Associate Creative Director - Fenty - Kendo Brands

Job Description

Kendo Holdings, Inc. is a San Francisco-based beauty brand developer and wholesaler owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, the world's largest luxury group. A play on the words "can do", Kendo has become the hub of creativity and next generation beauty product development for global Sephora channels and selective retailers outside of Sephora.

Through original development, collaborations and acquisitions the Kendo stable of brands will always be creative, inspiring and innovative. A dynamic engine of speed, expertise and market-savvy, the Kendo team continues to redefine the beauty industry through great product, great storytelling, great retail and direct-to-consumer partnerships. This shows up in everything we do and in what we stand for:

• "Can Do" Spirit: We work together to make our wildest dreams a reality: As entrepreneurs, we embrace optimism and find creative ways to reach our goals
• Advocacy, Diversity, and Inclusion: We recognize and celebrate the full spectrum of personal identities. We create safe spaces so everyone's voice is heard. We listen with humility and act with courage.
• Storytelling: We tell authentic stories like no, one else. It's our key to inspire trust and build relationships, rallying, our people, partners, and consumers around our brands.
• Resilience: We embrace challenges as opportunities. Change is ever- constant, and agility is our strength.
• Product Excellence: We put the consumers first: We constantly raise the bar to create products of the highest quality that everyone just has to have.

The salary range for this position is $137,083 - $171,354 per year based upon a San Francisco location. Offered salary is dependent upon experience and location. Kendo Total Rewards offerings also include an annual bonus and a comprehensive benefits package including: medical, dental and vision insurance, flex paid time off program, parental leave, employee discount/perks, a retirement plan with employer contributions, Summer Fridays, opportunity to work from anywhere for a month in the summer and July and December wellness/shutdown weeks for applicable positions.

The Kendo house of brands currently includes: Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, KVD Beauty, Lip Lab, Ole Henriksen.

OVERVIEW

As Associate Creative Director you will lead product and beauty photography for Fenty brands. You will partner with Creative Directors and cross-functional partners to concept and produce content that aligns with the brand's values as well as our marketing and business objectives. In this role you will deliver solutions for a diverse range of marketing, education and omni-channel needs, for product launches. You will be hands-on from production through completion and release.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conceive and implement concepts in collaboration with Creative Directors to translate product objectives into compelling content
• Develop and present keynote to ensure cross-functional alignment on concept, direction and casting as well as aide in briefing all crew and/or talent
• Develop and maintain a collaborative relationship with external creative and post-production partners
• Develop and maintain a collaborative relationship with internal cross-functional teams, including marketing, social and brand management departments whose activities intersect with creative, addressing feedback with solution-based creative thinking
• Create final asset style guides for each product launch
• Ensure diligent releasing, conforming and archiving of all projects
• Remain actively involved in hiring, managing and cultivating the career development of team members

SKILLS

• Aware of trends and new ideas within photography and video industries, with ability to interpret those into high performing, brand-right creative
• Proficiency of digital editing design and presentation programs such as Adobe InDesign, Bridge, Capture One Pro, and Keynote
• Knowledge of lighting, and photography workflow.
• Excellent layout and typography skills
• Ability to be flexible and to balance business goals with creative vision
• Ability to meet stringent deadlines, quickly managing changing priorities
• Superior organizational and communication skills

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's Degree in Design or related field of study.
• 7+ years' experience in a high volume, deadline-driven environment: fashion/beauty industry experience.
• Excellent communication, delegation, time management and organizational skills,
• Deadline driven
• Comfortable sourcing freelance talent, delegating and working in a collaborative manner
• Proficiency of post-production software including Adobe CS, Capture One Pro, Keynote