About the job

Blue Bottle Coffee is a passionate and growing team of hundreds around the world, united by the simple purpose of getting great coffee (and food) to everyone who asks for it. We roast on three coasts, make delicious drinks, clean up after ourselves, bake cookies, get change at the bank, and say please and thank you. We’re an impossibly eclectic group of coffee experts, artists, writers, sensory scientists, bakers, designers, and all-around dreamers, who also happen to be some of the most hard-working and talented in the business. Join us.

About the Role:

Blue Bottle Coffee is looking for an Art Director who is as passionate about Content and Design as they are about coffee.

Reporting to and closely partnering with the Head of Global Brand Creative, the Art Director leads a team on the creative strategy, concepting, design and execution of industry leading global campaigns and content across 360 degree consumer touch points. The ideal candidate is capable of championing refinement, innovation and elevation in a fast-paced environment. The candidate has passion for photography, design, type, and motion as they come together to create innovative, on-brand campaigns that seamlessly solve brand objectives. Strong leadership, presentation and collaboration skills required to manage a team and partner with cross functional departments on both strategy and execution.

You will:

• Support the visual direction for all creative touch points including but not limited to; photography, digital, print, video, etc.
• Work closely with our Head of Global Creative to develop the visual direction for 360 marketing and seasonal campaigns.
• Lead the strategy of production planning to support our ongoing content creation needs.
• Collaborate closely with both internal creative partners, cross functional partners and external partners to realize campaigns and ensure aligned solutions.
• Provide strategic and creative feedback and lead creative brainstorms and concepting.
• Participate in the development of content for social media and supply guidance for visual direction on social channels.
• Develop and evolve our visual guidelines for photography.
• Manage daily workload for self / direct reports as well as team development. Set clear roles, responsibilities and expectations on projects to ensure that the team’s output is brand appropriate, and all marketing requirements are completed on time, with the highest standards, for both internal and external reviews.
• Manage the creative approval process and effectively communicate visual direction decisions to internal teams, cross-functional partners and external partners.
• Provide art direction on set as well as for all post production.
• Keep a finger on the pulse of coffee and hospitality industries, competitors and trends, as well as consumer cultural shifts to validate decisions.

You are:

• A hands-on and detail-oriented creative with an exceptional eye for great content and design.
• An innovative and imaginative thinker — finding connections and mining stories through deep thinking and creativity.
• Comfortable navigating through ambiguous problem spaces in pursuit of clarity and concrete outcomes.
• Able to juggle multiple projects at once and appropriately prioritize
• Comfortable taking feedback and creative direction as well as delivering it to team members.
• An excellent written and verbal communicator, able to effectively distill a lot of information and detail. Ability to communicate on all levels and both internally and with external partners
• Have an exceptional aesthetic and awareness of design trends and innovation
• Deeply collaborative, you love working closely with others to find solutions.

You have:

• Bachelor’s degree
• A portfolio that shows clear command of concepting and execution of 360 degree campaigns across mediums. (Print, film, digital, social, etc.)
• 10+ years experience in a creative art direction role or other relevant experience in-house or at an agency
• Experience in brand-led retail and premium F&B businesses, fashion or luxury retail, and DTC/e-commerce is highly preferred
• Experience leading film and photography productions and providing creative direction on set.
• Experience overseeing the post production process for both photography and film.
• Proven track record for managing and developing talent.
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with a global company is preferred.
• A deep love for great coffee, food, and exceptional customer experiences

At Blue Bottle Coffee, you’ll be a vital part of our guests’ experience and a crucial link in delivering the most delicious coffee we can find to every person who walks through our doors, be it in person or online. If you’re ready to bring beautiful and thoughtfully rendered experiences to life, please apply and join us.

Blue Bottle is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value an open mind, dedication to work, and a collaborative spirit. We hire based on these qualities, a job’s requirements, our business’s needs, and an applicant’s qualifications. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind—in the hiring process or in the workplace.

We comply with the ADA and consider reasonable accommodation measures that may be necessary for eligible applicants/employees to perform essential functions.

We may refuse to hire relatives of present employees if doing so could result in actual or potential problems in supervision, security, safety, or morale, or if doing so could create conflicts of interest.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

We participate in E-Verify. We will provide the federal government with employees’ Form I-9 information to confirm authorization to work in the U.S. We will only use E-Verify once an employee has accepted a job offer and completed the Form I-9.

• Blue Bottle requires that all of its team members are fully vaccinated (i.e., at least 14 days after the final dose of a Covid-19 vaccine) by the start of their first day of work, unless they qualify for an accommodation/exemption for medical, disability, or religious reasons.