Washington, Dec 31 : Apple has reportedly hired the design director of The New York Times Magazine to head the tech giant's creative department.

Arem Duplessis, who had been behind the magazine's covers for almost a decade, is set to join Apple as a creative director .

According to Cnet, Duplessis would join the ranks of several other prominent media types, including Katie Couric and David Pogue who both joined Yahoo, to recently head to the tech industry.

Although Duplessis' exact nature of role isn't clear yet, but he is expected to join the company's internal marketing team. (ANI)