Temp E-commerce Art Director, Home

Job Title: Temp E-commerce Art Director, Home

Brand: American Apparel & Fashion brand

Location: Remote/onsite studio time (NYC)

Duration: asap - ongoing 

Hours: 40 hours a week (M-F) 

Responsibilities:

Create a best-in-class Digital Flagship that is the ultimate expression and destination for the world of Home – the stories and values behind the brand's lifestyle, quality and detail of the product.  

• Devise highly functional online experience with elegant, luxury appeal. Concept, direction and execution to encompass still imagery, 3-D imaging and video. Conceive and realize strategies to communicate customization options through imagery.

• Ideate photographic approach to  imagery that considers the full gamut of Home product – Furniture, Lighting, Bedding, Tabletop, Floorcovering, etc. – in a variety of materials – wood, fabric, metals, crystal, textiles, etc. Oversee all e-commerce photography for Home.

• Responsible for the development, planning, execution and presentation of test shoots and new approaches with regards to imagery – such as photography,3-D, video – in collaboration with site design team.

•360 product views, in-room visualization, etc. Ability to direct realization of this in elevated, luxury-brand appropriate fashion.

• Design approach to online shopping experience that translates across web and mobile.

Experience, Skills, and Knowledge

• Strong background in luxury brand environment

• Experience in home area

• On-set art direction

• Color review + retouching direction

Technical Skills: 

• Adobe Creative Suite: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator

• Capture One