Temporary Associate Art Director

At L.L.Bean, we believe the outdoors brings out the best in all of us. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging and creating safe, inclusive spaces where everyone feels welcome—both here and Outside. We value individual differences and are dedicated to maintaining an inclusive work environment where everyone can bring the best of their experience and talents and truly thrive.

Do you love bringing ideas to life through video, visuals, and storytelling? We’re looking for a temporary emerging Art Direction talent who’s excited to jump in, collaborate, and help create engaging content for web, social, and advertising. In this entry-level role, you’ll work alongside experienced Art Directors, support video concepting, filming, and editing, and build your creative toolkit through hands-on projects, coaching, and real-world experience. This role requires the ability to be at our Corporate Headquarters in Freeport, Maine 4-5 days per week.

Responsibilities:

Assist in managing the artistic translation of brand strategy and marketing communication to customers via video creation.

• Collaborate and communicate effectively with merchants and Design partners to brainstorm and concept seasonal photography or video needs for our omni-channel exposure plans.
• Assist with editing larger productions (I.E. How To) and take the lead on editing smaller projects (I.E. Paid Social)
• Assist with filming larger productions (I.E. How To) and take the lead on filming smaller projects (I.E. Paid Social)
• Support creative planning efforts, campaign strategies and strategic initiatives.
• Contribute to the Creative team’s library of inspiration references.
• Execute assigned projects on schedule and within assigned expenses.
• Partner with Photo Operations to ensure necessary production requirements are met.
• Participates in pre-production meetings for assigned projects, providing creative input concerning print presentation.
• Applies aesthetic "eye" to convey brand, strategy, and editorial messages in unique and innovative ways.
• Solid skills in technologies that support the process across mediums.
• Maintain an awareness of changes in the creative industry.
• Ensure constructive, effective working relationships between creative team, marketing partners, and merchant divisions.

Health and Safety Requirement: Every employee is responsible for contributing to a safe and healthy workplace. Employees are expected to be active participants in health and safety by following all safety policies and procedures, reporting unsafe conditions or at-risk behaviors to leadership, and conducting work in a safe manner. Those in a leadership role are also expected to model safe behaviors, evaluate risk, and ensure that risks are reduced to acceptable levels

Skills & Qualifications

• BA/BS required
• 1-3 years of relevant experience preferred
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Adobe Premiere
• Interest in retail, fashion/outdoor and understanding of current industry-related trends
• Passion for fashion/outdoor photography or video content
• Strong creative portfolio with emphasis on video production
• Ability to prioritize tasks and milestones effectively
• Solid aesthetic sense, detailed-orientated and highly organized
• Ability to collaborate and work with a variety of people in various disciplines
• Solid written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office 365

L.L.Bean uses a market-based compensation approach. The anticipated starting base pay for this position is $26.03 - $31.24. Individual compensation may vary based on factors such as a candidate’s experience, qualifications, education, geographic location, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role.

If you care about the outdoors, joining L.L.Bean is a great way to feel good about what you do. Our benefits package makes a good thing even better, with programs and perks designed to support your health and financial goals. Plus, maintaining a healthy work-life balance and re-charging outside are all part of the plan.

If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you'd be great at this role, we'd love to learn more about you!   At L.L.Bean, we believe the outdoors brings out the best in all of us.  We strive to reflect this every day in our commitments to employees and partners and in our efforts to promote belonging.