China Grove
About: Bloomingdale’s makes fashion personal and fun, aspirational yet approachable. Our mission is to guide and inspire our customers to make style a source of creative energy in their lives. We will always strive to make Bloomingdale’s like no other store in the world. Everyone plays a critical role in bringing our mission to life. Regardless of position, we believe all colleagues have a voice and access to share their thoughts with every level of leadership. Our colleagues are passionate, driven, entrepreneurial and collaborative. We welcome and embrace diversity of background, thought and opinion while having a lot of fun along the way. Job Overview: The E-Commerce Stylist, Still Life (PDP "Product Detail Page" Stylist) is responsible for styling high quality off-figure product photography of a wide range of products including soft goods and accessories, for use across but not limited to the company’s digital platforms. The PDP, Product Detail Page, Stylist will work closely with PDP Photographer, Art Directors and Photo Planners to establish styling standards and execute product photography ensuring images meet aesthetic and technical requirements and maintaining a baseline level of productivity within an established workflow. The ideal candidate is agile, collaborative in nature, and thrives in a fast-paced studio environment producing consistent, accurate, and visually compelling imagery amidst fluctuating daily workloads. Essential Functions: • Collaborate with the Photographer and Art Directors to deliver consistent, high quality and on standard still life photography aligned with company goals, • Prepare and style merchandise for shooting, including (but not limited to) ironing, steaming, folding, stuffing, cleaning and pinning, ensuring product is handled to the highest quality standards, • Work with Art Directors on styling standards and visual aesthetics, displaying a strong eye for detail to produce the highest quality images that highlight product attributes, • Partner with the on-set team to efficiently manage high-volume daily shoot schedules and image workflows in a fast-paced environment ensuring daily workload is completed, • Maintain current knowledge of competitive landscape, • Troubleshoot on-set challenges decisively and communicate issues to relevant stakeholders, • Identify solutions to inefficiencies within the studio and propose new styling processes that could improve overall image quality or address opportunities, • Innovate new approaches for styling emerging categories or initiatives, • Maintain studio equipment, props, and supplies, • Assist with the movement of physical product through the studio, • May perform other duties and participate in other projects as required by the department. Qualifications and Competencies: • Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Design, Photography, or comparable experience, • 2+ years of professional styling experience in an editorial or commercial/e-commerce capacity, • Portfolio showcasing still life styling experience across a range of product areas including soft goods, accessories, jewelry, and hard goods., • Uphold brand and quality standards for styling and photography based on creative guidelines, • Thorough knowledge of luxury fashion and current trends, • Technical styling skills and knowledge of wide variety of garments and fabrics, • Ability to work effectively in a constantly evolving, fast-paced environment, • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, • Self-driven and able to easily communicate creative ideas and collaborate in a team environment, • Exceptional attention to detail and work ethic Preferred qualifications: • Network within the ecommerce photography industry, • Familiarity with Mac OS, Adobe Creative Suite and Capture One Pro a plus Physical Requirements: • The ability to lift 25 pounds regularly, • The ability to stand for periods up to 8 hours, • This role is performed in a studio with flashing lights of varying frequency and intensity and requires the use of multiple screens (camera, laptop, monitors, etc.) and may be triggering for those with photosensitivity. Additional information is available upon request.