Art Director

 

 

Be Part of the Future of Sleep!

 

At Serta Simmons Bedding (SSB), we're more than a mattress company, we're a leading global sleep company with a mission to help people sleep better so they can live healthier lives. With a 150-year heritage in delivering industry-leading sleep solutions, we own iconic brands including Serta®, Beautyrest®, Simmons® and Tuft & Needle®.

 

What You'll Do:

 

• Solve for business, customer, and stakeholder requirements while building creative that is unique, stunning, and effective.
• Grow brand awareness and revenue by collaboratively developing concepts and execute exceptional, engaging omni channel marketing campaigns, thinking across channels to create tailored content.
• Operate with a customer-first mindset and use data and research to inform design decisions that generate increasingly effective campaigns and brand experiences.
• Champions mentorship and development of designers, effectively providing feedback that inspires their best work.
• Helps identify and build new ways to enable the team to scale and optimize quality for recurring projects – through mechanisms like design guidelines, tools, templates and processes.
• Work collaboratively across disciplines and multiple departments to ensure on-strategy and on-brand design execution.
• Develops, evolves, and maintains visual brand guidelines, style guides and design templatization.
• Delivers clear vision for projects to key leadership before presenting to the broader organization.
• Helps lead directors, photographers, illustrators, stylists, and freelance resources in the planning and execution of photo and video productions.
• Stays aware of the latest trends in design, advertising, and the home category.

What You'll Bring:

 

• A BFA or BA in graphic design or similar.
• Minimum of 5-10 years of experience working at a retailer, consumer brand or in an agency setting.
• Leadership experience a plus.
• Highly proficient in the latest design software including Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
• On-set photography and videography art direction required.
• Portfolio showing a range of Creative and Design excellence and expertise showcasing a mixture of capability:
  • World-Class brand photo and video executions.
  • Brand design system development through graphic design, typography and iconography.
  • Omni-channel brand campaigns with strong, concept driven static, video, and experiential executions.
• You champion a creative problem-solving approach to all projects large or small.
• Excellent verbal communication, written communication, and presentation skills.
• You prefer a detailed brief but are resourceful enough to work without one if required.
• Ability to influence and communicate effectively with all levels throughout the organization and present comfortably to leadership.
• Outstanding organizational, time management, and prioritization skills; can be highly productive with limited direction and sometimes ambiguous challenges.
• E-commerce experience preferred.

*Candidates in the Atlanta, GA metro area will be given priority as working at the Corporate Headquarters will be an option*

 

Why work at Serta Simmons Bedding?

 

When you join SSB, you become part of a winning and diverse team that is excited and committed to helping people get better sleep. We provide inspiring career opportunities, competitive benefits, employee perks, and the chance to be part of the future of sleep.

 

Benefits and Perks (USA, Salary non-union- optional):

• Health, Dental, and Vision (starts on day one)
• Annual employee contribution to HSA
• 401K with company match
• Paid Time Off / Vacation
• 12 company holidays
• Sick days
• Company paid short- and long-term disability
• Paid parental leave
• Discount programs including Friends and family discounts
• Referral Bonus
• Tuition Reimbursement

 

Employees are required to comply with COVID policies established by a vendor or customer.

 

It is our policy to abide by all federal, state, and local laws prohibiting employment discrimination, with respect to all terms and conditions of employment, based solely on a person’s race, color, religious creed/religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, disability, age, military status, or status as a Vietnam-era or special disabled veteran, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping or expression), medical condition genetic information (including family medic