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Art Director

James Perse, California, MO, United States


JAMES PERSE IS CURRENTLY HIRING A FULL TIME ART DIRECTOR FOR OUR CORPORATE LOCATION IN MARINA DEL REY, CA OBJECTIVE OF THE POSITION
The James Perse Art Director is a highly motivated individual, who brings top-tier experience, ideas and knowledge from the fashion industry. The Art Director will work directly with leadership and partner with other Art Directors and creative services personnel on the team to ideate, conceptualize, execute and oversee implementation of seasonal creative over a wide category of creative needs. Experience in luxury fashion is essential.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Bring a discerning eye, fresh ideas and work in a very fast-paced environment where results on high-level campaigns and customer-facing design are a high priority.
Create designs and content for communications, website, photo art direction, video art direction, marketing, publicity material, and other experiential expressions of the brand, including events and elements of our renowned retail design. Print and digital art direction will be required.
Introduce and leverage additional contacts and connections from like-minded industries to help execute concept-to-production, complete projects on time and within budget.
Develop a concept from limited direction and create presentations that clearly communicate ideas to leadership. Provide a path to executing the concept that is both on-brand and delivered by tight deadlines.
Maintain a brand-side mentality, with an interest in luxury fashion and the James Perse sensibility.
Apply sharp typography skills and an understanding of the luxury segment to create photorealistic renderings, mockups, on-brand graphic presentations, and catalogs.
Perform photo art direction, high-level graphic design, and meticulous asset formatting and organization, with equal strength and proficiency across all areas.
Use Ai and emerging technologies as key tools, and have experience with DAM (digital asset management) systems.
REQUIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE EDUCATION Bachelor's degree required.
EXPERIENCE 5+ years of experience and 2+ years in a similar Art Direction role.
Strong technical aptitude and skills.
Strong skills in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator).
Strong on-set skills and ability to input on photoshoots and work with producers and various talents.
Ability to use Ai to create and manipulate imagery and video.
Video editing in Premiere or similar software is a plus.
Ability to articulate and exemplify brand vision.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Ability to multi-task, problem-solve, and work under multiple deadlines set by different departments.
Communicates effectively and professionally.
SKILLS Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Dreamweaver
Adobe Flash
Adobe Final Cut Pro
Adobe Premiere
CaptureOne
Chat GPT or other Ai programs
COMPETENCIES REQUIRED Artistic sensibility
Creativity
Ability to deliver under pressure
Communication with leadership
Presentation skills
Organizational agility
Problem solving
Drive for results
Rigor and attention to detail
PAY TRANSPARENCY This position pays $120,000 base salary or commensurate with experience.
BENEFITS Health, dental and vision insurance
Life insurance
Short-term and long-term disability insurance
Flexible spending accounts
Employee assistance program
Paid vacation and sick time
Retirement savings plan with company match
Generous employee discount
EEO STATEMENT We embrace talented people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, and support policies and practices that prohibit discrimination against any person because of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, age, marital status, disability sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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