Senior Art Director - Photo

About:  Bloomingdale’s makes fashion personal and fun, aspirational yet approachable. Our mission is to guide and inspire our customers to make style a source of creative energy in their lives. We will always strive to make Bloomingdale’s like no other store in the world. Everyone plays a critical role to bring our mission to life. Regardless of position, we believe all colleagues have a voice and access to share their thoughts with every level of leadership. Our colleagues are passionate, driven, entrepreneurial and collaborative. We welcome and embrace diversity of background, thought and opinion while having a lot of fun along the way.

Essential Functions:

Ecommerce Selling Shots On-Figure

• Directs on-set to execute on-figure selling shots within our styling point of view and shot type standards.
• Executes towards elevation while maintaining a productivity that fits within our budgetary limits.
• Adheres to the timeline while contributing ideas for the overall process that can improve efficiency and the quality of the image.
• Collaborates with team and cross functional partners to evolve our styling point of view, to keep our styling closet relevant, keep teams current with trends and style directions.
• Actively participates with team in weekly reviews of imagery.
• Researches the best talent for our ecommerce photoshoots photographers, stylists and models.

Editorial Photography for Print and Digital Projects

• Take projects from conceptual to final execution thru post-production.
• Present conceptual, model casting, location/studio direction to creative leadership for approval.
• Lead the creative execution of on-model photography, including campaign, lifestyle, editorial, social, e-commerce, and promotional content.
• Direct all aspects of photography shoots, including lighting, composition, talent direction, posing, and narrowing image selection.
• Drives innovation and continuous improvement in styling and photography processes, establishing and communicating best practices that enhance creative quality, consistency, and operational effectiveness.
• Leads post-production efforts, including image selection, retouching, photo editing, video editing, and final asset review, ensuring all content meets brand, quality, and performance expectations.
• Collaborates closely with Photo Producers and key stakeholders to optimize resources, control production costs, and consistently deliver projects within established budget parameters.
• Partner with Marketing and Creative teams to support key launches, hero campaigns, retail initiatives, influencer collaborations, brand events, and tentpole marketing moments.
• Ensure imagery effectively showcases product performance, brand storytelling, and consumer engagement opportunities.
• Collaborate closely with Creative Leadership, Producers, Production, Design, Social, and Video teams to ensure integrated creative execution across formats and platforms.
• Partner with Global Marketing team to ensure photography assets support global market needs while maintaining brand consistency.

Brand Stewardship

• Serve as a key creative partner in maintaining and evolving our brand visual identity across photography.
• Ensure imagery consistently reflects our values, aesthetic, and consumer positioning across social media, e-commerce, retail, PR, paid media, influencer content, and marketing materials.
• Champion innovation in photography techniques, technologies, and creative processes to continually elevate brand storytelling and consumer engagement.

Qualifications and Competencies:

• Bachelor's Degree from a 4-year college or university
• 5+ years direct experience
• Proven experience developing and executing photography for large-scale campaigns, product launches, brand marketing initiatives, and social-first content.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating excellence in on-model photography, beauty imagery, portraiture, and visual storytelling.
• Experience collaborating with senior creative and marketing leadership on integrated campaigns and brand initiatives.
• Deep expertise in lighting, composition, color theory, retouching direction, and photographic production workflows.
• Experience leveraging AI-enhanced creative and retouching tools to support production efficiencies and asset refinement, while maintaining the integrity of model imagery, authentic product representation, and responsible visual storytelling that builds consumer trust.
• Exceptional creative judgment with the ability to balance brand consistency and innovation.
• Proficiency with industry-standard photography equipment, capture software, Adobe Creative Suite, and asset management workflows.
• Excellent communication, presentation, organizational, and project management skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment while managing multiple high-priority initiatives simultaneously.
• Portfolio and social media handles are required for consideration.

Physical Requirements: 

• Requires prolonged periods of sitting, with occasional standing
• Occasionally requires walking, bending, reaching, hearing and talking
• Continuous use of computers and other office equipment
• Frequently lift/move up to 25 lbs.