Art Director - Luxury Fashion

About the Role

A luxury fashion showroom client is looking to bring on an Art Director to help shape the brand’s visual identity and lead creative output across multiple channels.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with the Creative Director to build each season’s creative direction.
• Refine and extend the brand’s visual style across campaigns, editorials, and major brand initiatives.
• Make sure all imagery feels polished, consistent, and clearly aligned with a premium brand aesthetic.
• Manage retouching, color balancing, image choice, and final file delivery.
• Develop concepts and direct photo shoots for campaigns, eCommerce, lookbooks, and special projects.
• Guide casting, styling direction, set design, location choices, and overall production flow.
• Provide creative direction on set so every shoot stays on-brand and meets quality standards.
• Lead the Graphic Design team and oversee creative work across all brand touchpoints.
• Direct the creation of marketing, digital, social, email, packaging, retail, event, and other brand materials.
• Manage, coach, and support the in-house Photographer, Photo Editor, and Graphic Design team.
• Set clear creative guidelines and expectations, including shot lists and post-production standards.
• Use AI tools to help with concept ideation, mood boards, and early visual exploration.
• Look for ways to improve efficiency in post-production, image selection, and content revisions using AI-enabled workflows.

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years of experience in art direction, ideally in fashion or luxury, with startup contemporary brands or founder-led brands considered a plus.
• A strong portfolio showing work in photoshoots, campaigns, and brand storytelling.
• Hands-on experience leading photographers, retouchers, and post-production teams, whether in-house or freelance.
• Familiarity with modern AI tools used in creative production workflows.
• Strong knowledge of fashion imagery, lighting, composition, and post-production processes.
• Demonstrated ability to take projects from idea stage through final delivery.
• A sharp eye for detail, color, and visual storytelling.

Additional Information

Candidates who can provide references are preferred. References can be organized and managed through WorkGrades at no cost.

Applicants are encouraged to keep their professional profile up to date and to begin gathering references early.

This is a full-time onsite role based in New York, NY.