Art Director Lead, Amazon Imaging Services

5 to 8 Years    Gurgaon (Haryana)

Job Description

Who We Are?
Amazon Imaging is building one of the worlds best online shopping experience through photography, video, 3D, graphic design, and usability design enabling millions of customers to make more informed purchasing decisions. Imaging at Amazon is a large and fast-growing network of teams located throughout North America, Europe and Asia, focusing on fashion and product photography, photo retouching, graphic design, video and CGI production, automated image acquisition, and image support services. Amazon is continually innovating and setting new industry standards for showcasing tens of millions of products across multiple global marketplaces. Amazon is obsessed with innovating on behalf of its customers, and continually pushes beyond the boundaries of traditional e-commerce photography and videography.
Primary responsibilities include:

Creating the concepts and art directing photography and video production projects
Present design solutions to business partners for concept and layout approval
Plan, conceptualize and execute elevated image content
Filter creative direction from the Creative Director or Senior Art Director to the on-set teams, creating inspirational, contemporary content
Building layouts and creative briefs for the on-set photo/video team(s) to produce
Approving imagery on set and via remote approval
Direct and motivate creative teams, producing informative, elevated e-commerce imagery
Always have the customer in mind, utilizing innovation and understand that the creative treatment is critical in the design of an inspirational shopping experience.
Participating in the creation, maintenance and updating of style guides.
Recommending creative resourcing solutions and overseeing outsourced design and production.
Working with Production team member and Photography teams to schedule the appropriate talent for assignments.
Foster an environment of multidisciplinary collaboration, innovation and creative problem-solving.

Key job responsibilities
Planning and executing photo and video shoots that deliver against project goals
Building and updating style guides and technical standards for both on-figure and off-figure and in-studio fashion photography and motion capture videos
Presenting conceptual directions and retrospectives to creative and production stakeholders
Identifying potential freelance talent who can raise the bar on creative output
Collaborating with internal and external stylists, photographers and other stakeholders to compose shot lists and individual looks
Collaborating with editors and social marketers to identify areas for experimentation with new content formats
A day in the life
In this role, you will own the creation of in-studio photography and video content as part of a cross-functional creative team. You will work closely with producers, photographers, editors, stylists, creative directors, and designers to plan the creative and merchandising specifics of each shoot, ensuring that all elements combine to result in consistent and inspiring content.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS Basic Qualifications:

An online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating visual branding, online marketing, and great user-centered design solutions
Minimum of 5 years of experience with an agency or creative team
Experience with design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
5 years experiences in design and digital marketing
Bachelor's degree in design or equivalent professional experience
Experience in photo and/or video art direction and managing on set production
Experience defining or maintaining a design style guide or branding guidelines
Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills and the ability to gracefully defend your design decisions to executive management

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Preferred Qualifications:

Diverse experience across photography, videography, graphic design, animation, illustration and 3D design, CGI and synthetic model creation
Understanding of design layout and the need to accurately translate concepts
Drive to source data, build and deliver business cases to drive image treatment change
Relentless desire for innovation, balanced with business and user interaction priorities
Ability to recognise and nurture talent
Strong leadership skills to oversee the work of other artists
Creativity and superb communication to develop products that meet clients' needs
Ability to prioritize work and manage deadlines
Excellent knowledge of design, typography, photography and illustration
Successful team-management experience

Job details
IN, HR, Gurgaon

Audio / Video / Photography Production
Education: Any Graduate
Industry: Consumer Durables/FMCG, Warehousing

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  • Job Id
    JD2898227
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Gurgaon (Haryana),
  • Education
    Not mentioned
  • Experience
    5 to 8 Years