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Art Director: Apparel & Accessories

Dahl Consulting
Minneapolis, MN Contractor
POSTED ON 9/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/22/2026
Title: Art Director: Apparel & Accessories

Location: Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid)

Job Type: Contract (6 Months)

Compensation: $65.00-80.00/hr W2

Industry: Retail

About The Role

Our firm is seeking an experienced Art Director on behalf of our client, a leading national retailer known for its expansive apparel and accessories offerings. This role supports item-level e-commerce photography, playing a key part in shaping how products are visually presented to guests across digital platforms. The ideal candidate brings a strong creative eye, retail production experience, and the ability to collaborate across teams to deliver high-quality imagery that reflects brand standards and category strategy.

Shift Information: Days onsite vary based on the shoot schedule.

Job Description

As an Art Director, you will support a range of art direction projects for apparel and accessories item-level e-commerce photography. You'll work closely with photographers, stylists, producers, creative teams, and external partners to ensure imagery is consistent, on-brand, and aligned with business goals across multiple concurrent assignments.

Key Responsibilities Include

  • Supporting art direction for apparel and accessories item-level e-commerce photography, ensuring imagery reflects brand standards, category strategies, and guest expectations.
  • Partnering with photographers, stylists, producers, creative teams, and external partners to deliver high-quality imagery across photo productions.
  • Managing multiple assignments simultaneously across brands and categories, ensuring creative consistency, timely execution, and alignment with business teams.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in art direction or a related creative field.
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating expertise in retail creative, with a focus on apparel and accessories e-commerce photography art direction and digital content.
  • High taste level with strong creative judgment and awareness of current design, retail, and cultural trends.
  • Ability to take direction, with a desire and ability to learn quickly.
  • Open to feedback, with a proactive and action-oriented approach to problem-solving.
  • Collaborative team player with experience developing creative concepts and partnering with cross-functional teams to bring work through execution.
  • Effective communicator and strategic storyteller, with the ability to build and present decks that connect creative solutions to business objectives.
  • Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop).

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience working within high-volume retail e-commerce photography production environments.
  • Experience with Miro or other collaborative tools.

Benefits

Dahl Consulting is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees that will allow you to choose the best coverage to meet your family’s needs. For details, please review the DAHL Benefits Summary: https://www.dahlconsulting.com/benefits-w2fta/.

How To Apply

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Equal Opportunity Statement

As an equal opportunity employer, Dahl Consulting welcomes candidates of all backgrounds and experiences to apply. If this position sounds like the right opportunity for you, we encourage you to take the next step and connect with us. We look forward to meeting you!

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