Art Director, Employee Gear And Merchandise

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It's a unique legacy of innovation that's fueled by incredible technology-and amazing people. Today, we're tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what's never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world's best talent. As an NVIDIAN, you'll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work.
What you'll be doing:

• Defining the art direction for our global employee Gear Store and company merchandise, including the aesthetic, color and materials palette, and overall style. Partnering with the merchandise buyer and operations lead to define roadmaps. Designing and illustrating, and generating print production files for vendors.
• You will develop our next wave of coveted gear, bringing delight to our employees, their families, friends, and of course, our fans. Developing a full range of items and designs that connect with the most important themes and narratives and product launches. And driving the user experience and design of our on-site store, pop-ups, and website.

What we need to see:

• Excellence in creating purposeful, beautiful design for merchandise-apparel, soft and hard goods. Actual examples of your illustration and design work, including production.
• A deep knowledge bank of materials, production processes, decoration techniques, complexities, and caveats.
• Proven examples of how you art direct, design, build, and conceptualize ideas and forward-thinking creative concepts, especially around abstract and technical subjects-translating ideas into coveted gear.
• Evidence of how you stay on top of the latest trends in the apparel and Merchandise space, tech industry trends and technologies- and embrace change.
• Demonstration of the fundamental principles of art direction, graphic design for brand, illustration, typography, video, photography, and even 3D.
• Examples of retail store design, exhibit design, event, or environmental design examples.
• Ownership of creative thinking of print and web and how you work in a non-linear, agile manner as well as a love for technology; an ability and passion to understand hi-tech products from the inside out.
• Your passion to take intent and direction from your peers and leaders and apply your art direction skills to build a vision, iterate quickly, revise, and produce outstanding work.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office: PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook and tracking your work in project tracking tools such as Workfront.
• 10+ years of proven experience working with established brands, building or extending design systems, and/or campaigns, collaborating with senior executive level leadership teams.
• A BFA, BS, or MFA in Graphic Design or equivalent field is required (or equivalent experience).
• A PDF or online portfolio with 5-10 design samples will be requested during the interview process.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• An established portfolio showing hands-on work with apparel and Merchandise. We're especially keen on seeing examples thoughtfully showing how you've understood and integrated established brand systems into coveted items.
• Hands-on skills in illustration, infographics, 3D, motion graphics, video, storyboarding, and in-house experience. Can you sketch designs, create beautiful illustrations, and design a display for a retail store? Share your creative passions with us!
• Ever worked in house and had to sell your ideas? Walk us through a project and share your creation process.

NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world's most desirable employers. We have some of the most intelligent and hardworking people in the world working for us. If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you!
The base salary range is 108,000 USD - 184,000 USD. Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.
You will also be eligible for equity and benefits. NVIDIA accepts applications on an ongoing basis.
NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.