Senior Art Director - Significant Other

Senior Art Director: Significant Other Who Are We: We are an Adelaide based fashion house that began nearly 10 years ago with the now globally recognised brand ‘Acler’. Acler is a female founded and led business that at its heart, celebrates quality textiles, masterful craftsmanship and accessible luxury pieces. From the success of Acler grew our second brand ‘Significant Other’. Significant Other is a pioneering force for artisanal luxury and resort-wear, a renowned presence in the Australian and international markets. Both brands have expanded rapidly, with an ever-growing list of major retailers across the US, EU, UK and Middle East. It was important to Creative Directors and brand founders Kathryn Forth and Julia Ritorto, to keep Acler & Significant Other’s operations in South Australia. To nurture talent in their home-state and offer employment opportunities that otherwise might only be found in Australia’s major cities. Furthermore, integrity is at the heart of everything we do, from setting up a Scholarship opportunity for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander students, to our overarching work in the Reconciliation space and our ongoing charity partnerships with local not-for-profits, we’re committed to being excellent and doing excellent things. If you’re an excellent human, who resonates with the above; please assess your skills* against the requirements below. What We Offer: ·     An empowering female founded and led environment. We know the juggle of work & parenthood, once a month health challenges, and all that’s in between, that’s why we have a team first culture. We also encourage all identities in our workplace; if successful you will be welcomed into a friendly, kind, and open working environment.·     We offer a fun and supportive working environment; we encourage 360 feedback from direct reports to managers and vice versa. We know a happy team is an effective and pro-active team and offer managerial support and training throughout the year to foster this culture.·     We’re passionate about continuing our operations in South Australia and keeping talent in the state. To do this we offer competitive salaries and work flexibility. A hybrid working from the office /working from home schedule is encouraged, and we’re happy to flex working hours to fit around study and/or parenting schedules. Or, maybe you’re a morning person and want to come in early so you can leave by 4pm? Or, you want to start a bit later at 9.30am? That’s ok too.·     We have a strong staff retention rate and we’re passionate about offering staff growth and development opportunities so they can stay and grow here as we continue to expand. Employees are encouraged to seek out relevant training programmes they can undertake to support both their own learning and our company growth.·     We have excelled as a business, so much so we were driven to start another business. We have highly skilled teams to both create and promote our globally coveted pieces. This is an opportunity to be part of that, and work alongside people who are nothing short of remarkable.·     Last (but certainly not least) we offer a lucrative staff discount. Each season all employees can purchase yet to be released pieces from both brands in their size, and because we drop new arrivals every month – staff orders arrive monthly! You’ll also receive first access to our famous annual sample sale. *We’ve seen the research that suggests that women and underrepresented groups often don’t apply for roles because they don’t feel they fit enough of the criteria. Even if you’re only 60% there, we’d like to hear from you. Scope of Role:As Senior Art Director you will lead the vision for creative assets for the Significant Other brand. You will own the overarching Creative Strategy and develop and maintain brand guidelines and visual benchmarks to ensure a consistent brand identity. You will be an experienced brand storyteller to build a strong visual and emotional universe around the brand and bring outstanding creativity to develop and present original concepts and visual directions each season. You will work with the Founders to realise their vision through creative, the Producer to ensure impeccable delivery and Graphic Designer on post production. The role is responsible for conceiving, executing and overseeing the development, production and post-production of seasonal photoshoots, plus social media content, web-site, events, and brand & marketing collateral. You will report to the CMO. Please Note: We have advertised for both a Senior Art Director and Art Director role - we are open to both experience levels. The Senior Art Director must demonstrate experience in owning creative strategy and brand guidelines. Both roles will oversee the ideation and execution of seasonal photoshoots and should have experience with ready to wear fashion. Duties Include: Lead Creative Strategy & Brand Guidelines●     Lead the vision and creative strategy for Significant Other visual assets; working closely with the Creative Director to oversee the visual identity that you bring to life across all visual assets.●     Develop brand guidelines, templates and best practice processes, coaching internal teams on brand standards and overseeing consistency across all visual assets.●     Collect global market intelligence for our peers and competitors’ assets, and use this to drive innovation of our own brands. Leadership of Photoshoots & Creative Asset Delivery●   Create visually impactful and innovative concepts for still and motion in line with brand, creative and marketing strategy.●   Lead and execute creative shoot projects from concept to completion, including Campaign, Lookbook & E-Com across four Significant Other collections each year. Plus brand & marketing collateral such as Look Books, Web Site, EDMs, advertising layouts, social media content and packaging.●     Through collaboration with the Producer and Creative Directors, determine the creative team, locations, models, styling, and props to elevate each photoshoot.●     Lead outfitting for campaign and lookbook shoots.●     Direct creative teams on-set at photoshoots (12 Per Year); leading creative teams to deliver on their roles, directing the model, making selects and ensuring we are delivering high quality assets.●     Lead the Graphic Designer to deliver the full edit process. Including model and garment touch ups, post processing and cropping - managing internal and external timelines to deliver to stakeholders on time and to a high quality.Creative Collaboration●     Drive close collaboration with the Creative Director, meeting weekly to continue refining our Creative Strategy and to ideate opportunities to innovate through our shoots and visual assets.●     Collaborate closely with the Producer, who will deliver on the timeline, operations, logistics, budget and stakeholder communication of each project to ensure each are delivered on time.●     Work in collaboration with the Graphic Designer to deliver the full edit process, including retouching, post processing and cropping.●     Together with the CMO and Marketing & Communications Manager, map and plan for all campaigns, social & digital content and translate brand vision and codes into content that resonates with our audience.●     Provide Art Direction consultation to the Social & Content Executive to elevate their deliverables, also supporting to plan the aesthetic of in-house motion content.●     Work with the PR Executive to execute brand aligned events and input on content creators that align well with our desired brand aesthetic. Requirements:·     Based in Adelaide Head Office or remote from Sydney.·     10+ years’ experience in art direction for a ready to wear fashion brand.·     Strong art direction skills, from idea conception to execution and post-production.·     Creative portfolio of previous work highlighting high quality assets for premium fashion brands.·     Experience leading a brands visual asset strategy and aptitude for original, creative ideas.·     Ability to produce global brand assets of a high standard.·     Extensive Fashion Photoshoot experience including pre and post production.·     Highly organised, with an ability to optimise flows and efficiency and able to work at a fast pace to meet strict deadlines.·     Ability to communicate effectively with internal stakeholders.·     Skilled user of Adobe Suite (including Photoshop and InDesign). Figma Lightroom Premiere Pro and After Effects experience advantageous.·     Experience managing multiple projects at the one time.·     Willing to travel to Adelaide for photoshoots (if Sydney based) and work out of hours as necessary during photoshoot periods.How to ApplyPlease provide your CV, portfolio, and cover letter outlining how you meet the requirements for the role.Deadline for applications is Friday 14th November.Portfolios and salary enquiries can be submitted by email to Hazel Farrington, HR Coordinator to hazel@acler.com.au.