Senior Design & Video Director, Coach Creative Studio

Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941. Inspired by the vision of Creative Director Stuart Vevers and the inclusive and courageous spirit of our hometown, we make beautiful things, crafted to last-for you to be yourself in.
Coach is part of the Tapestry portfolio - a global house of brands committed to stretching what's possible.
A member of the Tapestry family, we are part of a global house of brands that has unwavering optimism and is committed to being innovative and wholly inclusive.
Primary Purpose:
At Coach Creative Studio, we believe in the power of storytelling. Sometimes our stories come from global culture. Sometimes from the passions of our communities. But they always romanticize the products we create. We are looking for a Senior Design Director who will bring best practice visual identity to all Coach campaigns, from site to Youtube to OOH, driving best practice creative design to help Coach stand out in category.
The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Creative Studio to drive

• Vision & Strategy: Lead powerful design strategies and systems for products and campaigns.
• Campaign Execution: Oversee and execute projects from conception to completion, providing creative direction and guidance to the team, driving best practice design principles across all outputs, including video editing, motion and digital direction.
• Design Leadership: Lead an existing team of video editors and designers, work cross functionally with Ecomm designers and build a network of freelance motion and VFX contributors.
• Present & Promote: Champion Design to cross functional teams, articulating the "why" behind ideas and how they will captivate audiences and achieve objectives.
• Drive Best Practice: Bring fresh, imaginative design perspectives to the team with new trends, innovations, and techniques that will elevate our campaigns

The accomplished individual will possess...

• 10+ Years Experience : Extensive experience in a design role within an advertising agency, marketing firm, or in-house creative team, with a strong preference for fashion, luxury and/ or beauty.
• History Of Best Practice: Extensive experience in design, with a strong portfolio showcasing innovative projects with in-depth knowledge of production processes and best practices.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite : After Effects , Illustrator, InDesign, Express, Firefly, Figma a plus.
• Strong Team Building & leadership : Proven ability to manage and inspire teams, build skill sets and grow the team with new and diverse talent.
• Naturally Collaborative: Highly collaborative and thrives in a dynamic, team-oriented, high-pressure production environment where speed and quality are paramount.
• Passion for Creativity: A genuine passion for creativity and a drive to push boundaries and deliver exceptional work.

Our Competencies for All Employees

• Courage: Doesn't hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and "actionable" positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
• Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn't upset when things are up in the air; doesn't have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
• Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.

Our Competencies for All People Managers

• Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
• Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
• Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.

Coach is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant's or employee's qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Tapestry, Inc. will provide applicants and employees with reasonable accommodation for disabilities or religious beliefs. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact Tapestry People Services at 1-855-566-9264 or [email protected]
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Work Setup: HYBRID
BASE PAY RANGE $180,000.00 TO $225,000.00 Annually
Here are some of the benefits that we offer: Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, 401 (K), Paid Paternity and Maternity leave, Commuter Benefits, Disability insurance and Tuition assistance. Please click here for a complete list of U.S Corporate Compensation & Benefits .