Senior Art Director

About Bloomingdale's Bloomingdale’s is America’s only nationwide, full-line, upscale department store. A division of Macy’s Inc., it currently operates 32 Bloomingdale's stores, 21 Bloomingdale's The Outlet stores, and four Bloomie's stores in California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. In addition, Bloomingdale's has an international presence with a location in Dubai and Kuwait. We are currently looking for leaders who will help shape our future. At Bloomingdale’s, we seek talented creative people with a passion and entrepreneurial spirit who enjoy the fast paced, exciting world of retail. Having a strong interest in fashion as well as being a natural collaborator helps! In short, we want people with a desire to grow professionally as well as personally because at Bloomingdale’s we provide the tools for both. When you join the Bloomingdale’s family, you are now part of an organization deeply committed to giving back to the communities near and afar. Through strategic philanthropic marketing campaigns or local grass roots efforts, Bloomingdale’s is committed to making a difference. Although Bloomingdale’s is part of a Fortune 100 Corporation, we hold true to the family values of our founding brothers, Joseph and Lyman Bloomingdale. As large as we may become, we will remain intimate and operate Bloomingdale’s with the utmost integrity like a family run business. At Bloomingdale’s, we will always have passion for the business and compassion for each other.

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bloomingdales.com

5,001-10,000 employees

Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry

New York, NY

1872

Public Company

202k LinkedIn followers

• The Senior Art Director (RTW) is a creative leader responsible for shaping and
• delivering elevated, on-brand, and on-strategy design across bloomingdales.com,
• omni-channel seasonal campaigns, promotional assets, email templates, and
• digital look books. This role calls for a visionary thinker with the ability to
• translate brand strategy into compelling storytelling that resonates across
• digital and print platforms.
• The ideal candidate combines expertise in responsive and mobile-first design
• with a refined sense of typography, color, and composition. They bring proven
• experience in on-set photo art direction, an instinctive ability to identify and
• hire best-in-class freelance talent, and a strong pulse on cultural, design, and
• marketing trends. Equally important, they are fluent in content creation and
• know how to craft experiences that not only capture attention but deepen
• customer connection.

• Develop brand style guides, omni-channel seasonal campaigns and daily digital
• assets across editorial and sale
• Concept and design campaign collateral from inception to completion in
• collaboration with cross functional peers
• Ensures cohesive branding across digital channels by developing visual
• standards and enforcing the use of templates and best practices
• Partners and collaborates with internal and external teams to understand
• business objectives and create compelling solution- based creative that
• drives the brand strategy
• Provide on-set photo art direction, guiding visual storytelling and ensuring
• brand consistency across photoshoots
• Resourcefully identify, hire, and manage freelance creative talent (e.g.,
• designers, illustrators, photographers, stylists) as needed to deliver
• projects on time and at the highest standard
• Stay current on design, cultural, and marketing trends to inform creative
• decisions and keep the brand’s visual identity fresh and relevant
• Contribute to content creation strategies, ensuring alignment of visuals and
• messaging across platforms
• Make recommendations to improve and optimize communications through better
• content, coding, and personalization
• Expert in responsive grid design and mobile-first executions.  Animation
• experience is a plus
• Strong sense of typography, design, color, and graphics
• Ability to understand and balance creative ideas with business needs
• Drive innovation in affiliate marketing through advanced tracking, app
• enablement, first-party data activation, and emerging technologies.
• Bachelor's Degree from a 4-year college or university or related experience
• 5+ years of direct design/art direction experience, preferably within
• fashion, lifestyle, luxury retail, or creative agency environments
• Practices open and continuous communication, values keeping others informed,
• effectively presenting information in a clear, concise manner
• Excellent leadership, facilitation, and interpersonal skills, with the
• ability to work across functional lines and at many levels
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma; animation/motion design skills a
• strong plus
• Deep understanding of current design, cultural, and marketing trends, with
• fluency in the language of high-end fashion and lifestyle branding.
• Ability to think creatively, strategically, and technically
• Ability to work a flexible schedule based on department and Company needs
• Proven success directing on-set photography and managing freelance creative
• talent
• This role involves performing essential job functions such as communication,
• collaboration, and use of office and computer systems. Responsibilities
• include the ability to access and review written and electronic information,
• and to move within the work environment and interact with workplace materials
• as needed to carry out job responsibilities.
• This job description is not all inclusive; additionally, Macy’s, Inc. reserves
• the right to amend this job description at any time. Macy’s, Inc. – including