About Mark & Graham
Established in 2012, Mark & Graham is a leading monogrammed lifestyle brand offering thoughtfully designed personalized products and custom gifts for every stage of life, across home, travel, pet, and baby & kids. The digitally native brand is known for its high-quality, in-house–designed collections, spanning decor, luggage, handbags, and everyday essentials, all customizable with hundreds of monogram options.
About the Creative Team
The Mark & Graham Creative team brings our brand story to life across every customer touchpoint, including site, catalog, email, social, digital marketing, and beyond. As part of the Photo team, you’ll help translate each season’s big ideas into compelling, on-brand photography that inspires our customer, creates desire for our products, and reinforces Mark & Graham as a destination for thoughtful gifting and personalization.
We’re a collaborative, ideas-driven team that believes great creative work happens when people feel supported, inspired, and empowered to bring their point of view to the table. We value curiosity, craftsmanship, and a strong sense of partnership—both within the Creative team and across the broader brand. If you’re excited by storytelling, style, gifting, and the details that make language feel personal, we’d love to meet you. This role reports into the Director of Creative Services (Creative Director) and is based in San Francisco at our Van Ness office and photo studio.
About The Role
The Photo Art Director is responsible for bringing the Mark & Graham brand vision to life through photography across all channels. This role partners closely with the Creative Director and Senior Photo Manager to shape the visual direction and execution of seasonal campaigns, e-commerce photography, and on-figure shoots.
The Photo Art Director leads the creative development of photography from concept through post-production, including shot planning, talent input, set design, on-set direction, asset selection, retouching guidance, and final crop direction. This role collaborates closely with photographers, stylists, retouchers, and cross-functional teams to deliver elevated visual storytelling that reflects the Mark & Graham brand.
As creative tools continue to evolve, this role will also help integrate AI-enabled capabilities into the photo workflow, including ideation, planning, content development, and scalable asset creation.
Responsibilities
Criteria
Our Culture & Values
We believe that taking care of our people is vital to our success and we strive to offer equitable and transparent practices for all. We prioritize connection, growth, and wellbeing.
People First
Putting People First means investing in overall well-being and opportunities to grow and advance within the organization. Depending on the position and location, here are a few highlights of what benefits may be available:
Benefits
A generous discount on all WSI brands
A 401(k) plan and other investment opportunities
Paid vacations, holidays, and time off to volunteer
Health benefits, dental and vision insurance, including same-sex domestic partner benefits
Tax-free commuter benefits
A wellness program that supports your physical, financial and emotional health
Continued Learning
In-person and online learning opportunities through WSI University
Cross-brand and cross-function career opportunities
Resources for self-development
Advisor (Mentor) program
Career development workshops, learning programs, and speaker series
WSI will not now or in the future commence an immigration case or "sponsor" an individual for this position (for example, H-1B or other employment-based immigration).
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Williams-Sonoma, Inc. will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, or other applicable state or local laws and ordinances. The expected starting pay range for this position is $110,000-$130,000. Applicable pay ranges may differ across markets. Actual pay will be determined based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law. In addition to competitive pay, compensation may include a variety of other components like benefits, paid time off, merit, and bonus opportunities.
About Us
Our Company
Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of high-quality products for the kitchen and home in the United States. Our family of brands are Williams Sonoma, Williams Sonoma Home, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teen, Rejuvenation, West Elm, Mark & Graham, Outward, and GreenRow. These brands are among the best known and most respected in the industry. We offer beautifully-designed, stylish and functional products for every area of the home, including the kitchen, living room, bedroom, home office, closet, laundry room and even outdoor spaces. We've seen some big changes since our first brick-and-mortar store opened more than half of a century ago. What hasn't changed is our passion for high-quality products, functional design, outstanding customer service, and enhancing the lives of our customers and the communities where we operate. Today, we're a multi-brand, multi-channel, global enterprise supported by state-of-the-art technology and some of the most talented teams in retailing - and we're always looking for new energy and ideas.
Our Company
Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of high-quality products for the kitchen and home in the United States. Our family of brands are Williams Sonoma, Williams Sonoma Home, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teen, Rejuvenation, West Elm, Mark & Graham, Outward, and GreenRow. These brands are among the best known and most respected in the industry. We offer beautifully-designed, stylish and functional products for every area of the home, including the kitchen, living room, bedroom, home office, closet, laundry room and even outdoor spaces. We've seen some big changes since our first brick-and-mortar store opened more than half of a century ago. What hasn't changed is our passion for high-quality products, functional design, outstanding customer service, and enhancing the lives of our customers and the communities where we operate. Today, we're a multi-brand, multi-channel, global enterprise supported by state-of-the-art technology and some of the most talented teams in retailing - and we're always looking for new energy and ideas.
Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of high-quality products for the home. Our family of brands includes Williams Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, PBteen, West Elm, Williams-Sonoma Home, Rejuvenation, and Mark and Graham. These brands are among the best known and most respected in the industry. We offer beautifully-designed, stylish and functional products for every area of the home, including the kitchen, living room, bedroom, home office, closet, laundry room, and even outdoor spaces. We've seen some big changes since our first brick-and-mortar store opened more than half of a century ago. What hasn't changed is our passion for high-quality products, functional design, outstanding customer service, and enhancing the lives of our customers and the communities where we operate. Today, we're a multi-brand, multi-channel, global enterprise supported by state-of-the-art technology and some of the most talented teams in retailing - and we're always looking for new energy and ideas.
