Art Director

Update 7/2: Moving to remote with a preference on local talent.

We are seeking a Designer / Art Director to support our seasonal in-store experience marketing campaigns. This role will partner with our internal store experience creative teams to deliver high-level campaign concepts through final execution for our in-store seasonal experiences.

The ideal candidate combines strong conceptual thinking, storytelling, visual world building skills along with hands-on design capabilities. Photo art direction experience with product, talent, style, and fashion is a plus.

Location Requirement
Candidates must be local and available to work onsite 2-3 days per week. Regular onsite participation is required for store walkthroughs, prototyping, creative reviews, and collaboration with internal stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop high-level creative concepts and seasonal campaign themes
• Translate campaign concepts into marketing deliverables for in-store seasonal campaigns, as well as deliver creative assets for other seasonal brand channels
• Create creative presentations, mood boards, and pre-production decks to communicate campaign vision and execution plans
• Partner with designers, art directors, writers, production teams, producers, creative directors, and marketing teams throughout the creative development process
• Concept, design and art direct from high-level theme through final asset delivery for production teams
• Ensure creative consistency across seasonal campaigns and brand touchpoints
• Collaborate closely with internal teams and translate feedback into creative solutions that aligns with business and marketing objectives

Required Skills & Experience

• 5-7+ years of professional Design & Art Direction experience
• Deeply attuned to culture, retail trends and evolving guest behaviors
• Strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual strength and high craft standards in retail, brand, campaign, design, typography and photo art direction skills
• Proven experience developing and executing seasonal marketing campaigns
• Strong design experience seeing work through concept development into post-production
• Experience creating and presenting creative concepts, mood boards, and pre-production materials
• Ability to translate high-level campaign themes into customer-facing marketing assets
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional creative, marketing, and production teams
• Strong visual storytelling, composition, and brand design sensibilities
• Ability to manage multiple projects within the seasonal campaigns simultaneously
• Expert knowledge of all CS software and the Mac platform. 3D modeling program experience a plus

Preferred Qualifications

• Retail & consumer brand experience
• Experience in print design, 3D design and/or experiential physical space design
• Experience supporting seasonal marketing initiatives such as Back-to-School, Holiday, or similar campaigns
• Experience developing creative assets for in-store experiences or digital marketing campaigns
• Experience working within large enterprise brand environments