Sr. Art Director - Photography

Lead the photographic look and production engine behind Ann Sacks’ direct-to-consumer tile brand, shaping visual standards across every customer touchpoint.

Responsibilities

• Own the brand’s photographic and image-based visual expression across all channels to maintain a cohesive, premium aesthetic.
• Define, document, and continuously evolve the photography standards, styling principles, and creative style guides.
• Set seasonal creative concepts and campaign visual direction aligned to brand and commercial objectives.
• Write creative briefs that translate marketing, merchandising, and product strategies into visual storytelling.
• Run creative reviews and approvals for photography, rendered imagery, and related visual assets to ensure brand alignment.
• Act as the creative authority for photography and visual storytelling, balancing brand consistency with channel-specific needs.
• Lead lifestyle photography productions from concept through final delivery.
• Own shoot planning, including budgets, timelines, logistics, locations, shot lists, casting, and production schedules.
• Art direct photographers, stylists, prop stylists, hair and makeup artists, and production teams during shoots.
• Oversee product detail page (PDP) photography to ensure accurate product representation, conversion support, and consistent visual standards.
• Art direct CGI and render production, partnering with external render vendors for realistic, premium imagery.
• Guide image selection, editing, retouching, color correction, and final asset approvals.
• Build and manage relationships with photographers, stylists, agencies, freelance creatives, and render partners.
• Negotiate and manage photography licensing agreements, usage rights, and renewals.
• Own Digital Asset Management (DAM) oversight to ensure assets are properly tagged, organized, versioned, and easy to access.
• Develop scalable workflows for asset management, approvals, and distribution across teams.
• Partner with Marketing, Merchandising, Product Development, and PR to support launches, campaigns, and ongoing priorities.
• Collaborate on seasonal content planning and marketing calendars.
• Balance creative excellence with business goals, timelines, and budgets.
• Ensure imagery meets the needs of every channel, including:
  • eCommerce product pages (PDPs)
  • Website and landing pages
  • Email marketing
  • Organic and paid social media
  • Digital advertising
  • Public relations and editorial outreach
  • Print collateral
  • Sales and retailer support materials
  • Trade shows and events

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in art direction, photography direction, creative production, or related creative leadership roles in a DTC, eCommerce, lifestyle, home, or luxury brand.
• Exceptional portfolio showing lifestyle photography, visual storytelling, and brand building.
• Strong understanding of direct-to-consumer marketing and eCommerce creative best practices.
• Deep appreciation for interior design, architecture, home furnishings, or luxury home products, with an instinct for trends, styling, and materiality.
• Proven experience leading photo shoots from concept through execution.
• Experience art directing CGI/render production.
• Experience managing photographers, stylists, agencies, freelancers, and other creative vendors.
• Knowledge of photography licensing, image rights, and usage agreements.
• Experience managing Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems and creative asset libraries.
• Outstanding visual judgment with a meticulous eye for composition, lighting, color, styling, and detail.
• Excellent project management and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple initiatives at once.

Technologies

• Shopify
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Figma
• Digital Asset Management (DAM)

Benefits

• Day 1 benefits (access to applicable benefit programs from your first day on the job, with no waiting period)
• Performance bonus/variable incentive compensation

Work Environment

• Office environment including desk work and use of standard office equipment (computer, keyboard, mouse, phone, video conferencing tools).
• Ability to move throughout the workplace to attend meetings, access shared resources, and collaborate with colleagues.
• Ability to communicate effectively in person, by telephone, and through digital communication platforms.
• Ability to review information and data on a computer screen for extended periods of time.

Working Conditions

• Climate controlled office; generally quiet-to-moderate noise level with intermittent background noise due to proximity to manufacturing operations.
• Periodic business travel for photoshoots, approximately 10% of the time.

Location: Portland, OR (onsite)

Compensation: USD 79,900 - 121,900 per yearly