Art Director

About us: 

vineyard vines is a highly successful, privately held, American clothing and accessory retailer founded in 1998 on Martha’s Vineyard by brothers, Shep & Ian Murray. With Shep & Ian still at the helm today, vineyard vines has experienced exponential year over year growth and now operates over 120 retail locations including an outlet division, a successful e-commerce business, domestic distribution center, and expanding corporate headquarters. In addition, vineyard vines is carried in major department stores such as Nordstrom and Bloomingdales as well as numerous specialty boutiques across the US.    

vineyard vines was founded on a state of mind that Every day should feel this good.   

You don’t need to be on a beach, by the ocean or on vacation to have Every day should feel this good moments. It’s a state of mind that we all experience, and one where everyone is invited. At vineyard vines, we don’t just live an #EDSFTG life away from our desks—we bring it to work with us, too.    

In our stores, at our Harbor Drive headquarters or working remotely, our company culture is fun, encouraging and welcoming to all. We work hard and play harder, and we never take ourselves too seriously. And while we have many company goals, our number one priority is making vineyard vines a great place to work for all employees.    

Our team is our family, and we’d never have grown to where we are today without them.   

We’re committed to building an inclusive team across all channels, departments and stores within our community. We hope you’ll join us and see what the smiling pink whale is all about 

Overview:

vineyard vines is looking for a talented and enthusiastic Art Director with a great eye for digital and print design to join our Creative Services team. The Art Director will coordinate closely with business leaders to develop and deliver compelling seasonal campaigns and dynamic online and printed content that support the lifestyle experience of vineyard vines. Candidates should be proactive in their approach in looking for opportunities to improve upon existing structures and find creative ways in which to utilize best practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage design process and oversee digital and print design direction
• Conceptualize and develop lifestyle campaign stories, bringing them to life through photography, video and voice through the creation of storyboards (mood & schematics)
• Work closely with web and print producers or agency partners to ensure visual quality and consistency of all images, including functionality, image cropping, color correction, and image optimization
• Work with project managers to scope projects, establish timelines and prioritize tasks across channels
• Collaborate with photography, content, marketing and merchandising to establish design direction and implementation strategy for creative
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on story ideas to bring campaigns to life
• Art direct photo shoots that support and complement the vineyard vines brand experience, while achieving seasonal campaign and strategic goals
• Manage team of digital designers, graphic designers, in-house photography and retouching, while using all resources available to complete projects
• Direct the conceptual development and on-time design of all content and design assets for vineyardvines.com, as well as email, social media, mobile, display advertising, etc.
• Create and lead the design implementation of projects incorporating copy, innovative design, and brand assets and imagery, while being mindful of usability and design best practices

What You Bring: 

• 7+ years of experience as an Art Director, Digital Design Lead, UX Design Manager and/or Digital Design Manager
• Experience in art directing photo shoots with category on-figure selling as well as web (on-location and in studio)
• Strong network of photographers, videographers, stylists, models, hair & makeup artists, prop stylists and locations
• Strong sensibility for color, typography and design trends
• Great presentation, communication, and management skills
• Ability to translate business goals into design solutions
• Ability to multitask in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment with tight deadlines, quick turn times, and concurrent projects
• Expert in Adobe Creative Suite
• Self-motivated with ability to multi-task and work under tight deadlines
• Ability to effectively communicate information and ideas in written and verbal form
• Enthusiasm, positive attitude and ability to work with a team
• Good organizational skills, strong attention to detail and excellent follow-through
• Ability to adhere to all company policies and procedures
• This role requires travel
• Strong leadership skills
• Strong understanding of user-interface and user experience for online and mobile products
• Significant brand-building experience including: concept development, web design, photo art direction, identity design, and online marketing campaign development

Every day will feel this good because: 

• We have a fun-spirited entrepreneurial culture filled with truly "good" people
• We have flexible working hours and work from home days to accommodate your personal life
• We offer a generous employee discount so you can rep our lifestyle on-and-off the boat
• We offer a competitive salary package, 401-K, commuter benefits, and paid-family leave, health savings, flex spending accounts, life & disability insurance
• We have an onsite gym as well as health & financial wellness programs to keep you active
• We offer 2 summer Fridays to take off in addition to a competitive vacation policy & holiday calendar