Luxury Brand Image Studio Director

24 Seven Talent; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

24 Seven Talent is seeking an experienced Image Studio Director to lead the creative vision, visual identity, and studio operations for a global luxury brand.

The role oversees brand image direction, creative production, and visual storytelling across campaigns, digital platforms, social media, retail, editorial, events, and partnerships. The ideal candidate combines luxury aesthetics with strong operational leadership.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in creative direction, art direction, brand design, image direction, or studio leadership.
• Background in luxury, fashion, publishing, art, design, hospitality, architecture, or premium lifestyle brands
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary creative teams and managing high-level production.
• Exceptional aesthetic judgment with a sophisticated understanding of luxury branding, photography, typography, composition, and visual storytelling.
• Experience overseeing integrated campaigns across digital, social, print, retail, editorial, and experiential channels.

Responsibilities

• Lead and evolve the brand's visual identity across digital, print, retail, social, editorial, and experiential platforms.
• Translate the founders' creative vision into cohesive visual standards, brand guidelines, and compelling storytelling.
• Oversee art direction, photography, typography, motion, video, and creative design.
• Ensure all creative assets reflect the brand's luxury positioning while introducing fresh, culturally relevant perspectives.
• Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary creative team across design, production, motion, and creative operations.
• Establish efficient studio workflows, creative briefing processes, production timelines, and approval structures.
• Oversee creative priorities, resource allocation, and project delivery across multiple business functions.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing creative environment that balances exceptional design with operational efficiency.
• Direct creative development for brand campaigns, product launches, collaborations, events, and special projects.
• Oversee photography and video production, including creative concepts, shoot planning, art direction, post-production, and final asset delivery.
• Manage external photographers, videographers, agencies, production partners, and other creative contributors.
• Ensure cohesive visual storytelling across all marketing and commercial channels.
• Oversee image usage rights, licensing, and creative asset management.
• Partner with Marketing, Communications, Digital, Retail, E-commerce, and senior leadership to align creative execution with business priorities.
• Manage creative production budgets, resources, timelines, and external vendor relationships.
• Develop scalable processes that improve creative output, consistency, and efficiency.
• Serve as a strategic creative partner, ensuring the brand maintains a distinctive and elevated visual identity.

Skills

Creative leadership

Brand identity

Art direction

Team leadership

Budget management

Vendor management

Studio operations

Visual storytelling

Job description

24 Seven Talent is seeking an experienced Image Studio Director to lead the creative vision, visual identity, and studio operations for a global luxury brand.

The role oversees brand image direction, creative production, and visual storytelling across campaigns, digital platforms, social media, retail, editorial, events, and partnerships. The ideal candidate combines luxury aesthetics with strong operational leadership.