About the position
Crocs, Inc. is hiring an Art Director, Retail & Experiential Design to join the Marketing team under our Global Creative Studio. This position is responsible for developing and implementing product stories in key retailers and Crocs brand stores globally. The role focuses on enhancing the consumer experience, promoting brand cohesion, and improving operational efficiency by providing clear strategic direction and collaborating effectively with Merchandising and Visual Merchandising partners worldwide. This position reports to the Art Director, Global GTM within the Global Creative Studio team. The Art Director will establish global visual direction and create playbooks for different regions, as well as design and execute retail and external branded pop-ups. The role includes collaborating on the seasonal approach and appearance for Sales Meetings & Regional Engagements and developing evergreen guidelines to establish the look and feel for long-term projects.
Responsibilities
- Ideate and create seasonal in-store and window programs.
- Create a culture of transparency, accountability, and collaboration between Global and Regional visual merchandising teams.
- Drive the creation of seasonal directives that bring the brand's product stories to life in Crocs brand stores & wholesale accounts.
- Maintain an updated awareness of trends in fashion and display and promote concepts and strategies which elevate the brand accordingly.
- Support Regional Visual Merchandising with bi-weekly calls.
- Support Global Merchandising, ELT, and Product Creation Team with corporate meetings and product showcases as needed.
- Establish connections and collaborate across the creative team, regions and visual merchandising.
- Ensure brand cohesiveness through tight integration of brand with retail, wholesale, and franchise channels.
- Build strategies and tactics that will 'scale for success' across all channels and markets.
Requirements
- BA or BS or equivalent experience in Visual Merchandising, Marketing, retail experience, preferably in footwear/apparel.
- At least 5+ years of applicable experience in global and brand marketing or brand creative or equivalent, with a strong understanding of visual merchandising.
- At least 2+ years of leading others.
- Ability to navigate a global, matrixed organization.
- Strong exposure to leveraging both internal and external stakeholders to ensure seamless execution of business goals.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work effectively across cross-functional teams.
- Strong understanding of brand storytelling, the customer journey and visual merchandising.
- Highly collaborative and self-motivated.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to prioritize, manage and meet deadlines.
- Effectively manage time and operate with sense of urgency.
- Adjusts quickly to changing priorities and conditions.
- Copes effectively with complexity and change.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Short and long-term disability coverage
- Paid time off
- Employee assistance program
- Participation in a 401k program that includes company match
- Company incentive program
- Flexible work schedule
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