Creative Dir Internet

Sears Holdings Corporation is the nation's third largest broadline retailer, with approximately $55 billion in annual revenues, and with approximately 3,800 full-line and specialty retail stores in the United States and Canada. Formed in March 2005 from the merger of Sears and Kmart, Sears Holdings is the leading home appliance retailer as well as a leader in tools, lawn and garden, home electronics and automotive repair and maintenance. Key proprietary brands include Kenmore, Craftsman and DieHard, and a broad apparel offering, including such well-known labels as Lands' End, Jaclyn Smith and Joe Boxer, as well as the Apostrophe and Covington brands. It also has Martha Stewart Everyday products, which are offered exclusively in the U.S. by Kmart and in Canada by Sears Canada. The company is the nation's largest provider of home services, with more than 14 million service calls made annually. For more information, visit Sears Holdings' website at http://www.searsholdings.com.

Sears Holdings Corporation is committed to improving the lives of our customers by providing quality services, products and solutions that earn their trust and build lifetime relationships. We are proud of our diverse, high-performance team work environment and we strive for continuous improvement through keen focus on growth, effectiveness and a sense of urgency. Individuals who are driven to earn our customers' trust and business every day, who act with integrity, who treat everyone fairly and value diversity, and who are accountable for their actions are welcome to show interest in becoming a member of our winning team.

Job Summary

Landsend.com seks to hire the most talented, proactive,innovative and experienced Creative Director to join our landsend.com team. In this role you will raise the bar on our creative product while invigorating our design and usability teams. This ia a hands-on design position reporting directly to senior management.

Responsibilities/Skills/Experience Requirements

The Creative Director will have significant oversight and provide key contributions to the conceptual, visual and functional execution of the landsend.com site. They will also be expected to provide innovative, user-centered, information and visual design recommendations that contribute to an enhanced user experience for the million's of users.
Responsibilities include:
*Managing a team of senior web designers, usability designers and production designers; providing direction, critique and QA over all work.
*Developing and driving content creation for all of landsend.com sites
*Bridging the gap between design and development to create visually appealing and technically proficient dynamic sites
*Integrate with all of the business channels at Lands' End to create strong multi-channel campaigns and an integrated brand approach to all marketing.
*Conceptualize fresh, "next generation" ideas, refine and deliver innovative design solutions that respond to user needs, product innovation and technology and product requirements
*Work collaboratively with Merchandising, eMarketing and Information Systems teams to develop product UI design requirements and scope
*Mentor and manage design team; providing feedback and input that assists in delivering most effective design solutions
*Develop task and information architecture models that inform project objectives
*Work with external agencies and vendors, as may be necessary, to deliver optimum design solutions. This will include budget and creative management (based on synthesized internal team input)

Possible adds include results oriented and minimum time frame requirements.



Technical Skills:

*Exceptionally strong web and traditional design skills
*Strong working knowledge of HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript
*Knowledge of middleware languages (PHP, ASP.net) to be able to implement dynamically-driven sites
*Photoshop and Illustrator expertise
*Strong knowledge of typography
*Any scripting experience a bonus (e.g., php)

Professional Skills:

*Significant management and/or supervisory experience
*Strong visual, interactive and information design skills in an online and print environment. Extensive retail industry experience required (apparel preferred).
*Creative direction
*Thrive in a team-oriented environment
*Strong verbal and clear & concise writing skills
*Strong communication, organizational and time management skills


Attributes/Behaviors:

*Keen ability to translate audience, technology and other key product requirements into effective UI design solutions
*Experience in working in under tight deadline while maintaining high product relevance and quality.

Why Lands' End?

Located just 45 minutes from Madison, WI, we provide a relaxed environment that provides opportunity for growth. You'll enjoy our balanced and competitive employee benefit package including our 80,000 sq. ft. world-class fitness center and our onsite health clinic.

When you choose to launch a career at Lands' End, you join 10,000 hand-picked professionals who are all focused on one thing: servicing our customers one at a time. And as a company, we carry this same philosophy to take care of each employee the best way we can.

So are you interested in Lands' End?

To apply for opportunities at Lands' End in Dodgeville, WI:
Lands' End
careers@landsend.com
343 Winter Street
Waltham, MA 02451
781.663.3815