Photo Art Director

POSITION SUMMARY

The Photo Art Director is responsible for leading the creative direction for production team members to formulate and execute creative strategies for large retail clients. The Photo Art Director will partner with the Lead Photo/Creative Director and clients to strategize, conceptualize, design, and direct creative solutions for a wide-range of projects including seasonal PDP imagery, digital and social promotional as well as campaigns. This position will utilize a mix of artistic, marketing, and business expertise to enhance our business offering and providing added value to our clients.

The Photo Art Director is responsible for directing production team members in the execution for their clients and leading the work from original brief and style guide creation to execution workflow through revisions and on to delivery with minimal oversight. This position will oversee creative quality and adherence to style guides by making selects on final images, creating post-production notes, and reviewing imagery and video after final postproduction work and before delivery.

The Photo Art Director is well versed in current e-commerce visual trends and comfortable being in front of senior clients, leading client meetings, directing the creative teams, ensuring they are motivated and working at their highest ability. Also, collaborating with many departments and production partners. Communicating clearly and decisively, in a way that best maintains and builds on the agency’s excellent creative reputation.

POSITION DUTIES

• Collaborates with Lead Photo/Creative Director, clients and key stakeholders to formulate creative strategies, producing art layouts & concepts, creating style guides and creative execution strategies to product outstanding creative content.
• Meets client and industry standards by following production, productivity, quality, and customer service standards.
• Works with operations staff to achieve operational efficiencies while producing top-quality work.
• Partners with cross-departmental leadership to resolve operational roadblocks and identifies work process improvements.
• Meets company and project standards by monitoring expenses and implementing cost-saving actions.
• Formulates visual concepts by supervising staff engaged in executing photography and video content to be presented by visual communications media.
• Reviews project production factors by studying budget, background information, objectives, presentation approaches, styles, and techniques.
• Selects and secures illustrative material by formulating basic layout design concepts and conducting research.
• Obtains client approval by presenting final presentations, storyboards, and illustrations; and responds to client commentary and requests.
• Lead internal client presentations. Understand client feedback and analyze what is good for both parties.

Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelors degree in Fine Art, Graphic Design, Video or Photography Production or equivalent education in video/photography production.
• Deep knowledge of video and photography production. As well as studio lighting and various post-production and color augmentation programs.
• 8-10 years of experience in visual concepts and 5+ years of experience in a management role.
• Highly skilled with leading a team of creative talent.
• Strong creative vision with an understanding of business objectives.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously while ensuring seamless execution through stellar organizational and time management skills.
• Demonstrates the ability to prioritize information around due dates, clients, internal resource skill sets and when to escalate for assistance and awareness.
• Ability to work both independently and within a changing team.
  
• Ability to handle frequent interruptions and adapt to changes in workload or work schedules.
• Maintains a respectful and courteous demeanor when interacting with others throughout conflict.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office software programs specifically Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job and may be changed as deemed necessary by the company.