What You’ll Do

This is a Contractor Maternity Cover for our Creative Lifestyle department. Reporting to the SVP Creative Director, Lifestyle, the Art Director is responsible for managing all brand creative efforts directly supporting current brands: Izod, Vince Camuto, Judith Leiber, Van Heusen, Rockport, HSM, Prince, Ted Baker, Eddie Bauer, Spyder, Louise et Cie, Sole Play, Sole Society, First Semester, Hickey Freeman, Arrow, and Eagle.

The Art Director drives creative innovation through collaboration and process. This individual has primary responsibility for the coordination and integration of all day-to-day creative efforts. The Art Director will collaborate with peer groups across functions including Marketing, Brand, Social Media, Digital, and PR to help build and execute brand creative vision and to concept, design, and produce compelling content across multiple channels and platforms. The Art Director is responsible and accountable for execution of all assigned campaign and editorial shoots, ensuring they are consistent with the Brand and according to merchant requests, executed according to concept, on time and on budget.

What you’ll be working on:

Art Direction 

• Own the creative process from brief to production.
• Develop brand right creative concepts per season
• Drive brand style and messaging both internally and externally
• Help clarify creative goals, support photo and video shoots,
  manage and direct post-production asset development and workflow.
• Prioritize all projects to ensure on-time delivery.
• Foster positive relationships between creative teams and other departments with a high degree of collaboration, including helping the business team develop appropriate collateral and sales marketing materials.
• Develop creative strategies and maintain the elevated aesthetic
• Manage all print and digital artwork production.
• Manage and Coordinate product request needs

Asset Management & Graphic Design 

• Ensure asset delivery, brand guidelines, brand information, selling tools, etc. are developed, shared or posted in a timely manner
• Own management and maintenance of Brand Tool Kit ensuring materials and all files are up to date (physical and digital)
• Coordinate asset requests with key partners
• Communicated with external vendor relating to creative e.g. (retouching/ printing materials.
• Own the process of reviewing and approval partner creative assets

Must Haves:

• Ability to think creatively and innovatively
• Able to multi-task and manage multiple priorities
• Team player, proven ability to work collaboratively across functions
• Ability to interact with senior staff members regarding objectives, challenges and recommendations
• A portfolio that demonstrates your ability to turn ideas into a strong creative vision for fashion.
• Commercially focused
• Experienced in digital and social media
• Passionate, driven, innovative thinker
• Ability to direct and manage broad range of world class photographers, models, stylists, hair and make-up and all other talent that supports the shoot
• Strong organizational skills

Education and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts/Graphic Design/Visual Communications or commensurate experience.
• 10 years of creative experience demonstrating strong creative and art direction skills across disciplines.
• 5 years of experience managing creative teams & photo art direction
• Experience working with editorial, product, marketing, and sales teams
• Experience with fashion and lifestyle brands a plus
• Fluent in Adobe Creative Suite.

Primary Location Salary Range:

$ 40-$50 per hour