Art Director, Photography

Art Director, Photography

The Director, Art Photography is one who loves thinking conceptually, creating original solutions and developing stories, photography and videography that engage the customer, drive sales and elevate our brand. The Art Director, Photography is responsible for asset development across all channels with strong layout and graphic design experience. This role will oversee the post production and creative teams.

Job Duties

• Evolve our creative positioning (graphic look and feel, voice, photography and videography requirements, etc.) that will extend both to the website and to offline marketing assets.
• Create and calendarize layouts and visuals that support and reinforce this vision and our business objectives.
• Work from creative briefs to translate merchandising and marketing strategies to creative execution, with support of graphic designers.
• Analyze existing social design, photography & video assets and make recommendations on improvements.
• Manage the creative team to ensure timely execution of assigned projects including but not limited to video assets, email design, social graphics, direct mail layouts.
• Manage staff in all aspects including but not limited to; recruiting, training and performance management.
• Understand and strategically apply the latest platform/industry/creative trends

and digital best practices.

• Partner closely with cross-functional teams to develop and deliver creative across all channels.
• Manage asset development from concept, to execution, to go-to-market plan.
• Manage post-production calendar, ensure milestones are met and image library is up to date.
• Collaborate with VP & CD, and creative team to develop strategic omni-channel design solutions.
• Responsible for managing creative teams in conceptualizing/maintaining design communications and brand designs standards.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications

• Strong graphic design and typography skills.
• Strategic thinker with communication and influencing skills.
• Fluent understanding of current digital trends and social landscape.
• Must be able to effectively articulate vision, present and explain creative decisions/rationale to key stakeholders.
• Desire and ability to work in a fast-paced online environment.
• Highly developed written/verbal communication skills and collaborative skills.
• Capable of working on multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment, ensuring that deliverables are achieved on time.
• Possess an innate ability to lead internal teams and work cross functionally.
• Proficient in Monday.com.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Arts, Digital Media Design or related field preferred.
• 8+ years of strong art direction experience in both design and photo art direction.
• Must have experience within fashion or retail brands .

VENUS Fashion Inc.