Art Director

Location: Kohl's Corporate Offices (0900)

Remote Type: Hybrid

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Role Specific Information

Job Description

This role is based at our Corporate Office in Menomonee Falls, WI. You’ll work onsite from Monday through Thursday, with the option to work remotely on Fridays.

About the Role

As Art Director, you will lead creative development, in partnership with Strategy, for marketing, advertising and promotional campaigns and set the creative tone for Designers to follow from initial concept through hand off to production.

What You’ll Do

• Act as creative lead to direct creative team throughout the creative process

• Lead and participate in creative brainstorms

• Interpret strategy and sets creative tone that delivers on business objectives and strategy

• Collaborate with photo and key partners with copy in creative execution

• Responsible for delivering presentations with input from Designers

• Ensure that creative presentation (boards/in store) are prepared and presents creative to Manager

• Review all stages of project with Manager

• Mentor creative team, freelancers and interns

• Work with Project Coordinators to ensure timely delivery and accuracy of tool kits

• Set creative vision and guides Designers throughout project

• Manage ambiguity in a fast-paced environment

• Additional tasks may be assigned as necessary 

What Skills You Have

Required

• BFA or equivalent degree required

• 4-5 years experience

• Effective verbal and written communication skills required

• Software requirements: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat

• Must be a strategic and conceptual thinker with the ability to ideate and execute creative for multiple print mediums

• Must have experience multitasking and working on various levels of creative and multiple brands in a very fast-paced environment

• Exceptional organization, time management and multi-tasking skills required

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills required

• Strong presentation skills required

• Ability to discern color 

Preferred

• Experience with managing creative projects from concept to production

• Experience with retail workflow, processes, and structure

• Advanced knowledge of four-color, spot, and digital printing processes and prepress requirements

Essential Functions

The requirements listed below are representative of functions you will be required to perform, however you may be required to perform additional functions. Kohl’s may revise this job description at any time. To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, absent undue hardship.

• Ability to perform the accountabilities listed in the “What You’ll Do” Section

• Ability to comply with dress code requirements

• Basic math and reading skills, legible handwriting, and basic computer operation

• Ability to maintain prompt and regular attendance and meet scheduling requirements as set by the company

• Ability to learn and comply with all company policies, procedures, standards and guidelines

• Ability to receive, understand and proactively respond to direction from leadership and other company personnel

• Ability to work as part of a team and interact effectively and appropriately with others

• Ability to maintain composure and work in a fast paced environment while accomplishing multiple tasks within established timeframes

• Ability to satisfactorily complete company training programs

• Ability to use a personal computer for tasks such as communicating, preparing reports, etc.

• Ability to plan, prioritize and monitor activities across business units

• Ability to complete or oversee the completion of assigned projects in a timely manner

• Perform work in accordance with the Physical/Cognitive Requirements section

Physical/Cognitive Requirements

• Ability to discern color