Art Director & Design

About Saks Global

Saks Global represents the largest multi-brand luxury retailer worldwide, including renowned names such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, and Saks OFF 5TH. Their team-driven approach is reshaping luxury retail through personalized customer experiences across stores and e-commerce, leveraging strong brand partnerships, advanced technology, and rich luxury customer data.

Role Overview

The Art Director will be pivotal in producing captivating editorial visuals for Saks Global. You will lead projects from concept through final delivery, shaping the brand's visual story across multiple channels. Your work will ensure consistent, refined aesthetics for all touchpoints ranging from digital campaigns to fashion editorials, intertwining storytelling with commercial success in luxury fashion and beauty.

Key Responsibilities

• Transform the Creative Director’s vision into striking visual concepts for campaigns, advertising, editorials, lookbooks, events, digital platforms, social media, and direct marketing.
• Direct photography and video shoots across fashion, beauty, and lifestyle sectors, ensuring brand-aligned storytelling and consistent visual style.
• Create and design print and digital layouts with expertise in typography, composition, imagery, and principles relevant to luxury retail design.
• Uphold the brand’s visual identity consistently across all customer interaction points, paying close attention to detail.
• Prepare and present mood boards, creative references, and design solutions to support project direction.
• Collaborate extensively with photographers, stylists, retouchers, designers, and production teams to execute creative concepts effectively.
• Review and give thorough feedback on image retouching to ensure quality, color accuracy, composition, and brand compliance.
• Work closely with retouchers during post-production to maintain the intended artistic direction.
• Engage with internal teams and external brand partners to create cooperative content that aligns with creative standards.
• Stay current with developments in fashion, luxury retail, art, photography, design, and culture to continually infuse fresh inspiration.
• Efficiently handle multiple projects in a fast-paced setting, balancing deadlines and creative quality.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years’ experience in art direction and design within fashion, luxury retail, editorial, or related creative fields.
• A strong portfolio illustrating excellence in campaign development, editorial design, photography direction, and storytelling.
• Demonstrated expertise in leading fashion, beauty, and lifestyle photoshoots, including on-set direction and working with creative teams.
• Mastery of typography, layout, and design with a refined aesthetic sensibility and thorough attention to detail.
• Deep knowledge of luxury fashion, retail environment, photography, visual culture, and current design trends.
• Experienced in overseeing image retouching and post-production processes to maintain brand standards.
• Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator), Figma, and presentation tools such as Google Slides and Keynote.
• Solid understanding of print production, color management, and creation of digital assets for diverse platforms.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, delivering creative excellence within tight deadlines.
• Strong communication, presentation, and teamwork capabilities across creative, marketing, merchandising, and external partners.
• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills suited to a fast-paced and deadline-driven environment.
• A passion for fashion, art, photography, interiors, and culture, with an ongoing commitment to seeking new creative influences.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in motion graphics and animation for digital and social media platforms is advantageous.
• Ability to produce high-quality work efficiently under pressure.
• Leadership qualities and capability to collaborate well within teams.
• Creative innovation and strong aesthetic awareness related to fashion.
• Results-oriented mindset with decisive decision-making skills.

Employment Benefits and Environment

• Dynamic, fast-paced workplace during a time of growth and transformation.
• Significant opportunities for career progression within the largest multi-brand luxury retailer.
• Comprehensive benefits package for eligible full-time employees covering medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life and disability insurances, plus voluntary protections such as critical illness and accident coverage.
• Exclusive employee discounts.

Additional Information

This position offers a salary range from $87,000 to $117,000 depending on location, experience, and other relevant job factors, acknowledging geographic salary variations especially in higher-cost areas. Saks Global is an equal opportunity employer committed to accommodations for applicants with disabilities upon request.