Advertising, Arts & Media
Creative & Design Manager/art Director Salary in Malaysia (2026)
2026 data · 2 Malaysian market observations · Director+ level · how we calculate this
The median Creative & Design Manager/art Director salary in Malaysia is RM 9,025 per month. Observed salaries range from approximately RM 8,245 at the 10th percentile to RM 9,805 at the 90th percentile, based on 2 Malaysian market observations. The middle 50% of Creative & Design Manager/art Director salaries fall between RM 8,538 and RM 9,512 per month.
P10
RM 8,245
P25
RM 8,538
Median
RM 9,025
P75
RM 9,512
P90
RM 9,805
Career ladder — entry to director
A composite role-family summary: titles matching this role family are grouped by seniority and their stored medians combined, weighted by how many observations each title carries. Steps built from few titles or mixed specialisms will be broad — the observation count next to each step shows how much data supports it. Internship, graduate, junior and experienced titles are kept as separate steps and never merged.
Junior
RM 2,306 – RM 2,750median RM 2,522
Mid
RM 2,221 – RM 2,896median RM 2,523
Lead / Specialist
RM 2,833 – RM 3,167median RM 3,000
Director+
RM 7,492 – RM 11,632median RM 9,582
Aggregated Malaysian market observations from the CheckFairPay market database, normalised to monthly gross basic pay. Pay varies by company, location, skills and total compensation — use as a directional guide. Read the full methodology.