Developing visual concepts and visuals for various advertising campaigns, including but not limited to digital ads, social media, brochures, infographics, etc
• Present design concepts to team members and management, incorporating feedback to ensure that the final product aligns with the brand's vision and campaign objectives
• Maintain and update brand guidelines, ensuring they are followed throughout all marketing materials
• Stay up to date on both cultural and design trends.
• Provide team support support in an imaginative, clearly communicative, and persuasive manner

Qualifications  

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree completed between Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 
• Area of study Art Direction, Communication Design, or related field 
• Relevant professional work and/or internship experience 
• Expertise in conceptual thinking, visual storytelling, typography design
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, Figma and related design software 
• Sponsorship not available

Benefits and Perks

• Full-time position with a competitive salary and annual bonus
• Healthcare benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance 
• Access to Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance, fertility benefits
• 401(k) with employer matching and immediate vesting 
• Generous vacation and birthday paid time off
• Work at the only company that Ad Age named a Best Place to Work nine years in a row 
• State-of-the-art offices, endless snacks, in-office barista, and so much more!

Program Overview

• Gain valuable experience and insights from industry experts during an immersive training program
• Drive home your learnings with hands-on projects and direct job shadowing with industry experts
• Connect with fellow PMG associates through small group meetings and a dedicated onboarding Buddy

About the PMG Graduate Leadership Program

Join us in Dallas — The Program will be hosted in PMG’s Dallas, Texas office located at The Link Uptown. Dallas provides you with direct access to executive leadership, mentors, networking activities and bonding events with your GLP cohort and ensures a supportive environment for the beginning of your career. All GLP hires will work in person from the Dallas office.

Make an impact — The training will give you a holistic view of the company and how we provide award-winning service for our clients, while empowering you with the knowledge, leadership skills, and mental dexterity to solve an array of business challenges for leading global brands.

Learn from the best — You will be trained by world-class business leaders, creatives, technologists, data scientists, client strategists and media practitioners, in addition to gaining hands-on client experience and learning from Graduate Leadership Program alumni and Senior mentors to guide you throughout the program.

When you’re here, you’re one of us —We take steps to ensure you’re integrating into the larger organization’s operations and award-winning culture from day one with activities like all-hands meetings, bonding events, catered lunches, sports teams, book club, and more.

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What We Offer

Performance-Based Rewards: Your impact should be part of your reward. This role is eligible for PMG’s annual bonus program—a standout part of our total compensation offering and an opportunity to share in our success. Bonus awards are informed by individual impact and performance, as well as team and company results, and are subject to applicable program terms.

Professional Development: Keep growing through learning and development programs, mentorship opportunities, and support for career advancement.

Generous Time Off: Take the time you need to recharge, connect with loved ones, and enjoy life outside work.

Parental Leave: Receive paid parental leave during life’s important family moments.

Retirement Benefits: Build for your future with competitive retirement benefits, including employer contributions or matching where applicable.

Fertility and Family Support: Access fertility and family-building benefits for eligible employees and their spouses or partners.

Healthcare: Choose from medical, dental, and vision coverage designed to support you and your family.

Pet Insurance: Access optional coverage for the four-legged members of your family.

Lifestyle Spending Account: Receive company-funded support for eligible health and well-being expenses.

Commuter Benefits: Access support for your commute where available.

Volunteering Opportunities: Receive eight paid hours each year to give back to your community.

AI Tools and Training: Access enterprise AI tools and ongoing training that helps PMGers use AI effectively, creatively, and responsibly.

Our benefits and compensation programs may vary by location and eligibility and are subject to applicable plan terms. We’ll share full details during the hiring process.

What Sets Us Apart

Being part of PMG means joining a company culture that’s unmatched in digital. We're dedicated to working hard to serve our employees and clients, delivering value, results, and innovation—which often requires true grit and agility. We believe in taking care of ourselves and each other to continuously improve in every way.

In alignment with our core values to be inclusive and always change for the better, PMG is committed to creating a more diverse and inclusive culture, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that we only change for the better by bringing diverse perspectives to our company. PMG recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.