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Job Title: Ecommerce Art Director

Reports to: Sr. Art Director

Brand Overview:

Vuori is re-defining what athletic apparel looks like: built to move and sweat in but designed with a casual aesthetic to transition into everyday life. Our high energy, fast paced office environment is reflected in the clothes we make. We aim to inspire others to take on all aspects of their lives with clarity, enthusiasm and purpose….while having a lot of fun along the way. We are proud to be an outlet for opportunity of personal growth and success.

Role Overview:

Vuori is seeking a Ecomm Art Director with an excellent eye for studio photography, fashion art direction experience, and excellent planning and time-management skills, to join our quickly growing creative team. This role will be responsible for directing the visual aesthetic of our ecomm photoshoots, and managing freelance talent to ensure that our photography is on-brand and the highest quality. This person will have extensive experience in the fashion and active apparel industry, leading photoshoots for aspirational global brands. The Ecomm Art Director will report to the Sr. Art Director and will partner with the Studio Producer, Product Marketing Manager and the ecommerce team to make sure images are accurate, on-schedule and on-brand.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

This role is an important leadership role on the Vuori creative team. This person will own making selects for our ecommerce channel, which is an incredibly important part of our business. This person will collaborate with multiple teams, and will be open to feedback while still maintaining the creative direction for brand photography. The Ecomm Art Director will oversee both on-model and off-figure photography. This person will work under the direction of the Senior Art Director, and will be required to complete tasks on-time according to the ecommerce studio processes.

• Make selects for all ecommerce photography, including on- and off-model. Selects must be completed on time, organized according to our studio needs, and be in the Vuori brand aesthetic.
• Partner with the Studio Producer, Sr. Art Director and Marketing leads to curate model selection and update as needed, seasonally. Create moodboards to support presentations and discussions.
• Direct models and freelancers on set, clearly communicating specific notes to achieve on-brand, best-in-class imagery.
• Direct flat-lay and pin-up stylists and photographers on set, clearly communicating specific notes to make sure all off-figure photography is aligned to our style guide, and retouched correctly.
• Create moodboards, and go-bys for freelancers so they have clear direction for photography, crops, poses, hair & make-up and styling.
• Make retouching notes and crops in the Vuori studio software management system in a timely manner, meeting the studio deadlines
• Oversee image quality upon receipt from the retouching vendors. Partner with the Asset Manager to make sure images are retouched accurately, named correctly and organized in the correct folders in our DAM.
• Keep up to date with emerging trends in fashion, design, film, art, media and technology as relevant to ecommerce photography.
• Work closely with the Studio Producer to continuously improve processes and make sure all ecommerce creative operations are working as smoothly as possible.

Education/Position Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher or combination of relevant education, experience and training
• 7-10 years leading art direction in an agency, editorial or marketing environment, working in fashion, active, and/or lifestyle category.
• Accountability to follow processes that are time-sensitive and affect multiple work-streams and teams.
• Highly skilled at working with freelance talent and clearly communicating direction to ensure a desired result.
• Highly skilled at making selects according to brand direction. Will integrate feedback and adjust selections accordingly.
• Experience building mood boards for styling, poses, crops, and hair & make-up direction
• In-depth knowledge of the ecommerce photography industry (ie sample management, making selects, using software to organize and select images, etc)
• Detailed understanding of today’s media landscape and how people engage with content, with in-depth knowledge of interactive communication, processes and user-interface design for digital products
• Excellent time management with ability to toggle between daily and long-term tasks, keeping workstreams moving forward simultaneously
• Proactive approach to identifying and acting on ways to improve the work, continually pushing the vision forward

Vuori

The Berman Group is seeking a Creative Director to join our creative team. We are looking for someone who is motivated, organized and thinks outside of the box. You will collaborate with our creative director, graphic designers and web programmers daily in order to produce compelling visual assets that will be used across a variety of platforms.

This position is hybrid with the candidate to work in the NYC office two days a week.

ROLE/RESPONSIBILITIES

· Design a wide variety of printed and digital material, including brochures, annual reports, event invitations, posters, journals, e-blasts, social media posts and web banners.

· Create corporate identities and develop logos

· Work across all areas of production including graphic design, digital, and video

· Design website layouts

· Contribute to Editorial planning sessions by providing innovative ideas and creative insights

· Mentor and provide feedback to Graphic Designers and freelancers

· Plan and prioritize multiple projects ensuring all deadlines are met on time and on budget

· While following the design language of client brands, you also drive expansion and codify in style guides or design systems, sometimes getting to redefine the client brand identity itself.

