Art Director

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Santa Monica, CA
Senior level
eCommerce • Fashion • Retail • Social Impact • Design
Our mission is to celebrate, empower and serve those who serve others.
The Role
Seeking an experienced Art Director to impact the aesthetic of the brand, overseeing visual assets creation across multiple platforms. Responsibilities include leading creative projects, managing graphic design work, overseeing creative shoots, and developing a team of graphic designers. Must have 5+ years of design and e-commerce experience, exceptional design skills, and proficiency in relevant design tools.
Summary Generated by Built In

FIGS is looking for an awesome Art Director to join our Brand Creative Marketing Team at FIGS. This is an exciting opportunity to impact the overall aesthetic for our brand at FIGS. This person will have an instrumental role on the Visual Design Team and oversee concepts and execution of all visual assets including emails, ads, out of home marketing materials and site assets. You will have a passion for photography, film and graphic design.  In this role, you will report to the Senior Art Director and work collaboratively across the creative team to bring the FIGS brand to life visually. The ideal candidate should have experience working for an apparel ecommerce company and a passion for graphic design, typography and creating compelling, holistic brand materials across all platforms. 

What you'll do:

  • Partner across creative team leads including other Art Directors to create a compelling visual brand story across all platforms
  • Work on set to capture necessary assets and edit as required- video and static image
  • Lead and execute on assigned creative projects from concept to completion
  • Arrange for ancillary creative shoots as needed, manage third parties on a project by project basis where required
  • Provide graphic design work as needed to supplement existing internal and external resources
  • Create comps, storyboards, graphic concepts, and final deliverables as required
  • Lead and develop a team of graphic designers
  • Act as the internal creative spokesperson for all assigned projects to ensure a complete understanding of the vision of our internal and external teammates
  • Always create an environment that is: collaborative, dependable, insightful, innovative, respectful, analytical and deliberate

Requirements:

  • Minimum of 5+ years of design and e-commerce experience at an advertising agency or high-profile brand. Please have your portfolio link in your resume to be considered
  • Portfolio demonstrating big, campaignable thinking that can extend into any medium
  • Strong understanding of digital and social platforms as well as their use within marketing
  • Exceptional design skills, including layout, typography, video, motion, and design patterns
  • Proven ability to work across teams and synthesize input from marketing, product management, sales, market research, and internal and external partners
  • Solid written and verbal communication and collaboration skills
  • Ability to manage multiple projects at one time to meet aggressive deadlines
  • Expert mastery of all design tools, platforms, and versions of applicable software (Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma, and Indesign)
  • Working knowledge of motion design and related software (such as After Effects, etc.) preferred
  • Must have photography knowledge and skills

Other must haves:

  • Positive attitude
  • Proven work ethic and integrity
  • Entrepreneurial mindset
  • Desire to excel and grow with FIGS
  • 100% Awesome. Like our scrubs!

FIGS Compensation and Benefits

Pay Range

  • At FIGS, your base salary is one part of your total compensation package. This role's base salary range is between $101,500 and $125,000. Actual base salary is determined based on a number of factors, including but not limited to your relevant skills, qualifications, and years of experience. 

Additional Compensation and Benefits 

  • FIGS provides a discount when purchasing FIGS stock voluntarily through our FIGS Employee Stock Purchase Plan  
  • Annual bonus: This position is eligible to participate in the FIGS annual bonus program
  • Other compensation and benefits offered include: 
    • Comprehensive benefits and perks package focused on your well-being, including premium medical, dental and vision coverage, and full access to wellness services through Breethe and Classpass. 100% FIGS-sponsored life insurance and disability insurance  
    • Amazing 401(k) program, with a company match up to the first 6% of your contribution
    • Generous paid time off - We have 12 company holidays. For salaried team members, we offer flexible vacation. For our hourly team members, we offer up to 3 weeks of accrued vacation
    • Meaningful time away for baby bonding, including parental leave, new parent care meals, and a transition back to work for primary caregivers
    • FIGS sponsored Uber Eats voucher for in-office weeks
    • Personalized discount code for 50% off all FIGS products, along with a separate code to share with family and friends to enjoy a 25% discount site-wide
    • Access to FIGS Vet, Discounted Pet Daycare, Discounted Pet Insurance, and so much more…

*Benefits eligibility is determined by hour requirements and length of service 


A little bit about us…

FIGS, Inc. is a founder-led, direct-to-consumer healthcare apparel and lifestyle brand that seeks to celebrate, empower and serve current and future generations of healthcare professionals. We redefine what scrubs are by creating technically advanced apparel and products that feature an unmatched combination of comfort, durability, function and style, all at an affordable price. With the largest DTC platform in healthcare apparel, we sell our products to a rapidly growing community of loyal customers. Through these customer relationships, FIGS has built a community and lifestyle around a profession, revolutionizing the large and fragmented healthcare apparel market and becoming the industry’s category-defining healthcare apparel and lifestyle brand.

Our Threads for Threads initiative is integral to our mission to improve the lives of healthcare professionals on a global scale. Founded alongside FIGS in 2013, Threads for Threads donates scrubs to healthcare professionals working in resource-poor countries around the world. 

FIGS considers all Qualified Applicants, including those with Criminal Histories (e.g., arrests or conviction records), for Employment in accordance with applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act.

For information about how we process information in connection with your application, view our Employee & Applicant Privacy Policy linked in the footer below.

Top Skills

Figma
Illustrator
Indesign
Photoshop
The Company
HQ: Santa Monica, CA
340 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

FIGS is dedicated to improving the lives of healthcare professionals by creating innovative, comfortable and functional medical apparel. We are committed to helping this growing, global community of professionals, whom we refer to as Awesome Humans, look, feel and perform at their best - 24/7, 365 days a year. FIGS is the first digitally native, direct-to-consumer company in the industry and has revolutionized the scrubs market. Giving back is ingrained into everything we do. Through our Threads for Threads initiative, we’ve donated hundreds of thousands of scrubs to healthcare providers in need around the world as well as contributed financially to healthcare providers and the organizations that serve them.

Why Work With Us

We are a founder-led, direct-to-consumer healthcare apparel and lifestyle brand that seeks to celebrate, empower and serve current and future generations of healthcare professionals. Our team is filled with dreamers, do-ers and team players who integrate innovation, positivity and purpose into everything we do.

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