Artist - Men's Apparel

REPORTING STRUCTURE:

Reports directly to Creative Director

STATUS:

Exempt, Full-Time

POSITION SUMMARY

Contributes to development of top-quality design with a licensed focus to support specialty, mid-tier, and mass retail accounts. This person has a thorough understanding of fashion within the retail space and can effectively and consistently translate direction for assigned accounts. The Senior Artist has exceptional creative capabilities and experience within licensed and non-licensed apparel.

The ideal candidate performs these duties under short deadlines while keeping tight communication with their teammates to ensure the level of accuracy and purpose expected. They will be able to think critically about cross development processes, etc. to ensure the most productive and meaningful use of company resources.

The Senior Artist works with Creative Directors, merchandising, and licensing teams on a multitude of different projects including seasonal retail graphic, fashion presentations and licensing creative pitches.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

• Artist is able to execute graphic direction, recognizing what is important to the viability, intention, and aesthetics as needed
• Is able to self-direct as a normal practice given necessary project information

• Create artwork reflective of marketplace trends that are appropriate for the customer

• Work directly with cross-functional teams to meet all timelines
• Artist maintains a solid knowledge of our current licenses and the design restrictions associated with each
• Artist can navigate restrictions through creative problem solving and working effectively with the licensing team
• Artist can effectively communicate with peers as required for daily tasks
• Artist can effectively communicate with leadership including, but not limited to, daily tasks, their workload, their struggles, their design concepts, their thoughts on personal or global improvement

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must have advanced knowledge and abilities with Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office
• Self-motivated, with excellent communication and sound written skills
• Strong desire to interact with cross-functional teams to accomplish company goals