Art Director
Tapestry
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: New York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $80,000 - $100,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Lead PDP content creation across product stills, on-model photography, and video, balancing speed, efficiency, and quality
- Direct on-set execution for photographers, stylists, and models to ensure consistent output and high-volume throughput
- Deliver clear, actionable feedback that motivates, inspires, and fosters a high-performance creative culture
- Redirect and refocus teams when necessary, diffusing tension and maintaining momentum
- Lead and elevate the model casting process with a refined eye for representation and keen understanding of on-set success factors; build and maintain long-term casting pipelines
- Build and maintain a best-in-class freelance talent pool across hair & makeup, photography, video, and styling with ongoing cultivation of top-tier talent
- Manage 150+ daily asset reviews, maintaining accuracy and consistency while balancing on-set workload
- Collaborate with production and operations teams to optimize studio and post-production workflows
- Partner closely with the Senior Art Director to ensure creative output reflects brand vision while meeting studio KPIs and performance goals
- Assist creative lead with concept ideation and the pulling reference imagery for elevated fashion and still-life photography, and video content
- Effectively communicate vision and strategy to cross-functional teams and external partners
- Stay informed on PDP creative trends, innovation, and emerging technologies to evolve content standards.
Requirements
- A minimum of 6+ years art direction preferably in fashion, or luxury retail
- Exceptional Portfolio that demonstrates an elevated taste level and ability to articulate and uphold brand standards across diverse content
- Demonstrated success leading large-scale photography and video production with demanding throughput
- Established connections with top-tier photographers, stylists, producers, and agencies
- Extensive experience in model casting and talent direction, with a refined eye for representation and alignment to brand identity
- Strong communication skills with the ability to motivate, influence, and build effective partnerships
- Comfort working in a high-volume, fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and tight deadlines
- Ability to take direction effectively and present multiple solutions that support studio goals and creative strategy.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401 (K)
- Paid Paternity and Maternity leave
- Commuter Benefits
- Disability insurance
- Tuition assistance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
art directionphotographyvideo productionmodel castingtalent directioncontent creationasset reviewcreative strategyconcept ideationreference imagery
Soft skills
communicationleadershipmotivationinfluencecollaborationproblem-solvingtension managementcreativityadaptabilityteam building