Director, Visual Creative - Ready to Wear

New York City, NY (On-site)

$136K/yr – $227K/yrDirector/Executive7+ years expFull time

Posted 13 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end visual merchandising strategy for a designated family, shaping concepts, trends, and storytelling while leading a team and collaborating across Merchants, Marketing, and vendors.

  • Lead seasonal narratives and presentation strategies across the customer journey.
  • Oversee budgeting and resource planning to deliver high-quality creative work.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to execute key campaigns and fashion moments.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead the creative development of visual merchandising concepts and presentations for a designated family of business, ensuring every customer touchpoint reflects a compelling and distinctive point of view.
  • Identify emerging cultural, design, retail, and consumer trends, translating inspiration into new visual concepts that keep Macy’s relevant, engaging, and ahead of customer expectations.
  • Create inspiring seasonal narratives, styling concepts, and presentation strategies that elevate product storytelling and strengthen the emotional connection between customers and the brand.
  • Partner with Merchants, Marketing, the Fashion Office, and Vendor Partners to bring key campaigns, fashion moments, trend stories, and special events to life across the customer journey.
  • Challenge conventional thinking and continuously explore new approaches, technologies, and creative solutions that enhance the in-store experience and evolve visual standards.
  • Provide direction, coaching, and feedback to field teams to ensure visual concepts are executed consistently while allowing for thoughtful interpretation based on store environments and customer needs.
  • Oversee the planning and delivery of visual initiatives from concept through installation, ensuring seamless coordination across teams, vendors, and key stakeholders.
  • Manage project budgets and resources to deliver high-quality creative work while maintaining financial discipline.
  • Develop and inspire a team of visual professionals by fostering creativity, curiosity, collaboration, and continuous growth.
  • Guide teams in prioritizing work and allocating resources to support business objectives while maintaining creative excellence.

Requirements

  • Candidates with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in a related field are encouraged to apply.
  • 5-7 years of relevant experience and 5+ years of leadership experience.
  • 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.
  • Able to work a flexible schedule based on department and company needs.

Benefits

  • Join a team where work is as rewarding as it is fun! We offer a dynamic, inclusive environment with competitive pay and benefits.
  • Enjoy comprehensive health and wellness coverage and a 401(k) match to invest in your future.
  • Prioritize your well-being with paid time off and eight paid holidays.
  • Grow your career with continuous learning and leadership development.
  • Plus, build community by joining one of our Colleague Resource Groups and make a difference through our volunteer opportunities.
  • Some additional benefits we offer include:
  • Merchandise discounts
  • Performance-based incentives
  • Annual merit review
  • Employee Assistance Program with mental health counseling and legal/financial advice
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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

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