Art Director

Elevate a leading retailer's visual identity and create a cohesive brand experience for millions of customers. As Art Director, you'll shape the aesthetic direction of a popular brand, influencing how customers perceive and interact with it. Partnering with Aquent, you'll join a dynamic team dedicated to enhancing the customer journey through impactful visuals.

This role offers a unique opportunity to define and implement creative guidelines that will impact a vast audience. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams, ensuring brand consistency across all ecommerce imagery. Your expertise in photography direction and post-production will be essential in bringing the brand's vision to life.

Responsibilities:

• Spearhead the development and implementation of comprehensive imaging guidelines, encompassing mood, posing, lighting, and composition for consistent visuals across multiple studios.
• Establish and document standards for background modifications and creative boundaries.
• Design and deliver training programs for studio teams on new imaging guidelines, ensuring seamless adoption and execution.
• Revamp Customer Experience (CX) guideline documentation and collaborate with operations to create a scalable maintenance process.
• Develop seasonal styling templates to maintain brand cohesion.
• Partner with the Brand team to create comprehensive e-commerce brand guidelines that align with editorial standards.
• Conduct end-to-end customer journey reviews to ensure content consistency and identify areas for improvement.
• Collaborate closely with brand, imaging studio, product, and CX teams to uphold high standards and brand alignment.

Must-Have Qualifications:

• 6+ years of experience in creative direction, specializing in fashion and e-commerce.
• Proven success in retail photography direction and post-production.
• Extensive experience developing and implementing brand guidelines for large-scale projects.
• Strong portfolio showcasing successful creative direction and guideline development.
• Expert knowledge of studio photography workflows and best practices in the fashion industry.
• Proficiency in Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, and other standard creative software.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong presentation and communication skills, with the ability to articulate creative vision to diverse audiences.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications:

• E-commerce creative direction experience for major retail or fashion brands.
• Background in fashion styling and art direction for diverse product categories.
• Experience developing and implementing global creative standards.
• Experience training and mentoring creative teams across multiple locations.
• Familiarity with e-commerce best practices.
• Strong understanding of data-driven creative optimization for online retail.
• Ability to balance creative excellence with retail objectives and operational efficiency.

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $61.22 to $68.03 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

About Aquent Talent:

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. More information on our awesome benefits!

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

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