Freelance Art Director

You’re an art director with a background in luxury brands, and you can take a campaign from first idea to final file. You come up with the concept, you’re on set making the calls, and you stay with the edit until every asset meets a luxury standard. You specialize in either premium-to-luxury skincare and beauty or luxury fashion, and your portfolio shows it. You know how to make a product feel elevated and desirable: through restraint, texture, light, and a quiet confidence that never feels mass-market. You think beyond the hero image, so one shoot produces enough content to carry every channel until the next launch. You have a sharp eye for typography, pacing, and detail. You give clear, specific notes on video and can tell an editor exactly where to cut, what to trim, and which frame to hold on.

goop is building a roster of freelance Art Directors to lead creative on 2027 launches for goop Beauty and GWYN, our fashion line. Projects are assigned by category, so beauty specialists lead beauty launches and fashion specialists lead GWYN collections. On each project, you own the creative from start to finish. That means concepting, executing on set, and managing post-production through to a final toolkit of approved assets that every channel uses until the next launch. Every touchpoint should carry the polish and sensibility of a luxury brand.

• Develop elevated campaign concepts, moodboards, and visual direction for each launch
• Map every needed asset before the shoot, across social, paid, PDP, Amazon, wholesale, retail, and event signage
• Build shot lists that cover the full set of baseline content for the category
• Plan for the special crops and versions needed for tentpoles and other initiatives

• Art direct photo and video shoots on set, holding every frame to a luxury standard
• Work with photographers, videographers, stylists, and talent to capture the concept and complete the full shot list

• Manage post-production through final delivery, including edit, retouch, color, and resizing
• Write clear, detailed edit notes on video cuts: where to cut and clip, pacing, frame selection, and versions for each platform
• Own typography and on-screen text across video and static assets
• Deliver a final toolkit, with links to every approved asset, for channel owners to use

• Work with brand, marketing, social, e-commerce, and retail teams so every channel pulls from one approved source
• Use final legal-approved copy and claims across all assets
• Keep each project on schedule against the 2027 launch calendar

• Experience: Proven art direction experience at luxury or prestige brands across concept, production, and post. You need a clear specialty in either premium-to-luxury skincare and beauty or luxury fashion
• Luxury Sensibility: A trained eye for what makes a brand feel luxurious, including composition, lighting, texture, and restraint, and experience bringing that to both campaign and everyday content
• Portfolio: Campaign work in your category for premium or luxury brands, taken from concept to final assets and including both video and stills
• Post-Production: Hands-on knowledge of video editing workflows and the ability to give precise, actionable edit notes
• Typography & Design: Strong typography and layout skills, and fluency in Figma and the Adobe Creative Suite
• Skills: Highly organized, able to manage several projects at once, and calm and decisive on set
• Tools: Figma and AI platforms are both required

• Engagement: This is a freelance, project-based contractor role. Projects are assigned by category (beauty or fashion).
• Compensation: Project-based fee, determined by the scope of each project.