Title: Art Director
Job Type: Permanent / Full Time
Location: Remote
Company Overview:
Zenni pioneered the online eyewear industry in 2003 with a mission to make prescription eyewear affordable and accessible to everyone. Based in Marin County, California, Zenni offers men, women, and children the freedom to express their personal style and individuality through high-quality prescription and protective eyewear curated with a sense of fashion and an incredible selection. With over 33 million frames sold worldwide, a pair of Zenni’s is owned in every country across the globe. Zenni is proud to be the Official Eyewear Partner of the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Bulls, and San Francisco 49ers. For more information, visit www.zenni.com or connect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Pinterest.
Position Overview:
Zenni is looking for an experienced Art Director with strong conceptual abilities and brand agency experience. Partner with fellow creatives to concept campaigns that support the overall branding and marketing objectives across all mediums, including marketing, PR, website content creation, external event creative, and B2B Initiatives. Plan, concept and execute photography and video content. Direct the vision from concept ideation to postproduction- including pulling image references and providing clear post-production direction. Collaborate with key cross-functional partners- site merchandisers, UX designers, copywriters, and product teams to help carry out e-commerce initiatives. You will help manage outside vendors and agencies, when needed, and be the bridge between their teams and ours. This role reports to the Creative Director and is based in Novato, CA.
A strong predictor for success will be evident in a big-picture thinker, ultra-detail-oriented candidate, with impeccable taste reflected in their portfolio of work. This individual is at ease presenting ideas to team members and can develop compelling, on-brand creative that drives brand awareness while setting clear design goals and deliverables and providing direct feedback to keep projects moving.
What you’ll be doing at Zenni:
- Be a champion for the brand, ensuring design and voice consistency across the company
- Motivate and inspire our graphic designers to do their best work without micromanaging
- Help create a culture of critique and feedback that is healthy, supportive, and open
- Work closely with the website and marketing teams to be sure our creative pursuits are in alignment with their goals and support their specific needs
- Collaborate with the merchandising/product teams to bring new products and collections to life through copy, design, photography, and video
- Develop creative campaigns/playbooks for new initiatives, product launches, and partnerships that cross-functional teams can draw from
- Work closely with the e-commerce team to understand customer behavior and content performance to ensure the needs of the business are being met, and that content is being optimized for performance
Required Experience and Skills:
- 5+ years of proven success art directing projects in a brand agency setting
- Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related field
- Proven ability to proactively drive projects and manage others
- Excellent sense of style and color, with experience bringing brand aesthetics to life
- Strong creative background; a minimum of 5 years of retail, photographic direction, and art direction
- Strong understanding of each step of the process (strategy, concept, requirements, design, development)
- Passion for digital content creation specific to new media, advertising campaigns, social content, and video
- Highly skilled in fostering a collaborative work environment.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.
- Relevant portfolio of recent work.
- Excellent listener, and effective communicator with strong writing, design, and art direction background
- Ability to handle a number of projects simultaneously and work well in a deadline-driven environment.
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The Assistant Videographer/Editor position requires skills in a high-volume production environment specializing in the final storytelling of a project. This position is primarily responsible for assisting in the filming and editing process for company video projects. This position requires a diverse knowledge of industry standard types of cameras and production equipment along with basic Avid editing skills. They will work closely with the Producers, Videographers and Editors on staff to ensure projects are completed on time and with the highest technical and aesthetic standards. They are responsible for maintaining the company’s production assets and working with the department production calendar so that equipment is ready for each project.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Support production staff with variety of projects using production gear including various models of cameras, lenses, tripods, and other gear related to shooting.
- Work with Production team to build sets for production needs.
- Assist with general duties.
- Maintaining production equipment before and after projects.
- Coordinate the tracking of all production assets.
- Assist with research and ordering of equipment.
- Support with reporting and tracking maintenance and repairs of production equipment.
- Ingest media into company’s archiving system and prepare media for Editors.
- Log footage and edit basic to intermediate level projects.
- Operate additional cameras as needed for production needs including live events.
- ALL OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED
EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS:
- Minimum Degree Required: Minimum college or trade school experience in production or similar field..
- Experience: Minimum of 2 years of practical field experience working in multiple aspects of film and video production.
- Color grading at intermediate level.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITY:
- Thorough understanding of fishing, hunting, and other outdoor skills as required to best work with production team in outdoor recreation company.
- Strong work ethic. Outgoing personality with ability to interact within group of creative individuals in a dynamic and constantly changing environment. Willingness to react with short notice to changes in daily routine.
- Willing to travel as required – often locations require extensive driving and multiple night stays with early and late hours.
- Strong communication skills – able to understand direction and make themselves understood when communicating objectives for accomplishing story lines or goals of a production.
- Thorough knowledge of Avid non-linear editing systems, specifically the Avid Media Composer or similar.
- Strong working knowledge of various codecs, containers and file types used in today’s media environment.
- Able to work within a team environment including in the field or studio and in the post process, editing and finishing.
- Able to lift and carry heavy equipment in variety of terrain and conditions from very hot to very cold.
- Good driving record, able to secure Missouri Operator’s License Class E.
- Good organizational skills: able to keep multiple projects balanced at any one time
- Strong video resume required. This resume should demonstrate samples from all of the areas mentioned above.
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:
- 25-30%
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Regularly performs computer work and sits.
- Occasionally walks and stands.
- Seldom/never lifts up to 50lbs.
INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT:
- Performs duties within scope of general company policies, procedures, and objectives. Analyzes problems and performs needs assessments. Uses judgment in adapting broad guidelines to achieve desired result. Regular exercise of independent judgment within accepted practices. Makes recommendations that affect policies, procedures, and practices.
Full Time Benefits Summary:
Enjoy discounts on retail merchandise, our restaurants, world-class resorts and conservation attractions!
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Health Savings Account
- Flexible Spending Account
- Voluntary benefits
- 401k Retirement Savings
- Paid holidays
- Paid vacation
- Paid sick time
- Bass Pro Cares Fund
- And more!
Bass Pro Shops is an equal opportunity employer. Hiring decisions are administered without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
Reasonable Accommodations
Qualified individuals with known disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws.
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