Sr. Art Director, Music Merch

Amazon; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 127,000 - 211,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Sr. Art Director, where you'll shape the visual identity of artist-led apparel collections. This role offers a unique opportunity to lead creative strategies and collaborate with top artists, ensuring high-quality execution from concept to production. You'll manage a dynamic team, refine processes, and drive innovation in a fast-paced environment. If you're passionate about music, fashion, and creativity, this position allows you to influence how fans engage with their favorite artists through merchandise, making a significant impact in the industry.

Benefits

Medical Benefits

401(k) Plan

Employee Discounts

Flexible Work Hours

Paid Time Off

Career Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in creative strategy and execution.
• Strong understanding of apparel production and printing techniques.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creative lifecycle of new product collections.
• Collaborate with design and production teams for timely execution.

Skills

Creative Strategy

Project Management

Apparel Design

Screen Print Production

Time Management

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

InDesign

Photoshop

Illustrator

Keynote

Job description

DESCRIPTION

The Amazon Music Merch team is looking for a Sr. Art Director to lead the direction and execution for our most high-profile merchandise collections. This is a unique opportunity to shape the visual identity of artist-led apparel and drive standout fan experiences through merchandise.

As Sr. Art Director, you'll be overseeing the design and apparel development from concept through production-reviewing apparel and graphic design, developing brand guides and mood-boards, and aligning closely with artists to bring their vision to life. You'll direct design execution across multiple launches, ensuring every detail-from tech packs to art separations-meets both creative standards and production needs. This role requires deep familiarity with apparel design and screen print production. You'll collaborate cross-functionally with internal and external teams, manage a network of designers, coordinate sampling, and continuously refine processes to scale with the business. We're looking for someone with strong visual instincts, exceptional project management skills, and experience in fast-paced, high-volume environments. You should be confident translating creative feedback into production-ready designs while maintaining a strong point of view and high creative bar.

Key job responsibilities
- Lead and oversee the full creative lifecycle of new product collections, partnering closely with design, production, and marketing teams to ensure timely and high-quality execution
- Translate artist input and cross-functional feedback into clear, actionable direction for designers, ensuring creative output aligns with both vision and production needs
- Collaborate with design, merchandising, and production to maintain alignment throughout each phase of development, from concept to final delivery
- Define and implement creative specifications through SOPs, visual guidelines, and streamlined workflows that guide cross-functional teams through sampling and mass production
- Interpret complex requests and evolving cultural or design trends into compelling creative strategies that inform new product offerings and collection direction
- Champion high design standards and consistency across every collection and asset

A day in the life
You'll lead the creative development of merchandise collections for top artists, collaborating across internal design teams, external vendors, and artist stakeholders. You'll guide concepting, provide art direction, and translate feedback into compelling visual output. You'll own the creative pipeline-from building pitch decks and brand guides to overseeing art file delivery and ensuring alignment with production specs. You'll also help build scalable systems and workflows that support creative consistency and operational efficiency across a fast-moving merch business.

About the team
Amazon Music is an immersive audio entertainment service that deepens connections between fans, artists, and creators. From personalized music playlists to exclusive podcasts, concert livestreams to artist merch, Amazon Music is innovating at some of the most exciting intersections of music and culture. We offer experiences that serve all listeners with our different tiers of service: Prime members get access to all the music in shuffle mode, and top ad-free podcasts, included with their membership; customers can upgrade to Amazon Music Unlimited for unlimited, on-demand access to 100 million songs, including millions in HD, Ultra HD, and spatial audio; and anyone can listen for free by downloading the Amazon Music app or via Alexa-enabled devices. Join us for the opportunity to influence how Amazon Music engages fans, artists, and creators on a global scale.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 8+ years of driving compelling creative strategy and execution at an agency or in-house creative team experience
- Bachelor's degree
- - Strong time management and organizational skills
- - Expert understanding of apparel production, printing techniques, and creative-to-production workflows
- - Proven ability to balance creative vision with operational needs
- - Bar-raising portfolio showing past work across product, fashion, or music merchandising

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Keynote
- Experience leading creative development of innovative creative from concept to delivery
- Experience presenting creative concepts effectively to senior executives
- Experience managing multiple projects and meeting aggressive deadlines
- - Experience directing screen print and apparel design projects from concept to delivery
- - Strong storytelling and pitch development skills
- - Passion for music, fashion, and artist branding
- - Experience leading process improvements

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $127,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $210,300/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.