Chico's FAS

Art Director (Chico's)

Chico's FAS • $90K — $120K *
Brooklyn, NY 11215In-Person
Retail & Consumer Goods
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and work history required
  • 5+ years of on-set photo art direction experience
  • 3+ years in a creative management role
  • Strong portfolio showcasing art direction, mood boarding, and creative concept development
  • Experience in vertical retail or fashion industry, with a preference for luxury or beauty specialties
  • Ability to manage multiple complex creative projects effectively
  • Working understanding of CSS, HTML5, JavaScript, and design tools including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Figma

Responsibilities

  • Manage the creative process from concept to completion for seasonal campaigns
  • Develop seasonal marketing concepts and campaign photography across all sales channels
  • Lead and execute photography and video assets aligned with brand objectives
  • Translate marketing objectives into actionable creative strategies in partnership with creative leaders
  • Oversee brand and campaign photo retouching and asset cataloging
  • Collaborate with copy teams to ensure alignment of visuals and messaging
  • Utilize customer data in decision-making processes with analytics and marketing teams

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with exposure to multiple brands
  • Opportunities for professional development and skill enhancement
  • Engagement with creative best practices and industry trends
  • Involvement in the creative direction for high-profile campaigns
  • Ability to influence brand integrity and storytelling through creative
  • Flexible working arrangements accommodating creative processes
Full Job Description
POSITION OBJECTIVE:

This position collaborates with the Creative leaders to develop engaging collateral and content that tells a brand and product story that evokes an emotional response from our customers and future customers. This role is instrumental in building and maintaining brand creative integrity through all Omni channels.

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Manages the creative process, from concept to completion, for assigned seasonal campaign. Works closely with leader to develop concepts, align on shoot execution and asset management that adhere to established brand standards.
  • Develops seasonal marketing concepts, initial creative visuals, and campaign photography for all sales channels
  • Leads, develops and executes photography and video assets that that meets brand objectives and maintains brand integrity in all channels.
  • In partnership with Creative leader translates marketing objectives into clear creative strategies.
  • Leads and manages brand and campaign photo retouching and cataloging.
  • Partners with copy team to ensure copy and art are aligned to deliver product and brand stories. Create a roadmap of assets being shot to guide working team on building out go to market creative upon assets delivered.
  • Ensures brands individuality and standards in all marketing channels.
  • Leverage customer data to drive decisions in partnership with customer analytics and marketing.
  • Adheres to the production schedule, PLC timelines and deliverables while helping to manage team's priorities and time.
  • Stays current on fashion, style, design, popular culture and social trends in the competitive landscape.
  • Shares best practices with design team members to foster outstanding design skills, and creative best practices.
  • May plan and direct photo shoots, including pre and post-production. Including but not limited to partnering with producer to identify talent and vendors. Develop brand right model roster.
  • May develop graphics and layouts for all marketing channels and collateral.
  • This position may be found in multiple brands. Some duties may vary from brand to brand.


QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and work history required
  • 5+ years on set phot art direction
  • 3+ years in a creative management role
  • A strong portfolio demonstrating on set art direction, mood boarding, and creative concept development through execution
  • 360 points of view when concepting or designing
  • Ability to develop and execute for omni-channel campaigns
  • Vertical Retail/Fashion/Luxury/Beauty industry experience strongly preferred
  • Ability to develop and adhere to strict brand style guides, design systems and pattern libraries
  • A strong curiosity and desire to learn the women's intimate apparel landscape, the WHBM brand, and the needs and wants of our existing and targeted potential customers.
  • Experience in managing multiple complex creative projects with a demonstrated ability to adapt to changing business needs
  • Experience concepting and designing with a hands on approach
  • Excellent presentation, communication, organizational agility, problem solving skills, and thorough attention to detail
  • Working understanding of CSS, HTML5, JavaScript, and knowledge of best practices and the development process.
  • Experience with designing and leading typography, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign - can work within Figma to create a collaborative workstream
  • Experience with multi-channel campaign development
  • Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment with a variety of people and personalities
  • Strong relationship-building skills, the ability to coach other designers and a track record of successfully working collaboratively across teams
  • A deep understanding of the creative landscape and new digital technologies

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About Chico's FAS

Chico's FAS, Inc. is an American women's clothing and accessories retailer. The company was founded by Marvin and Helene Gralnick and is headquartered in Fort Myers, Florida. Chico's FAS operates three brands: its namesake Chico's, White House Black Market, and Soma. The company operates more than 1,500 boutiques and retail stores throughout the United States and Canada and sells merchandise through franchise locations in Mexico. Chico's FAS also has an online presence for each of its brands.
Learn more about Chico's FAS
Size
4,191 employees
Market Cap
$587.9 million
Industry
Retail & Consumer Goods
Net Income
-$360.1 million
5 Year Trend
-6.1%
Revenue
$1.3 billion
NASDAQ
CHS
* Ladders Estimates

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