Job description
Overview
We’re a team of home soft goods experts, creatives, and technologists—brought together by a shared love of creating high-quality bed and bath products at a price people love. We’re equally passionate about building a brand and customer experience that’s truly memorable. Now, we’re looking for a sharp, detail-oriented, and stylistically savvy Photo Art Director to support our in-house creative team.
This is a highly collaborative role focused on helping execute the visual direction set by the VP of Creative. You’ll help bring our brand vision to life across lifestyle, ecommerce, and product storytelling moments—supporting everything from casting and pre-production to on-set execution and post-production refinement. Our ideal candidate is a strong executor with great taste who can translate creative direction into polished, high-quality work.
If you’re organized, resourceful, and passionate about styling, storytelling, and all things photo—we’d love to meet you.
This role is based in Manhattan, New York, with a hybrid schedule of two days in-office and three days remote, and 3–4 in-studio days per week as needed for shoots.
What You’ll Do
Shoot Support + Execution
- Support the VP of Creative in executing brand photography across lifestyle, ecommerce, and product storytelling moments
- Translate high-level creative and art direction into actionable pre-production support—helping bring casting, locations, props, wardrobe, and set styling to life with a thoughtful, detail-oriented approach
- Partner with our in-house photographer and Director of Design to execute shoot plans, shot lists, and framing that align with the brief
- Provide on-set support to ensure visual continuity and a balance of sophistication, playfulness, and optimism in every shot
- Assist in capturing a range of imagery—from brand lifestyle to PDP and product education assets
- Maintain shoot decks, visual references, and image libraries to ensure alignment and accessibility across teams
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with Brand, Growth, Social, and Merchandising teams to ensure photography meets both brand standards and business goals
- Support the creation of imagery that drives clear and engaging product education, especially across PDP and evergreen channels—not just storytelling, but helping customers understand and connect with our products
Post-Production & Tools
- Take a first pass at photo and motion selects before final review by the VP of Creative and In-House Photographer
- Provide cropping and light retouching guidance in line with brand tone and quality
- Help manage selects, related decks, and post assets across tools such as Frame.io, Lightroom, and Capture One
Brand Consistency
- Help maintain and evolve foundational tools and documentation that support our brand’s visual identity—such as styling and product education guides, ecommerce photography guidelines, and casting libraries
We’re looking for someone who brings
- 4–6 years of experience supporting photo art direction, ideally in a style-forward environment—such as home, interiors, fashion/apparel, or editorial
- Strong styling instincts and creative sensibility, with a sharp eye for color, texture, and composition
- A deep understanding of how to visually communicate both brand identity and product benefits through still and motion assets
- Collaborative, adaptable, and highly organized—you thrive when turning direction into execution, and welcome feedback as part of the creative process
- Familiarity with tools like Capture One, Lightroom, and Frame.io; bonus if you’ve worked in Figma or have basic motion editing knowledge
- Excellent communication, time management, and attention to detail
- A team-first, positive spirit—you’re ready to roll up your sleeves and help make great work happen
- A plus if you have 2-3 years background in graphic design!
Compensation & Benefits
At Brooklinen, we’re committed to providing a competitive total compensation package—grounded in market data that considers our size, stage, industry, and location. For this role, the salary range is between $85K and $95K.
Beyond base salary, we offer a comprehensive set of benefits designed to support the well-being, growth, and balance of our team.
Our benefits & perks include:
- Health Benefits: We contribute generously (even up to 100% for employee-only coverage) toward our employees’ medical, dental and vision premiums.
- Fertility Support: We provide financial support for every fertility and family-building journey.
- Retirement Savings: A 401K plan with a 4% company match helps you build for the future.
- Commuter Benefits: Pre-tax commuter benefits help cover the costs of getting to and from the office.
- Product Discount and Allowance: Enjoy a 40% discount on Brooklinen products and a 25% discount for friends & family, plus a bi-annual product allowance.
- Wellness Support: Free memberships to One Medical and Talkspace provide health and mental wellness support.
- We also offer a flexible wellness & lifestyle $1,000 reimbursement through Joon.
- Parental Leave: All new parents receive 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
- Year-Long Summer Fridays: We wrap up at 3 pm every Friday, all year long.
- Vacation: Start with 20 days of vacation per year (pro-rated by start date). After five years with us, you’ll enjoy 25 days of vacation annually.
- Sabbatical: At your five-year anniversary, take a fully paid, one-month sabbatical.
- Hybrid Schedule: We require all HQ team members to work in the office for two days each week during our core days (Tuesday to Thursday), with Tuesday being mandatory company-wide. Our office is open and inviting—come in as often as you like!
- Remote Work Weeks: Enjoy additional flexibility with remote weeks, including Thanksgiving week, the last week of December, and up to four additional remote weeks per year, with manager approval.
- Equity: Our HQ team receives competitive equity grants, and we’d be happy to share more details about valuing this part of compensation during the interview process.
Why join us?
At our core, we’re a team that values authenticity, passion, and genuine connection. We’ve cultivated a culture where friendly, welcoming, and driven people thrive together—fueling an environment that’s collaborative and refreshingly low-ego. We’re strong believers that the people you work with can make or break a job, so we go to great lengths to protect this amazing culture.
We believe in balancing hard work with personal well-being. Here, recharging isn’t just encouraged; it’s essential. Our workday kicks off at 10 am, we’re serious about taking vacations, and we wrap up by 3 pm on “Summer Fridays” all year long. Hanging out with teammates is just as important as unplugging to get a great night’s sleep.
Growth is in our DNA. As our company expands, we’re committed to creating exciting opportunities for our talented team members to grow, collaborate, and make a meaningful impact.
Hybrid work? Absolutely. We’re proud of our flexible HQ schedule—which is two days each week during our core days (Tuesday to Thursday), with Tuesday being mandatory company-wide—to support work-life balance.
But don’t just take our word for it! Our commitment to our team has earned us recognition from LinkedIn Top Startups, Inc.’s Best Workplaces, and Forbes Best Startup Employers in America in recent years. We’re just getting started, and we’d love for you to be a part of this next chapter.
Everyone is welcome at Brooklinen. We’re passionate about building a team that reflects the diversity of our community and creating an environment where our differences are celebrated.
About Brooklinen
Brooklinen, one of the largest soft good DTC brands in the US, was founded in 2014 with one goal in mind: To create happiness at home with products that are made to be lived in.
While you may have heard of us as “The Internet’s Favorite Sheets,” ten years later, we’re so much more than that. We design with the modern bedroom in mind – a place full of life, where people can authentically show up as themselves - all with products made for comfort and ease. And to make good on the promise of value, Brooklinen creates all of our products with the best quality, at the best price. Our premium soft goods are available online and throughout the country at our eight retail locations.
Our products are that good. But don’t take it from us alone: Our assortment of sheets, towels, and more have received over 100,000 5-star reviews and been awarded many times over by industry tastemakers like Architectural Digest, Good Housekeeping, The New York Times’ Wirecutter, and many more.
Note for recruiting agencies: We oversee our hiring internally, and we kindly ask that recruitment agencies refrain from sending us unsolicited resumes unless we have a pre-existing agreement for a particular role. We’re excited about welcoming all applicants who are interested in joining our team to apply directly!
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