Art Director
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Posted on:
07-11-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Hi Im Laura the Chief Brand Officer here at JENNY BIRD. Were looking for an Art Director to join our team. I have been with the company for over 6 years and although we have managed to accomplish so much in that time it feels like were just getting started! It is amazing to look back at the way the company has evolved pivoted and scaled since its inception. We have an incredible team that are supportive of one another and I think thats what sets us apart from a lot of other places to work.
As Art Director at JENNY BIRD the execution of creative deliverables is on your shouldersincluding communicating creative ideas implementing marketing strategies and developing design solutions. Balancing creative thinking with interpersonal skills you champion creative concepts to project teams and lead their execution. With mentorship from a Creative Director to help you grow youll lead a team of designers to excellence. Most importantly you are driven by a passion for design and visual communication.
In this Role you will:
- Lead and manage the creative services team
- Translating Associate Creative Directors vision into tangible tasks
- Developing & upholding brand guidelines
- Ensuring a consistent visual identity across platforms
- Translating marketing insights and performance data into creative strategies that drive engagement and conversion
- Aligning creative storytelling with brand positioning and seasonal priorities
- Championing innovation in content formats and storytelling approaches across digital and physical touchpoints
- Ensuring creative executions reflect evolving market trends and audience behavior
- Providing creative leadership in cross-functional meetings to ensure cohesive communication between creative marketing eCommerce and product teams
- Build relationships with and manage photographers
- Take ownership of ecomm and off-figure photoshoots - making all ecomm photography selects and guide teams on their usage
- Final sign off on ecomm PDPs
- Conceptualizing sale periods campaign
- Take shared management of Creative budget
- Be the last look for all launches to ensure cohesiveness of storytelling and assets (including Site/App Emails Ads Social Wholesale Events Printed Material)
- Create all collection lookbooks
Qualifications:
- 5 years of work experience that demonstrates impeccable craft and command of creative concepts visual concepts art direction and design across a variety of projects with an emphasis on digital but working knowledge of print
- The ability to take projects from concept to completion with a history of translating strategic thinking into compelling and creative ideas
- Master prioritizer and multi-tasker
- Experience managing a team of designers
- Passion for design art fashion and culture - a trend hunter
- Expert in Adobe Creative Suite including (at minimum) Illustrator InDesign Premiere interactive PDF and Photoshop
- Experience managing budgets is an asset
- Leadership abilities to foster learning and excellence among team members
- Eagerness to collaborate with other creative people
Team Member Expectations:
We are looking for a compassionate and reliable individual who will lead with empathy inspire their teammates with a strong work ethic and support the growth of their peers through establishing relationships built on trust and respect.
As a brand we have seen incredible growth and success through our teams proactiveness curiosity and desire to learn while building. We look for team members who embody these traits and have the confidence and comfortability to collaborate laterally communicate ideas effectively and support the companys goals.
Perks:
- 3-weeks vacation 3 float days Summer Fridays (we close the office early at 1 pm)
- Your birthday off!
- A comprehensive benefits program health care spending account
- Parental Leave Top-Up
- Perks on JENNY BIRD products!
The Interview Process:
- Phone screening
- In person interview
- In Person Peer & Sr. Leadership team interviews
JENNY BIRD does not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment because of an individuals race ancestry colour place of origin religion gender gender identity national origin citizenship age disability sexual orientation family status or marital status or any other protected category recognized by provincial or federal laws.
Should you require any accommodation please inform us and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs. For any accessibility-related assistance requests for information in accessible alternative formats or to report any accessibility problems please share in your application or email.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Apple Keynote
- Graphic Design
- Illustration
- Photography
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Digital design
- Maya
- Web Design
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Indesign
About Company
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