· Concepting and collaborating with Creative Director, other designers, and other team members across departments

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

1. 7+ years of experience working as a graphic designer, experience in commercial real estate and hospitality is a plus

2. Exceptional eye and appreciation for photography, typography, composition, layout and color

3. Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop. Experience with After Effects is a plus

4. Experience with UX/UI Design; Proficiency in Figma

5. Ability to multitask, manage simultaneous projects and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment

6. Excellent (self)-organizational and time management skills

7. Ability to work independently

Please include link to website

The Berman Group

An ever growing social media-led creative agency is looking for a Creative Director, Art to join their NYC team. Their mission is to deliver world-class creative ideas for forward-thinking brands that connect them with people in culturally significant ways by generating ideas people like and share. This temp to perm role will operate on a hybrid schedule with 1 day a week onsite.

• Rate: $90-110hr BOE

Responsibilities:

• Generate and develop great ideas and then turn them into great executions.

Qualifications:

• Great ideas can come from anywhere across the agency. It will be your job to spot, inspire, ideate, and develop great ideas and then turn them into great executions.
• Need a good sense of craft and desire to get your hands dirty, understand strategy, and most importantly, possess the ability to bring out the best in others.
• Someone with superior knowledge of and passion for sport, particularly soccer, and gaming.
• Expertise in crafting social first campaigns for platforms like; TikTok, IG, Twitter.
• Hands-on leader with 3+ years as a ACD/CD in agency setting.
• Ability to review, critique, and elevate the overall quality of craft and output.
• Portfolio with samples of work that represent big campaign thinking in addition to social engagement campaigns.

If interested please apply!
The Solomon Page Distinction
Solomon Page offers a comprehensive benefit program for hourly employees. We pride ourselves on offering medical, dental, 401(k), direct deposit and commuter benefits to our employees, including freelancers – which sets us apart in the industries we serve.
About Solomon Page
Founded in 1990, Solomon Page is a specialty niche provider of staffing and executive search solutions across a wide array of functions and industries. The success of Solomon Page reflects an organic growth strategy supported by a highly entrepreneurial culture. Acting as a strategic partner to our clients and candidates, we focus on providing customized solutions and building long-term relationships based on trust, respect, and the consistent delivery of excellent results. For more information and additional opportunities, visit: solomonpage.com and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
Opportunity Awaits.
Solomon Page

Vous êtes photographe et intéressé par le monde fascinant du marché de l’art ? Rejoignez notre équipe de collaborateurs passionnés et participez à la conception, grâce à la photographie, de nos outils de communication et la mise en valeurs des objets précieux qui nous sont confiés à la vente.

Aguttes est la quatrième maison de ventes aux enchères française et la première indépendante (sans actionnariat extérieur). Fondée en 1974, elle est maintenant composée d’une équipe de 50 personnes. En 2018, elle dépasse la barre symbolique des 50M€ TTC d’adjudication, total annuel jamais atteint par une maison de ventes indépendante en France. Elle organise plus de 65 ventes cataloguées par an. Ses 15 départements spécialisés permettent la dispersion de grandes collections françaises et enregistrent régulièrement des records aux enchères. Reconnue pour son service et sa réactivité, Aguttes se positionne comme une alternative sérieuse aux leaders du marché sur ses départements phares : peintres d’Asie, bijoux & perles fines, automobiles de collection, arts d’Asie, livres rares & manuscrits, art contemporain, art impressionniste & moderne, tableaux & dessins anciens, design, mobilier & objets d’art, vins & spiritueux.

Le département Communication et Marketing développe des stratégies de communication on & off-line Corporate et propres à chaque vente aux enchères. Il vise à mettre en avant la maison Aguttes et l’expertise de chacun de ses départements spécialisés. Il pilote l’ensemble des campagnes marketing incluant la production des catalogues de ventes dans le respect des codes graphiques et des valeurs de la maison. Afin d’accompagner la croissance de notre activité, nous recherchons un stagiaire assistant photographe.

Chez Aguttes, les stagiaires font partie intégrante de l’équipe et il nous tient à cœur de vous former, de vous faire progresser et de vous donner des responsabilités à la hauteur de vos compétences.

Descriptif du poste :

Photographe d’art. Assister le photographe pour les prises de vue en studio et les retouches pour la création des catalogues de vente (on & off-line) ainsi que les autres supports de communication.

