Senior Manager, Creative - Sr. Photo Art Director Brand Campaigns

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

About us: Walmart Creative Studio (WCS) is the in-house creative agency for Walmart. Our team develops breakthrough and distinctive omnichannel brand design systems that meet customer needs and drive business objectives while keeping our Fortune #1 brand relevant in culture. We use creativity and design to make Walmart an obvious choice for all.

We are positioned as an internal creative agency hyper-focused on the customer experience across all channels, categories, campaigns, and touchpoints. We are ruthlessly focused on our customers, insight-driven creative strategies, and integrated solutions that build the brand and grow the business.

We value talent, diversity, innovation, curiosity, collaboration, culture, insights, and results, and we are committed to helping all people save money and live better.  

Overview:

The Sr. Photo Art Director, Campaigns will support the Walmart Creative Studio in photo/video execution for marketing/brand/seasonal campaigns that translate across multiple channels including 360 full-funnel paid, social, digital, email, site, print and in-store. Our ideal candidate must be a strategically minded problem solver, conceptual thinker and able to work in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment. They should be organized, detail-oriented and exhibit outstanding creative judgement.

In this role, the Sr. Photo Art Director will be responsible for overseeing a wide range of product & lifestyle campaigns (toys, pets, baby, services, hardlines & more). They will lead pre-production, creative planning, on-set art direction and post-production in addition to managing other photo art directors. This role requires experience collaborating with other team leads within creative (incl. on-set freelance team) & cross-functionally using a blend of strong leadership and hands-on creative expertise.

Key Responsibilities:

• Photoshoots: Work independently to lead, plan and execute shoots from concepting through final file delivery.
  • Concept
  • Shot directives
  • On-set direction
  • Casting
  • File management
  • Retouching
• Collaboration:
  • Pursue ways that we can work better, faster.
  • Manage projects that are on-brief and polished, mitigating feedback, ultimately keeping workstreams on track.
  • Work cross-functionally with internal creative, production and freelance teams to bring all aspects of the shoot together.
• Quality Assurance: Consistently incorporates visual ID guide best practices, colors and standards for brand and seasonal connectivity, attribution and impact. 
• This position will oversee quality by making selects on final images, creating post-production notes, and reviewing imagery after final post-production work and before delivery

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in photography, advertising, or related field and 10+ years art directing photoshoots for digital application.
• Exceptional portfolio showcasing creative process and conceptual thinking.
• Proficiency in industry-standard creative tools and software including Capture One, the Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office.
• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to inspire and connect across Walmart Creative Studio.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purc