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Art Director - Brand & Marketing
Net-a-Porter
London, , United Kingdom
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Since launching in February 2011, MR PORTER has established itself as the premier global online retail destination for men's style.
MR PORTER offers style advice, a weekly online magazine, The Journal, and a print publication, The Post, put together by a team of dedicated Editors and Creatives. Editorial content sits alongside the latest products from the world's leading designers. The site is curated, edited and served by an independent world-class team, benefiting from the global infrastructure of the YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP.
We are now looking for a talented Art Director to join the MR PORTER Brand and Marketing Creative Team ensuring delivery of all design assets to the highest standards, within budget and to deadline in line with the brand vision through the use of high-quality, innovative and eye-catching design and thereby improving the MR PORTER customer experience. We are seeking an experienced and creative individual with the ability to guide projects from initial concept stages through develop, execution and out to market.
Responsibilities:
• Responsible for development and implementation of ideas and designs for the creative output for the MR PORTER brand for both on and offline usage. Including but not limited to; email, onsite promotions, campaigns, The MR PORTER Post, direct mail, digital media, lookbooks corporate presentations, internal comms and branding initiatives as briefed.
• Manage the Brand creative design team, providing leadership, inspiration, guidance, support and direction. Encourage excellence, ambition and a team spirit
• Work with production to allocate resource within the team to greatest effect
• Work strategically to drive brand awareness and deliver strong sales through creative
• Work with the Creative Director to develop the MR PORTER visual brand identity ensuring this is central to all creative projects
• Establish MR PORTER creative endeavours as market leading, innovative and when possible as award winning.
• Develop and maintain relationships with photographers, film makers, illustrators, designers and their agents for Brand Creative and work strategically with other creative leads in the business to ensure the strongest approach to external talent
• Art direct and oversee art direction for fashion, beauty, still life shoots and video, ensuring our visuals are on-brand, diverse, contemporary and desirable within agreed budgets
• Keep up to date with emerging trends in fashion, design, film, art, media and technology where relevant to MR PORTER and the design team
• Provide support and assistance to the Creative Director.
Management:
• Collaborate with buying, marketing, tech, retail, photography and editorial to lead teams through product and marketing message concept process and projects.
• Develop the seasonal look and feel to support merchandising and buy strategies.
• Manage the design department through multiple projects planning and responsible for timely delivery of all creative projects.
• Create a world class creative team; Consistently review and evaluate team, conducting twice yearly appraisals, Identify needs for training and development, coaching and mentoring; Assess needs and conflicts within the department; Ensure teams function effectively to achieve NET-A-PORTER’s business goals.
• Review of project work for highest standards of quality, consistency, accuracy and successful project completion.
• Critically evaluate the creative process and work to improve with the creative team.
• Liaise with external contacts in the preparation of and delivery of design briefs for partnership or joint marketing sites.
• Identify and allocate team goals and objectives.
• Identify succession plan and recruitment needs for Design team.
• Manage design budget.
• Self-motivated and able to communicate with the wider MR PORTER team to ensure business needs are met
Essential Skills & Requirements:
• Proven depth of design and art direction experience in commercial/online retail environment
• Proven management experience
• Excellent verbal and visual communication skills
• Depth of experience across online, print, experiential design and a good understanding of UX
• Highly proficient in design, typography, retouching using Adobe Creative Suite
• Knowledge of HTML and CSS
• Detail orientated and extremely well organized
• A sense of humour and a passion for the MR PORTER customer and brand
Location: London, W12
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
To Apply:Please apply online with your CV and a supporting cover note explaining why you are suitable and interested in this opportunity.
YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP is an equal opportunities employer, if you require any reasonable adjustments to complete your application, please do not hesitate to advise us accordingly.
About Us:
YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP is the world’s leading online luxury fashion retailer. The Group is a Global company with Anglo-Italian roots, the result of a game-changing merger, which in October 2015, brought together YOOX GROUP and THE NET -A-PORTER GROUP; the two companies had revolutionized the luxury fashion industry since their birth in 2000.
YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP is a unique business with an unrivalled offering including multi-brand in-season online stores NET-A-PORTER, MR PORTER, multi-brand off-season online stores YOOX and THE OUTNET, as well as numerous ONLINE FLAGSHIP STORES, all “Powered by YNAP”. Through a joint venture established in 2012, YOOX NET -A-PORTER GROUP has partnered with Kering to manage the ONLINE FLAGSHIP STORES of several of the French Group's luxury brands.
Uniquely positioned in the high growth online luxury sector, YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP has an unrivalled client base of more than 2.5 million high-spending customers, 27 million monthly unique visitors worldwide and combined 2015 net revenues of €1.7 billion. The Group has offices and operations in the United States, Europe, Japan, China and Hong Kong and delivers to more than 180 countries around the world. YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP is listed on the Milan Stock Exchange as YNAP.
For further information: www.ynap.com