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# Graduate Leadership Program - Junior Art Director at PMG

- **Company:** PMG
- **Location:** Dallas, TX
- **Posted:** 2026-07-20
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/pmg/jobs/8594733002

## Job description

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:

- Creatively Passionate | You are eager to create, energized by making things that are endearing, compelling, memorable and rooted in culture.
- 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.
- Impact Driven | Great work creates action. Deliver tangible outcomes that build brands through every part of the customer journey.
- 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.

## #LI-ONSITE

## What We Offer

- Professional Development: Take advantage of our learning and development programs, mentorship opportunities, and career advancement support.
- Generous Time Off: Enjoy generous paid time off and holiday allowances to recharge and spend time with loved ones.
- Parental Leave: We provide paid parental leave to support your family during important life events.
- Retirement & Pension Plans: Plan for your future with competitive retirement or pension programs, including contribution matching.
- Fertility and Family Support: Access fertility benefits for all team members and their spouses.
- Healthcare: Coverage and support for everyday medical expenses and routine care, tailored by geography.
- Pet Insurance: Protect your pet's health and your finances.
- Lifestyle Spending Accounts: Enjoy 100% company-funded accounts to promote healthy habits and well-being.
- Commuter Benefits: Access support for travel and commuting needs, where available.
- Annual Bonus: All employees are eligible for an annual bonus.
- Volunteering Opportunities: Receive 8 give-back hours to volunteer in your local communities.
- AI Enterprise License: Access AI Enterprise accounts and participate in weekly AI training sessions to empower and ensure AI safety.

Benefits vary by country, location, and geography to reflect local laws, norms, and expectations.

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.

## About PMG

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Advertising, Marketing, and Marketing Technology (Martech)
- Target customers: B2B, enterprise brands (ambitious, growth-oriented companies)
- Mission / Purpose: "Unlocking potential for people and brands." The company describes itself as "Engineered for Impact."

## Products & Services
- **Alli (Proprietary Operating System)**: A unified platform that integrates data, tools, and human expertise for planning, execution, and measurement. Alli includes an Intelligence Core (data unification, forecasting, generative personas), an Engine (automation, real-time measurement), and connects to a curated ecosystem of applications.
- **Growth Blueprinting**: Strategy and transformation service that aligns brand positioning, category disruption, loyalty/community solutions, and martech/adtech audits.
- **Intelligence Core**: Data, media, creative, market, and audience intelligence service that powers integrated planning, measurement, and activation.
- **Marketing Orchestration**: Full-funnel media leadership, always-on optimization, commerce-connected media strategies, and omnichannel customer experience mapping.
- **Momentum Lab**: Rapid innovation service using agility sprints, test-and-learn frameworks, and co-created programs.
- **Signal-Led Creativity**: Data-informed brand storytelling, creator amplification, addressable creative production, and dynamic creative orchestration.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: $7B+ in annual media spend managed globally (per PMG’s About page)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Google Premier Partner, Amazon Advanced Partner, TikTok Badged Partner, Truthset, LiftLab, Attain
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Expanded global footprint with new offices in Mexico City and Toronto (announced February 2026)
  - Expanded AI offerings with new solutions and leadership (February 2026)
  - Named one of Ad Age’s Best Places to Work for 10 consecutive years (as of September 2024)
  - Ranked #44 on Fast Company’s 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators (2024)

## Competitive Advantages
- Proprietary Alli operating system that unifies data, tools, and people – reducing operational friction and providing a single source of truth.
- Deep, exclusive relationships with major platforms (Google, Amazon, TikTok) enabling early access to betas, custom executions, and dedicated support.
- Integrated model combining strategy, intelligence, creativity, and technology under one roof, rather than siloed agency services.
- Culture of innovation and continuous improvement, reflected in multiple workplace awards and a focus on experimentation (Momentum Lab).

## Strategic Focus
- Expanding AI capabilities (new AI solutions and leadership hires announced in early 2026)
- Global geographic expansion (new offices in Latin America and Canada in 2026)
- Continued investment in proprietary technology (Alli) to automate and optimize marketing execution
- Deepening platform partnerships to offer clients first-mover advantages

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Award-winning workplace (Ad Age Best Places to Work for 10 years, Fast Company Best Workplaces for Innovators). Strong emphasis on inclusion, with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) for BIPOC, remote/hybrid employees, and others. Structured development programs, mentorship, and enterprise AI tools available to all employees.
- **Work Model**: Hybrid/remote-friendly – offices in Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth, Atlanta, New York, Boston, Cleveland, London, Brighton, Düsseldorf, San José, Toronto, Mexico City. A dedicated ERG supports remote and hybrid employees.
- **Perks & Benefits**:
  - Minimum 4 weeks paid time off, plus personal days and holidays
  - Company-paid disability coverage
  - Paid parental leave (birth, adoptive, foster, intended parents) and fertility/surrogacy/adoption support
  - Competitive retirement matching with immediate vesting
  - Annual bonus opportunities tied to company performance
  - Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and pet insurance
  - Monthly lifestyle accounts, stocked offices, baristas, team celebrations
- **Career Development**: Graduate Leadership Program for recent grads; structured career paths; access to AI tools for skill-building. 65 open positions across Client Services, Commerce, Creative, Customer Operations, Data & Technology, Media, and People & Culture.

## Sources
1. [pmg.com](https://www.pmg.com/) – Company homepage and overview
2. [pmg.com/about](https://www.pmg.com/about) – About page (mission, founder, Alli, $7B+ media spend)
3. [pmg.com/what-we-do](https://www.pmg.com/what-we-do) – Detailed service offerings and partnerships
4. [pmg.com/team-and-culture](https://www.pmg.com/en-gb/team-and-culture) – Culture, benefits, awards, inclusion, ERGs
5. [pmg.com/job-openings](https://www.pmg.com/team-and-culture/job-openings) – Careers page listing 65 open positions

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