NET-A-PORTER is an established global Internet retailer of cutting edge luxury fashion labels relied upon for its exceptional quality of service and eye for the next big thing. With an expanding domestic and global market, and revenues increasing month on month, critical strategic change is on the agenda, in order for us to achieve the objective of dominating our sector as a truly successful force in online retail.
We are seeking a talented and inspiring Art Editor to oversee the increasing output of Marketing & Promotional material produced. You will oversee a talented & growing team of Designers & Junior Designers and you will lead them to create beautiful emails, lookbooks and other marketing driven design output. This position will be a 12 month fixed term contract.
“The site’s success can be put down to a combination of the visual wow factor, the internet’s open-all-hours, we-come-to-you ethos and constant word-of-mouth endorsement.” Vogue UK
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RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Work with Editorial, Photography, Marketing and Retail teams to design and deliver excellent visual imagery for use in marketing materials.
• Lead your team to create visual designs that effectively communicate seasonal concepts and brand identity, including the design and production of emails, lookbooks, designer landing pages and promotional materials & projects.
• Lead and manage project ideation and conceptual development based on creative and design direction.
• Critically evaluate the creative process and work to improve with the marketing stream design team and the larger design team as a whole.
• Produce design specifications, storyboards, motion based (flash) prototypes, scenarios, and design prototypes.
• Work with an interdisciplinary team that includes creative leads, brand management, merchandising, marketing, creative technology, and project management.
• Liaise with external contacts in the preparation of and delivery of design briefs for partnership or joint marketing sites in the absence of the Creative Director.
• Allocation of resources and management of the Designers
• Project management and costing
• Support and assist Creative Director.
• Work with Marketing team to optimise our search engine performance
• Lead, manage and motivate a growing team of Designers and Junior Designers.
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Essential Skills & Requirements
• Proven experience in user interface design in an ecommerce / retail environment.
• Strong conceptual art editor and designer with the ability to communicate clearly, while also maintaining depth in their work.
• Strong and flexible skills (and depth of experience) in print and interactive design.
• Knowledge of user interface design processes and methodology, particularly as applied to web-based applications
• Experience in email design
• A passion for creating work that resonates on an emotional level.
• Strong and flexible skills in the practices of typography, colour, and layout.
• High proficiency with design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, ImageReady and Indesign
• Knowledge of the HTML process, structural site limitations, web development.
• Must be detail orientated and extremely well organized.
• Team management experience
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Location: London, W12
To Apply: http://tinyurl.com/d7qn43k
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