Job Details

Summary

The Lead Creative Director is responsible for driving, elevating, and evolving the Harry & David brand and its affiliated portfolio (Wolferman's and Stock Yards) across all customer touchpoints. This role provides strategic and inspirational leadership for a multidisciplinary Creative Team, shaping world-class storytelling and delivering premium, cohesive brand experiences across print, digital, retail, and omnichannel marketing.

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This leader will champion Harry & David's brand pillars by developing compelling brand narratives, conceptualizing seasonal and campaign photography, and actualizing holistic go-to-market creative executions. The Lead Creative Director ensures all creative output reflects a premium positioning within the food gifting, entertaining, and home lifestyle space—driving customer engagement, demand, and company goals.

Responsibilities

Brand Leadership & Creative Strategy

• Elevate the Harry & David brand storytelling to reinforce and expand upon key brand pillars.
• Strategically align creative concepts, visual design, and content direction with merchandising, marketing, and business strategies.
• Lead the ideation and conceptual development of all brand photography, video, and content across channels.
• Develop and present seasonal creative strategy, themes, and campaign directions for large-scale initiatives and go-to-market moments.

Creative Execution & Omni-Channel Delivery

• Oversee design and execution of all creative assets including catalogs, print marketing, email, website creative, social media, retail, and broader digital experiences.
• Ensure creative solutions communicate with clarity, distinction, and breakthrough visual storytelling while reflecting a premium brand aesthetic.
• Collaborate closely with Editorial, Messaging, and Copy teams, as well as the internal studio, to deliver cohesive omnichannel campaigns.
• Drive synergy between catalog, online, and retail channels to ensure seamless narrative and visual alignment.

Team Leadership & Development

• Provide direct leadership for a team of designers, art directors, and creative staff.
• Mentor, train, and grow junior team members to build a high-performing, innovative creative organization.
• Foster a positive, collaborative, constructive culture that encourages creative excellence and cross-functional partnership.

Quality, Innovation & Operational Excellence

• Ensure all creative output meets merchant and marketing objectives, delivering strong, on-brand communication.
• Apply a discerning eye for photo editing, composition, and visual refinement to uphold impeccable design standards.
• Stay current on design trends, technology, and innovations across ecommerce, retail, and lifestyle brand marketing.
• Manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment with exceptional communication and presentation skills.

Employment Standards

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Design, Marketing, or related creative field preferred.

Experience & Skills

• 10–12+ years of design or creative experience, ideally within premium consumer brand, lifestyle, or ecommerce organizations.
• Minimum 5 years managing direct reports in a creative leadership role.
• Demonstrated success delivering against business and creative goals through design and storytelling.
• Highly developed aesthetic sensibility with impeccable design fundamentals.
• Strong grasp of marketing concepts, brand development, and customer-centric experience design.
• Proven ability to simplify complex creative challenges into elegant, intuitive solutions.
• Deep understanding of best-in-class web experiences and omnichannel creative delivery.
• Passion for visual storytelling within photography, content creation, and interactive experiences. xywuqvp
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills with the ability to influence across teams.