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The Amazon Elevated Shopping (éShop) Global Design team is seeking an Art Director to join our team, supporting the creation of elevated content across Premium and Luxury workstreams-primarily within fashion and beauty. This includes high-visibility campaign creative, creative guardrail development, technological experimentation, marketing and advertising design, and product presentation on Amazon.com.
The ideal candidate will have a strong professional background directing the creation of best-in-class fashion and beauty content across different placements. This role requires an exceptional eye for fashion, visual composition, and attention to detail, alongside a deep understanding of trends, customer aspirations, and technical execution with creative teams. The Art Director must be comfortable working within Premium and Luxury brand guidelines with a strong focus on fashion and beauty categories, while bringing innovative, forward-thinking, and aspirational ideas to elevate the visual experience.
The candidate should also be adept at leveraging AI image generation as part of the creative process-both to communicate early concepts during pitches and to develop polished, publish-ready visual assets-using AI as a tool to accelerate ideation, refine storytelling, and push the boundaries of what editorial content can achieve.
You will work under the guidance of a Creative Director and collaborate closely with other creatives, including Art Directors, Designers, UX Designers, Design Technologists and post-production creatives. Additionally, you will be responsible for communicating with both internal partners and external stakeholders to deliver innovative results through all stages-from concept development to final execution.
Key job responsibilities
• Present fashion-focused creative solutions to business partners and senior stakeholders for concept approval, clearly articulating the creative vision and strategic rationale.
• Plan, concept, and execute elevated campaigns and editorial content across seasonal moments-from initial ideation through to final delivery.
• Develop comprehensive creative guardrails that define the visual direction, tone, styling approach, and quality expectations for execution partners.
• Create high-quality generative AI assets that align with brand tone and visual standards, iterating on outputs in response to creative feedback and evolving project needs.
• Art direct and inspire creative teams-including photographers, stylists, freelance designers, retouchers and video editors-while maintaining luxury standards throughout production.
• Create aspirational shopping experiences through sophisticated visual storytelling that resonates with the luxury consumer.
• Drive innovation in luxury fashion presentation-exploring new formats, technologies, and creative approaches while maintaining brand consistency.
• Ensure consistent visual excellence across all fashion content, acting as a quality gatekeeper from concept to publish.
• Work with Designers to create CX mock-ups and design layouts in Figma that clearly demonstrate and align teams around the creative vision.
• Develop creative storyboards in Figma to support motion and video content direction.
A day in the life
• Art direct and concept innovative creative solutions in collaboration with your team and stakeholders-from campaign ideation or guardrail methodology through to final delivery.
• Ensure all creative output meets exacting quality standards and aligns with Premium and Luxury brand identities and business objectives.
• Stay current with fashion, design, and technology trends-identifying opportunities for creative innovation and refinement.
• Present creative work and strategic rationale to senior leadership and stakeholders, articulating the vision behind design decisions.
About the team
The éShop Design team is a global creative authority redefining luxury and premium brand storytelling. We act as taste-makers-setting the creative vision and establishing the standards that define content excellence across new and bespoke workstreams. We provide creative direction that bridges human artistry with AI innovation: concepting breakthrough campaigns, incubating brand-safe experiences, and developing the pitch materials that shape how Premium and Luxury content is presented. Our role is to define the "what" and "why"-the creative vision, the quality bar, and the guardrails that ensure brand integrity-empowering our studio and digital partners to focus on execution excellence.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of design experience
- Have an available online portfolio
- Experience in Adobe Creative Suit applications, with high proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and Acrobat using macOS
- Knowledge of branding guidelines and corporate identity, visual design, print and digital layout design, with experience in designing for both mobile and desktop applications
- Bachelor's degree
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with e-commerce, search, social, and other major application types and their UX patterns
- Experience creating services and applications with multiple user touch points on different platforms and devices
- Usage of generative AI tools to enhance workflow efficiency, with a willingness to learn effective prompting and evaluation practices
- Ability to recognize opportunities where generative AI could enhance products, workflows, or customer experiences
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, NY, New York - 132,500.00 - 185,000.00 USD annually