Responsibilities

• Translate the Creative Director’s vision into actionable creative strategies across all content verticals (photo, video, and design).
• Provide art direction and feedback from concept through execution to ensure all deliverables uphold brand integrity and creative excellence.
• Partner with the Creative Director on campaign ideation, ensuring all creative aligns with brand positioning, seasonal direction, and business goals.
• Lead creative reviews with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure clarity, alignment, and consistency of vision.
• Directly manage the Production Art Director & Project Manager and the Graphic Design Lead, providing clear priorities, direction, and feedback.
• Mentor the creative team to foster growth, innovation, and craftsmanship across visual disciplines.
• Encourage cross-functional collaboration between design, production, and marketing teams to ensure cohesive creative storytelling.
• Support team capacity planning and resource allocation to balance creative demands and maintain quality.
• Oversee final quality control across all creative assets before release, ensuring brand consistency in composition, color, typography, and tone.
• Review photo, video, and design outputs for alignment with the Creative Director’s direction and brand guidelines.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in an agency or in-house creative environment, with a proven ability to lead and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.
• Deep knowledge of the Adobe Creative Cloud suite, with proficiency in Figma and emerging AI tools that enhance efficiency and expand creative possibilities.
• Comprehensive understanding of the full creative process, from concepting and pre-production to post, with the insight to guide, mentor, and support teams at every stage.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to connect creative decisions to brand, marketing, and business goals.
• 5+ years of experience in an agency or in-house creative environment, with a proven ability to lead and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience in Beauty, Cosmetics, and Nail brands leading Marketing, Creative, and Graphic Design.
• Art Directors with experience in film will not be considered.

Preferred

• Passionate about nails, beauty, and self-expression, with a strong understanding of, or curiosity to master, the nail industry, its trends, and its evolving aesthetics.
• Deep cultural awareness and trend sensitivity, with a strong pulse on pop culture, fashion, and digital aesthetics that influence the beauty and nail industry.