Overview About PHOENIX P HOENIX Retail, LLC is a retail platform operating the Express and Bonobos brands worldwide. Express is a multichannel apparel brand dedicated to a design philosophy rooted in modern, confident and effortless style whether dressing for work, everyday or special occasions. Bonobos is a menswear brand known for being pioneers of exceptional fit and a personalized, innovative retail model. Customers can experience our brands in over 400 Express retail and Express Factory Outlet stores, 50 Bonobos Guideshops, and online at www.express.com and www.bonobos.com. About Bonobos We are on a mission to make fits and connections that inspire people to be themselves. Our Bonobos menswear brand is known for being a style instigator and offering perfect-fit risks through our innovative retail model and personalized experience. Launched online in 2007 with its signature line of chinos, Bonobos now offers a variety of styles available to order online and to try on at any one of our 60+ Guideshop locations. Our Guideshops are in -real-life stores that deliver one-on-one service and expert fit advice. Don't think traditional retail, Bonobos is something you haven't seen before. The Bonobos team is vibrant, collaborative, and inclusive. We value self-awareness, empathy, intellectual honesty, positive energy, and judgment, often over experience. We've created a culture where collaboration and communication are paramount, all while making time for fun and celebrating extraordinary efforts. Location Name New York Office Responsibilities And Qualifications The Associate Art Director is responsible for contributing to the seasonal art direction, to support the development and execution of multi-channel marketing campaigns and brand assets in support of the company's growth initiatives. Additionally, this individual will assist pre and post production processes. This role will consist of providing support to the Brand Art Director and Creative Director on all Seasonal Brand Campaign photography shoots, digital asset management, fielding retouching requests, ensuring quality control and brand standards for campaign images, and providing digital-tech support when needed. Reporting into the Art director, this role will manage the workflow (retouching, uploading, and archiving) of all Bonobos campaign photography and motion assets. This role will partner closely with Creative, Production, Marketing, Merchandising, and Ecommerce teams to ensure all photo assets are properly filed, labeled, and easily accessible. Key Responsibilities Art Direction, Retouching Guidance, Data Asset Management • Provides art direction support to the Bonobos Art Director, and aligned with overall brand and creative guidelines, and web/ecommerce performance standards • Maintains the creative vision for Bonobos, ensuring that all visual content aligns with the brand's guidelines and is consistent with the overall Bonobos brand aesthetic • Partners with the Art Director to brief and collaborate with internal and external photographers and studio technicians to ensure consistency and quality of all campaign assets including product still photography, motion capture, and on-model • Supports the Art Director in all efforts in being a conduit between the Bonobos Creative and Brand teams to ensure model selection, hair and makeup, artist selection and guidance, photographer selection, set design, and soft stylist maintains and enhances Bonobos • Collaborates with Bonobos Marketing team to ensure that creative strategies support and enhance brand messaging and business goals • Liaise with external retouchers to ensure brand and creative guidelines and standards are met, perform additional corrections to retouched assets (e.g., fixing erroneous colors, matching between laydowns/on model images shot on different days), and also retouching high end editorial photos, as needed • Manage digital assets by managing the pipeline of campaign photos following shoots: validate that all products from shot list are done, sent out for retouching, set deadlines with retouchers for return, and also processing campaign photos following retouching: crop specialty images using PS, order and rename files, apply metadata, upload to Box, apply organizational structure to facilitate easy access of files • Support the development and maintenance of Bonobos branded guidelines for both on-figure and product photography • Stay up to date with emerging trends in design, technology, and e-commerce to ensure that our creative approach remains relevant and competitive Required Experience & Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in photography or liberal arts, or relevant field experience • 0-3 years experience in similar fields, have worked on / assisted photographers in a digital capacity • Strong understanding of photography, photo equipment / lighting, and retouching process • Strong knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, Capture One, JIRA, Trello and Global Edit • Experience working with digital asset management systems and applying metadata to images Critical Skills & Attributes • Strong collaborator and enjoys working cross-functionally with teams (from different departments and locations) • Understand the importance of deadlines, time management, transparency, workflow, and cross-lane communication • Super detail-oriented, meticulous, and hold high standards for work output • Skilled retoucher who enjoys working autonomously, but also within a team • Willing to assist with all ad-hoc and admin photo studio needs for shoots • Enjoys all things photo and menswear Benefits and Compensation: PHOENIX offers a range of benefits to help protect full-time associate's health and long-term financial security including: • Medical, pharmacy, dental and vision coverage • 401(k) and Roth 401(k) with Company match • Merchandise discount • Paid Time Off • Parental leave for new moms and dads For part-time associates, PHOENIX is partnering with LIG Solutions to help associates obtain individual insurance coverage that best fits their needs and budget, including major medical, dental, vision, supplemental insurance, life Insurance and more. Additionally, part-time associates may be eligible to receive paid sick leave, public health emergency leave and to participate in the 401(k) and Roth 401(k) with Company match. Part-time associates may also be eligible to participate in the Bonobos Guideshop Incentive Plan. Actual compensation offered is dependent upon a number of factors including, but not limited to, work location, education, relevant skills and experience of the candidate. Pay Range $64,000 - $88,000 Closing An equal opportunity employer, PHOENIX does not discriminate in recruiting, hiring or any other terms and conditions of employment hiring on the basis of any federal, state, or locally protected characteristic. PHOENIX only hires individuals authorized for employment in the United States. PHOENIX is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you need an accommodation to search and apply for a job position due to a disability, please call 1-800-964-9793 and say 'Associate Relations' or send an e-mail to AssociateRelations@Express.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Notification to Agencies : Please note that PHOENIX does not accept unsolicited resumes or calls from third-party recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Master Service Agreement and approval from HR to submit resumes for a specific requisition, PHOENIX will not consider or approve payment to any third-parties for hires made.