Senior Art Director

Bloomingdale’s is seeking a Senior Art Director (RTW) to lead creative direction and help bring brand strategy to life across digital and offline experiences. Based onsite in Long Island City, NY, this role focuses on elevated, on-brand design that supports bloomingdales.com, omni-channel seasonal campaigns, promotional materials, email templates, and digital look books.

In this position, you’ll guide visual storytelling from concept through delivery, collaborate closely with cross-functional partners, and ensure consistent execution across channels. You’ll also support shoots through on-set art direction and help scale creative output by coordinating freelance talent as needed.

What you’ll do

• Build and maintain brand style guides, omni-channel seasonal campaigns, and day-to-day digital assets spanning editorial and sale
• Concept and design campaign collateral from inception to completion in partnership with cross-functional peers
• Develop visual standards to ensure cohesive branding across digital channels, including enforcing template use and best practices
• Partner with internal and external teams to understand business objectives and create solution-based creative that advances brand strategy
• Provide on-set photo art direction, guiding visual storytelling and maintaining brand consistency during photoshoots
• Identify, hire, and manage freelance creative talent (designers, illustrators, photographers, stylists) to deliver projects on time and to a high standard
• Stay current on design, cultural, and marketing trends to keep the brand’s visual identity fresh and relevant
• Contribute to content creation strategies, aligning visuals and messaging across platforms
• Recommend improvements to optimize communications through better content, coding, and personalization
• Apply expertise in responsive grid design with mobile-first execution; animation experience is a plus
• Use strong fundamentals in typography, design, color, and graphics
• Drive innovation in affiliate marketing through advanced tracking, app enablement, first-party data activation, and emerging technologies
• Balance creative direction with business needs while thinking creatively, strategically, and technically

Key skills and qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from a 4-year college or university or related experience
• 5+ years of direct design and art direction experience, ideally in fashion, lifestyle, luxury retail, or creative agency environments
• Open, continuous communication habits, including presenting information clearly and keeping others informed
• Strong leadership, facilitation, and interpersonal skills with experience collaborating across functional lines at multiple levels
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma; motion/animation skills are a strong plus
• Deep fluency in current design, cultural, and marketing trends, including the language of high-end fashion and lifestyle branding
• Proven success directing on-set photography and managing freelance creative talent
• Ability to work a flexible schedule based on department and company needs
• Ability to perform essential job functions involving communication, collaboration, and use of office and computer systems, including accessing and reviewing written and electronic information and moving within the work environment as needed

Technologies

• Adobe Creative Suite
• Figma

Compensation and location

Location: Long Island City, NY 11101 (onsite)
Salary: USD 108,120 - 180,360 per year

Benefits

• Performance-based incentives/bonuses
• 401k
• Medical/vision/dental/life/disability insurance options
• PTO accruals
• Holidays
• Additional benefit details available at bloomingdalesJOBS.com (eligibility requirements may apply based on location, job level, classification, and length of employment)