Creative Director

We are seeking an experienced Image Studio Director to lead the creative vision, visual identity, and studio operations for an established global luxury brand.

This highly visible leadership role will oversee brand image direction, creative production, and visual storytelling across campaigns, digital platforms, social media, retail, editorial, events, and partnerships.

The ideal candidate brings a sophisticated creative eye, deep appreciation for luxury aesthetics, and the operational expertise to build and lead a high-performing creative studio.

Working closely with founders and senior leadership, this individual will play a critical role in elevating the brand's visual identity while ensuring consistency, creativity, and excellence across all consumer touchpoints.

Creative Direction & Brand Identity

• Lead and evolve the brand's visual identity across digital, print, retail, social, editorial, and experiential platforms.
• Translate the founders' creative vision into cohesive visual standards, brand guidelines, and compelling storytelling.
• Oversee art direction, photography, typography, motion, video, and creative design.
• Ensure all creative assets reflect the brand's luxury positioning while introducing fresh, culturally relevant perspectives.

Creative Studio Leadership

• Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary creative team across design, production, motion, and creative operations.
• Establish efficient studio workflows, creative briefing processes, production timelines, and approval structures.
• Oversee creative priorities, resource allocation, and project delivery across multiple business functions.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing creative environment that balances exceptional design with operational efficiency.

Campaigns & Content Production

• Direct creative development for brand campaigns, product launches, collaborations, events, and special projects.
• Oversee photography and video production, including creative concepts, shoot planning, art direction, post-production, and final asset delivery.
• Manage external photographers, videographers, agencies, production partners, and other creative contributors.
• Ensure cohesive visual storytelling across all marketing and commercial channels.
• Oversee image usage rights, licensing, and creative asset management.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Operations

• Partner with Marketing, Communications, Digital, Retail, E-commerce, and senior leadership to align creative execution with business priorities.
• Manage creative production budgets, resources, timelines, and external vendor relationships.
• Develop scalable processes that improve creative output, consistency, and efficiency.
• Serve as a strategic creative partner, ensuring the brand maintains a distinctive and elevated visual identity.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in creative direction, art direction, brand design, image direction, or creative studio leadership.
• Background in luxury, fashion, publishing, art, design, hospitality, architecture, or premium lifestyle brands strongly preferred.
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary creative teams and managing high-level creative production.
• Exceptional aesthetic judgment with a sophisticated understanding of luxury branding, photography, typography, composition, and visual storytelling.
• Experience overseeing integrated campaigns across digital, social, print, retail, editorial, and experiential channels.
• Strong knowledge of photography production, creative asset development, licensing, and image rights.
• Demonstrated ability to manage budgets, production schedules, external creative partners, and complex workflows.
• Comfortable collaborating directly with founders, executives, and senior creative leadership.
• Highly organized, strategic, and hands-on, with the ability to balance creative excellence and business objectives.