Our retail client is looking for a Graphic Designer with 7+ years' experience and previous experience working with fashion or retail clients. Projects will include in store signage, large format window hangers/posters, seasonal in store design and digital campaigns such as emails or site banners.
Responsibilities: With a medium level of supervision and direction from the senior creative, partners with a copywriter and conceives and executes creative multiple channels, including digital: email and site banners, seasonal in-store sign packages, as well as store experience large scale projects from murals to one off high profile window designs consistent with the agreed upon strategy and in accordance with the brand guidelines.
Responsibilities:
• Helps to develop and guide creative ideas based on input from project managers, in-house creative team and personal research.
• With a medium level of supervision from the senior creative, partners with brand and channel project managers, and traffic, production and studio to effectively meet project objectives, schedules, budgets, and deadlines.
• Under the direction of, and with approval from, the senior creative, monitor all materials through all stages of pre-production and production.
• Efficiently manage and complete all work on time, reporting status of projects to senior creative.
• Remains current on industry trends.
• Receives guidance from the senior creative on production that applies to concept development and creative execution.
Required Qualifications:
• 8 + years of related work experience and/or training or equivalent combinations of education and experience, fashion, graphic design, art direction.
• Bachelors of Fine Arts or design degree required.
• Possesses a solid understanding of graphic design and art direction.
• Proven talent and a strong design sense; ability to mock up design concepts in Photoshop and InDesign
• Proven ability as a problem solver and to take the initiative to solve issues.
• Thinks and articulates both verbally and visually when working with/without copy writers.
• Solid interpersonal/communication skills
• Proven ability to effectively present ideas to team, clients, and/or senior creative team.
• Intelligent thinking, demonstrating strong organizational skills and accuracy.
• Ability to juggle multiple projects.
• Working knowledge of the Microsoft suite, ability to work from a copy doc in Word and create presentations in PowerPoint
• Must be current on industry trends and possess a vast technical design skill across all media.
• Proficient in Illustrator and After Effects
• Retail experience
