We are looking for a Senior Art Director for a top beauty company in NYC! Reporting to the VP Creative, the Senior Social Art Director will lead cross-functional collaboration across the creative team to concept, execute and deliver high-impact creative for our social media platforms and paid media.

• Location: 4 days onsite, 1 day remote
• Pay Rate: $52/hour
• Employment Type: Temp to Perm

Responsibilities

• Partner with VP Creative, VP Marketing, Social Media Manager and Public Relations Manager on concepting and art direction for all social media channels and paid social owns output
• Lead concept ideation and visualization for social campaigns across platforms, aligned to NPL and evergreen creative cadences
• Drive visual research and trend interpretation across photography, video and social to maintain and grow platform engagement
• Collaborate with the production team to build shoot schedules, run-of-show documents and casting summaries
• Manage and mentor graphic designers, content creators, video editors and retouchers

On set

• Support the Creative Director and campaign Art Directors on secondary sets; oversee campaign and evergreen social and digital needs
• Manage social capture sets for on-figure, still-life and video

Post production

• Supervise designers in maintaining tight image and typography reproduction standards
• Oversee retouching and video post-production in partnership with the team to uphold high standards across all platforms

Key competencies

• Relevant art direction experience in beauty and/or fashion, including graphic design, concepting and on-set team management
• Social native with deep fluency in emerging trends across Instagram, TikTok and YouTube; able to reinterpret for the brand environment
• Strong familiarity with beauty and lifestyle talent and the broader social community
• Knowledge of beauty and fashion photography and cinema is a strong asset
• Strong graphic design foundation with technical typography skills
• Proficient in InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Premiere
• Post-production oversight experience across both still

Qualifications:

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Fine Arts, Visual Communications or a related field — or equivalent professional experience
• 8+ years of art direction experience, with significant time in beauty, fashion or lifestyle brands
• Proven track record concepting and executing social-first creative across social media channels
• Experience managing and directing creative teams including designers, editors and retouchers
• Strong on-set experience managing social capture for both still and video
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Premiere
• Post-production oversight experience across still and video

Preferred

• Experience at a DTC, prestige beauty brand, or background in fashion preferred

If you meet the required qualifications and are interested in this role, please apply today. 

The Solomon Page Distinction

Solomon Page offers a comprehensive benefit program for hourly employees. We pride ourselves on offering medical, dental, 401(k), direct deposit and commuter benefits to our employees, including freelancers - which sets us apart in the industries we serve.

About Solomon Page

Founded in 1990, Solomon Page is a specialty niche provider of staffing and executive search solutions across a wide array of functions and industries. The success of Solomon Page reflects an organic growth strategy supported by a highly entrepreneurial culture. Acting as a strategic partner to our clients and candidates, we focus on providing customized solutions and building long-term relationships based on trust, respect, and the consistent delivery of excellent results. For more information and additional opportunities, visit: solomonpage.com and connect with us on Facebook, and LinkedIn.

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