These two roles complement each other and there is often some overlap depending on company size and needs. Creative Directors often pitch to stakeholders, manage budgets, and oversee the entire creative team - this includes art directors, content and social media directors, and so on. Art directors head up the visual team of specialists (i.e. graphic designers, videographers, etc) and control the visual details of company campaigns or projects. They focus more on the details and usually report to Creative Directors. Creative directors tend to focus on the bigger picture.