CAREERS

We are looking for a Junior Art Director who can merge a fine art sensibility with advertising storytelling. They must be a great communicator, get a ton done, and love a good debate that leads to making smart decisions. And most importantly, they must be able to balance creativity with pragmatism.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work closely with Creative and Brand Director to understand brand objectives; use this information as the foundation to create clear creative briefs that ensure the team does not go off of the rails and create "amazing work with no purpose".
• When presented data: if it feels off, actively ignore, if it's suspect, aggressively question, and if it checks out, embrace it.
• Ensure information from (planning, sales, social) is a data point and never a directive.

• Collaborate with senior creative leadership (Creative Director, Brand Director, Director of Media, and Director of Creative Operations) to develop and refine visual concepts for campaigns, editorial content, and all digital platforms.
• Prepare visuals for campaigns based on the agreed upon creative/visual direction of the team. Build and present mood boards, visual references, and ideas for creative treatments. These boards encourage robust and sometimes frustrating debate and are the foundation for making decisions and moving forward creatively.
• Contribute small scale artistic elements directly (e.g. painting for a specific set piece, styling props, arranging florals). In other words, Pinterest boards are not a thing. You must be able to actually create—mood boards can help convey what you want to do but your hands need to be able to make stuff. Good stuff.
• Create clear briefs for outside vendors and fabricatiors; work only with "good" people—there are lots of assholes that circle around the fashion industry, we are not impressed with them and we keep them at bay. Work directly with the Director of Creative Operations to ensure you haven't blown a fortune with little return of investment.
• Provide clearly written briefs to graphics team that keep the story front and center. Avoid requests like tiny fonts tucked into corners or other design choices that, while well intentioned, can distract from the message.
• We're a small team that avoids overscheduling meetings and instead focuses on getting things done. You'll take ownership of monitoring branding assets to ensure consistency across all mediums, with the support of the team. At times, you'll need to deliver difficult feedback when something—despite strong attachment or high engagement metrics—doesn't align with our priorities. We value a cohesive brand identity over short term clicks.
• Take part and/or lead brainstorm sessions where people throw out ideas in the knowledge that not all ideas are good ideas. If something isn't working, help move discussions on quickly—but also recognize what isn't working today may be pulled out and used a year from now. It doesn't make us/you wrong for rejecting it at the time. It means we know when right is right.
• Make sure if you're going to wax on about an idea, or entertain a team member's idea, that you aggressively poke at it to ensure it's focused and benchmarked against marketing objectives and purpose. You know the best creative stops us in our tracks (or from scrolling) and delivers on objectives at the same time.
• No dancing cats, just because they can. In fact, since anything can be made now, it's more important than ever that we build with purpose. Our purpose.  

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in fashion, creative agency, or advertising agency.
• Demonstrated experience in a physical art medium (e.g. painting, set styling, prop curation, floral arranging, sculpture) with the ability to apply that skill to brand storytelling.
• Experience creating briefs for the creative team and directing freelance creatives.
• A portfolio that reflects both artistic sensibility and marketing-driven storytelling.
• Understanding of visual narrative from concept to completion.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator) and familiarity with photography/video workflows.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams.
• Passionate about style, culture, and the craft of visual communication, bringing a wide range of visual and cultural references from art, film, literature, and design into the creative process.

Salary ranges from $75-105k commensurate with experience.
To apply, please send resume and cover letter to juniorad@tibi.com.