Foster a thriving, inspirational, and immensely creative work environment for the team, including workshops, team meetings, and knowledge-sharing
Work with the PMO team to ensure that briefs are received by Creative on time to allow for art direction for timely production.
Create/build art direction decks against which the executionary teams can easily produce scheduled assets.
Run and manage all weekly Creative Review meetings, work-in-process Creative Team (internal and with Executives) and provide weekly 1:1 support of direct reports.
Lead art direction on all photoshoots.
Manage departmental budget adherence working with CMO.
Own creative resource planning and production including weekly and master calendar, budget management, agency, and vendor relationships
Collaborate with our Brand team in the ideation and pitching of multi-platform/multi-medium concepts, that can translate to video, content, social, email, packaging, and retail
Lead execution on multidisciplinary projects with an eye on unity across mediums and industry leading levels of aesthetic excellence & storytelling
Work closely with Brand Marketing, Physical Product, and Digital Product teams to understand business objectives and proactively contribute strategic and creative ideas
Partner with leaders across the organization to develop strong collaboration and process for asset creation and testing
Support UX/UI teams to constantly find ways to improve the overall user experience and visual presentations of the brand at all customer touch points
Build and maintain relationships with photographers, agencies, vendors, design and cross-functional teams