Associate Director - Art Direction & Styling

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• Responsible for managing a team of stylists and managing production.
• Responsible for all shoots, art direction and styling for org level projects in the creative team.
• Build a strong point of view on art direction for all for shoots and other initiatives
• Partner with business to understand the priorities, build a POV and then translate visually. work closely with the creative design team on events and projects
• Drive brand and business strategy discussions to uncover huge business needs and opportunities.
• Define and build a strong point on styling, keeping in mind our various customer segments.
• Uncover insights and develop solutions that drive the key business goals while maintaining a high bar for creativity.
• Partner with others on the team, and also with teams across Myntra, to make your and their ideas shine, leveraging best practices to all campaigns and creative executions.
• Driving timely innovation and relevance for Brands and categories on our platform.
• Scale your team’s ideas across multiple channels.
• Facilitate meetings and workshops to support strategic thinking and tactical opportunities.
• Have a creative flair and the ability to approach things from a different perspective, a razor sharp mind capable of thinking on your feet in high profile / pressure scenarios and an unquenchable thirst to learn every aspect of our clients business that could be relevant to our customers.
• Good understanding of business requirements and balance of creative thinking in an ecommerce environment
• Ability and inclination to delve with data.
  

• 12+ years of industry/agency experience and strong portfolio
• Experience developing strategically grounded, inspired and inspiring shoots.
• Extensive Experience in art direction and styling
• Managerial experience, with the ability to inspire, be articulate, influence and drive results.
• Good business understanding and ability to translate this into impactful visual story telling
• Strong passion for visual storytelling via photography, videography and/or animation.
• Articulate with critique of both strategic approach and aesthetic execution.
• Excellent storytelling, verbal and written communications skills.
• Able to think big and apply that to the wide range of opportunities – from individual campaign ideas to full on, long-standing platforms.
• Entrepreneurial – the team is inventing every day and it takes tenacity, bravery and the ability to see the big opportunities to thrive
• Strategic – Deep understanding of brand marketing and how to build brilliant strategies across multiple verticals.
• Creative – Able to think big and apply that to the wide range of opportunities – from individual publishing ideas to campaign ideas to full on, long-standing platforms.
• A strong passion for people and desire to uncover consumer behavior, to help Myntra connect with its users in an impactful way.
• Proficiency with the use of Google platforms (e.g. Drive, Slides), InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop a plus