Senior Art Director; Studio

We’re the feel-good fashion brand making style accessible and fun for over 55 years, on our website, mobile app and over 300 stores in the UK.

By living our values - we play to win, customer obsessed, we are one and it starts with me - we deliver That New Look Feeling for our customers and each other.

The Senior Art Director, works closely with the Senior Styling Manager and the Creative & Design team to translate all New Look product into e-commerce product shoots always upholding and enhancing the New Look brand.

You will understand and support the vision of the Creative Director to ensure one creative vision across all New Look touch points. You will work closely with the Senior Styling Manager to evolve the art direction of the product pages each season in line with the look and feel of that season’s creative.

You will be an “easy to approach” outstanding people manager with the ability to motivate a team to do their very best for New Look. You will develop and maintain superb relationships with key stakeholders across New Look. You will enjoy working collaboratively with all members of the studio team as well as the NL creative and design teams. You are an excellent communicator at all levels.

The Senior Art Director will be on set daily (5 days per week) working with different teams across the week to enable all team members to understand the creative vision, develop their individual skill and be able to produce imagery of a similar level in every studio.

• 40% staff discount plus friends & family discounts throughout the year
• Access to our reward platform for external discount and offers
• Private pension scheme
• Profit related bonus scheme
• Option to join our Healthcare Private Medical Scheme
• Virtual GP access for you and your children – it allows you to speak to a doctor at a time and date that suits you
• All employees are covered by our life assurance policy from day one
• Unlock extra leave with our buy more holiday scheme.
• Celebrate YOU! Enjoy an extra paid day off on your birthday each year
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental leave
• Spread the cost of your commute with interest-free season ticket loans
• Do your bit for the environment and save money with our Cycle2
  
  Work scheme
• We're proud to partner with the Retail Trust and Fashion & Textile Children's Trust

Working closely with the Senior Styling Manager, you will both be responsible for producing best in class product imagery that showcases all New Look product in the best way possible.

• Art Direct daily e-com shoots across product categories including womenswear, menswear ad 915. This includes model and still life shoots. You will AD on shoots with different teams each day to ensure that all teams are able to produce a consistently high standard in every studio.
• You will be responsible for ensuring consistent Art Direction across all daily e com shoots and feeding back regularly where this has not been achieved, as well as acknowledging where people have done a great job.
• You are responsible for ensuring that the Daily target is met on your shoot (35 products per day for BAU / 20+ for focus shoots)
• You will be responsible for the final image selections on your shoot – always ensuring that the product is shown in the best way possible for maximum conversion to sales
• You will work closely with the Photography Managers and the Senior Styling Manager to develop the Art Direction for the New Look product pages – this includes seasonal lighting refreshes for BAU e com as well as lighting and background proposal for mini trends or special projects / categories.
• Working closely with the Photography Managers, you will responsible for producing a guide on best crops / poses for each product category. (This guide will also include crops and poses to avoid using.)
• You will clearly communicate creative direction at the beginning of each season using visual mood boards, references and Art Direction Guides.
• You are responsible for ensuring that all Art Direction / lighting / backgrounds / props have been approved in advance with the Creative Director.
• You will work with the Senior Styling…