– Préparer les œuvres et objets à photographier

– Faire les prises de vue notamment pour les ventes Online. Reproduction les plus fidèles possibles des œuvres d’art proposées à la vente (respect des contraintes de colorimétrie notamment)

– Respect du calendrier des prises de vues et des deadlines

– Effectuer les retouches et le détourage sous environnement Mac

– Déplacements occasionnels à prévoir

– De manière ponctuelle, être force de proposition avec des compositions d’objets d’arts, des mises en scène de mobilier, des visuels publicitaires

Objectifs techniques du stage (photographe d’art) :

1) apprendre à photographier :

– des tableaux de dimensions variés : respect de la colorimétrie, cadrage, parallélisme

– de l’argenterie : gestion des brillances et des reflets

– des meubles : détails, mise en scène

– les ventes ou événements : Photoreportages, photos d’ambiance

2) Apprendre à traiter les photos prises en utilisant les logiciels : Photoshop, Lightroom, Capture One, tablette graphique

Profil :

– Titulaire d’un CAP et actuellement en 1ère année ou 2ème année de BTS ou équivalent

– Rapidement opérationnel, sérieux, dynamique, impliqué et ponctuel

– Sens du détail

– Ayant déjà une première expérience en studio souhaité

– Maitrise des logiciels : Photoshop, Lightroom et Capture 1

• Grande capacité de production (volume de prises de vue, rapidité de traitement)

Informations complémentaires

Rémunération : rémunération minimum légale de stage

Prise en charge du pass Navigo à hauteur de 50%

Lieu de stage : 164 bis, avenue Charles de Gaulle, Neuilly-sur-Seine. Métro Pont de Neuilly

Durée de stage : 4 mois minimum à temps plein (6 mois idéalement) A COMPTER DE JANVIER 2023

Envoyer votre CV et vos motivations en 3 points à : [email protected]

AGUTTES – Auction House

US Army

HAMILTON: AN AMERICAN MUSICAL

Hamilton is holding a nationwide virtual search for future replacements now!

• Seeking dancers, with extensive training in all areas of dance and who sing very well, for the currently running Broadway and touring productions of HAMILTON.
• Equity and non-equity performers age 18+ of all ethnicities, all genders, and all bodies encouraged to submit. We want to see you!

Interested in Auditioning?

Please submit by November 7, 2022

Now Casting

Southern California Only

Project for HULU – NON UNION

Seeking African American Teens

Male Swimmers (10-16 years):

• Must know how to swim very well. Please mention skill level and experience. Must be advanced and very comfortable in the water. No exceptions.

Teen Girls (14-17 years):

• Seeking authentic teen girls. Not commercial. All shapes and sizes, hair styles ie, braids (colorful as well), natural, protective hair styles, dreadlocks, etc.

Now Casting

Southern California Only

Project for HULU – NON UNION

Seeking African American Singers + Musicians

Grandmothers (60-70 years):

• AA Female to play a grandmother. Must be able to sing comfortably. Professional/semi professional or sing in their local choir etc.

Female Singers (28-40 years):

• Can sing comfortably, professional/semi professional or sing in their local choir etc..

Male Saxophone Players (28-35 years):

• Must be a talented saxophone player (any sax) with their own instruments.

Male Guitar Players (28-35 years):

• Must be a talented guitar player with their own instruments.

Now Casting

Southern California Only

Project for HULU – NON UNION

Seeking the following African American Family Dynamics

Family #1:

Fathers (30-40 years):

• Strong build, not too buff, relatable look with unique features.

Mothers (30-40 years):

• Can sing comfortably, professional/semi professional or sing in their local choir etc.

Sons (10-13 years):

• Must be a very skilled swimmer! Please make note of their swim experience. Has a strong presence + captivating eyes

Daughters (7-8 years):

• Has a strong presence + captivating eyes

Family #2:

Fathers (28 – 35 years):

• Strong build, not too buff. Relatable with unique features

Daughters (3-7 years):

• Has a strong presence + captivating eyes

MAJOR NETWORK IS IMMEDIATELY SEEKING TABOO/FORBIDDEN COUPLES FOR NEW TV SERIES.

Have you kept your relationship a secret to avoid scandal, but are tired of hiding the truth?

Are you ready to face your friends and family, for better or worse?

If you and the one you love are ready to take that courageous step forward, WE WANT TO MEET YOU!

REQUIREMENTS:

• MUST HAVE A UNIQUE LOVE STORY
• MUST BE LOCATED IN THE U. S
• MUST BE 18 AND OVER
• COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION IN ITS ENTIRETY

Those production is interested in will be contacted IMMEDIATELY!

WE ARE OPEN TO RECEIVING NOMINATIONS! PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE INFO WITH YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS!