Sr. Director, Studio Creative Innovation

New York, USA (On-site)

$206K/yr – $344K/yrDirector/Executive15+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive transformation of Macy’s studio into an innovation lab for scalable, emotionally resonant content across touchpoints.

  • Own end-to-end photography and video production from concept to post for diverse formats.
  • Must-have: 15+ years in photo/video leadership in fashion, lifestyle, or retail.
  • Standout: Proven ability to rebuild legacy systems into agile, tech-forward operations.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Reimagine the creative studio as an innovation lab—combining speed, scale, and storytelling.
  • Define a bold, modern vision for how content is captured, created, edited, and distributed across all touchpoints.
  • Integrate emerging technologies, including AI/CGI, real-time content capture, and automation to streamline workflows and future-proof production.
  • Lead end-to-end production for photography and video—from concept to post—across still life, on-figure, campaign, social, and experiential formats.
  • Set a high creative bar for all content, ensuring it’s emotionally resonant, culturally relevant, and visually magnetic.
  • Collaborate with brand creative, marketing, and merchant teams to translate seasonal narratives, trend stories, and key launches into compelling visual moments.
  • Overhaul existing studio systems and processes to create a nimble, efficient, and scalable content ecosystem.
  • Build hybrid models for in-house and external production, with a focus on agility and budget optimization.
  • Lead resourcing, budgeting, vendor partnerships, and technology integration with a startup mindset.
  • Be a trusted creative partner to executives and key stakeholders across creative, brand, digital, and merchandising.
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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.

New York, New York, USA
7.5K employees (1,121 in marketing)
50% recommend to a friend
62% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
18.8M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.8M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.3%
Direct
64.3%
Referral
4.7%
Social
1.3%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~7.5K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
612 (8% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
13

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