Art Director
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Overview
Compensation
$140,000-$165,000/year
Job Description
Job Title: Art Director
This role reports to the VP of Brand Marketing and is based in NYC (5 days onsite), with regular travel to headquarters.
We are seeking an Art Director to lead creative strategy and execution across the brand. This is a highly influential role responsible for translating high-level creative vision into a clear, ownable point of view and leading the creative team to execute against it with excellence.
You will partner with the Founder & Creative Director to align on creative direction and strategy—regularly bringing forward ideas, concepts, and references that push the brand forward. From there, you will translate that direction into actionable guidance for the creative team, ensuring all output is elevated, cohesive, and on-brand.
This role sits at the intersection of creative direction and execution—requiring both exceptional taste and the ability to lead, refine, and scale creative output across all channels.
Responsibilities:
- Manage & Develop the Creative Team
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of designers, photographers, and creatives
- Elevate team output through strong taste, clear feedback, and optimized systems & processes
- Foster an environment of high standards, accountability, and creative growth
- Drive Creative Direction & Concept Development
- Partner with the Founder & Creative Director to define and evolve the brand’s creative direction
- Develop and pitch campaign concepts, visual ideas, and creative frameworks
- Translate high-level direction into a clear, differentiated point of view
- Make decisive creative calls that simplify and strengthen the work
- Lead & Elevate Creative Execution
- Oversee all creative output across photography, video, digital, social, print, OOH, and retail environments
- Translate creative direction into clear guidance for designers, spatial/interior teams, photographers, and retouchers
- Act as the primary filter for all work—refining and elevating output to meet brand standards
- Ensure consistency and excellence across all channels and touchpoints
- Own Creative Processes & Workflows
- Partner with Project Management to build and refine creative processes and timelines
- Develop systems that enable efficient, scalable, high-quality creative execution
- Ensure clarity of direction, timelines, and deliverables across all projects
- Execute & Direct Campaigns and Shoots
- Lead creative direction for campaigns, photoshoots, and brand moments
- Provide on-set direction and ensure alignment with creative vision
- Balance hands-on involvement with leadership oversight across projects
What We’re Looking For:
- 8–10+ years of experience in art direction or a similar creative leadership role, preferably within fashion, lifestyle, retail, or accessories
- A strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional taste, concepting, and execution across channels
- Experience working closely with senior creative leadership or founders
- Proven ability to translate vision into clear direction and scalable output
- Strong leadership skills with experience managing and developing creative teams
- Ability to make decisive creative calls and edit work down to its strongest form
- Highly organized with experience building or improving creative processes
- Deep knowledge of design, photography, video, and cross-channel creative best practices
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite & Figma
Compensation
The anticipated base salary range for this position is $140k-$165K annually.
This range represents the good-faith estimate of the pay the employer reasonably expects to offer upon hire, based on the role’s responsibilities, required experience, location, and internal equity.
Incentives & Benefits
This position may be eligible for discretionary, performance-based bonuses and participation in applicable incentive programs. The role also offers a comprehensive benefits package, which may include medical, dental, and vision coverage, retirement plans, paid time off, parental leave, and other employee benefits, subject to eligibility requirements.
Additional Compensation
Equity awards, profit sharing, or other forms of non-cash compensation are not included in the posted pay range and, where applicable, will be discussed during the interview or offer process.
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Candidates can expect a pay range of $140,000 and $165,000 per year.
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