Manager, Creative - Art Director (Fashion Photography)
About The Position
About us: Walmart Creative Studio (WCS) is the in-house creative agency for Walmart. Our team develops breakthrough and distinctive design systems and creative conversations that drive business objectives and keep our Fortune #1 brand in the culture. We use creativity and design to win hearts, minds, and wallets. We are uniquely positioned as the internal creative agency of record to be hyper-focused on the customer experience across all channels, categories, and campaigns. We are ruthlessly focused on human truths, insight-driven creative strategies and integrated creative solutions that build the brand and grow the business – not just with ads but through brand acts and experiences. We value talent, diversity, innovation, curiosity, collaboration, culture, insights, and results, and we are committed to helping people – all people – live better. What you'll do... Position Overview: As an Art Director reporting to the Associate Creative Director, Fashion, you will play a role in supporting the execution of PDP photography and site assets for all Walmart private brands and exclusive collaborations. You’ll help set a high standard for modern, aspirational fashion photography. Additionally, you’ll maintain elevated graphic design consistency and contribute knowledge of post-production in the PDP space. This role requires a mix of creative expertise and hands-on skills, strong organizational abilities, balancing creativity with agility and precision.
Requirements
- Proven experience as an art director or similar role in the fashion retail industry
- Strong portfolio showcasing photography and/or graphic design
- Strong collaboration and time management skills
- In-depth understanding of fashion trends and consumer behavior
- Proficiency in creative tools, including Adobe Creative Suite, Google Slides, Figma, Office 365, and Slack
- Minimum of 6+ years of experience in a creative role and/or Bachelor’s degree in Design or a related field
Nice To Haves
- Content Management Systems
- Managing interactive projects in an online creative or related digital field
- Working for or with creative agencies
- Working with Design Software (For example, Adobe Creative Suite), including proficiency in advanced functions (For example, multi-layer masking and compositing)
Responsibilities
- Support Best-in-Class Work: Fashion PDP photography and site assets —with a focus on product. This role requires a mix of creative and production expertise with a hands-on skillset. You must have strong organizational abilities, the ability to problem solve on set, and a keen eye for detail. Most importantly, we are looking for someone who has a strong visual taste and desire to uplevel the work, so that it’s aspirational, elevated and modern. This role requires a mix of creative and production expertise with a hands-on skillset. You must have strong organizational abilities, the ability to problem solve on set, and a keen eye for detail. Most importantly, we are looking for someone who has a strong visual taste and desire to uplevel the work, so that it’s aspirational, elevated and modern.
- Maintain Brand Consistency: Support brand cohesion across all creative assets and materials at every level of the consumer journey.
- Client Satisfaction: Build relationships with peer teams, such as marketing, the fashion office, and editorial, to support business growth and continuity.
Benefits
- At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet.
- Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage.
- Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance.
- Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
- Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
- You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
- Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities.
- Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates.
- Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
