Job Description
Company Overview
Founded by Santa Barbara-born sisters, Margaret and Katherine Kleveland, and a Collective of partners, DÔEN was launched in 2016 and is a digitally-led, multi-channel fashion and lifestyle brand. Our mission is to create lasting, beautiful collections while supporting individuals in all aspects of the organization, supply chain, and community. We work with domestic and international partners who share our values and commitment to gender and social equality, and we give back by partnering with foundations that directly benefit our employees, value chain, and surrounding communities.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Description of Duties
Title:Junior Graphic Designer
Classification: Non-exempt
Hourly Range*: $25/hour
Working Hours*: Hybrid, Monday through Friday, 9:00a-5:30p
Location: HQ: 14801 Califa St Van Nuys, CA 91411
DÔEN is looking for aJunior Graphic Designerto assist in the execution and implementation of design to meet marketing strategies across all visual touch points. This is a collaborative and creative role for someone who takes accountability of their workload as well as deliverables and is not afraid to roll up their sleeves and jump in. You will be joining a small team of hardworking content makers and have ownership over organizing and passing off assets. Heavily interested in Graphic Design, this role is responsible for completing email design, Instagram story design, cropping approved ads for delivery, site asset updates, photo retouching, and more. This position partners with the Sr. Graphic Design Manager and Creative Director of Content in addition to the rest of the company for all things related to the visual world of DÔEN. This hire is not only expected to execute to the degree of what is currently created, but to push boundaries – bringing new ideas constantly to the table and giving our community beauty in new and different visual ways – all through the lens of DÔEN. This position should appeal to a self-starter and self-motivated person who likes to work in a quickly growing atmosphere with a wide range of exciting projects, and who has a love of art and photography, good design, and visual storytelling.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
• Help create newsletters for weekly email marketing
• Create Instagram stories to mirror all newsletters for weekly email marketing
• Assist Sr. Graphic Design Manager on organizing and get prepping artwork files to pass to vendors across all packaging
• Manage assets in Dropbox
• Retouch and re-color all campaign and studio imagery
• Rename, organize, and crop for web all campaign imagery
• Drop in product imagery onto Shopify and pass off swatches to ecommerce team
• Oversee organization of campaign, studio, and flats. Renaming files, retouching selects by season.
• Create Seasonal Style Guides for Comms team and Wholesale and own presentation pdfs for Content Team’s approval
• Attend all weekly content, marketing, and print and packaging meetings
• Collaborate with content manager to visually tell stories to our customer on our website, through our newsletters, journals and on our Instagram
• Maintain brand guidelines within the scope of your role
• Work with the Director of Communication on designing assets that speak to sensitive matters and communication on channels including newsletters, Instagram stories, etc.
• Understand the world and vision of DÔEN, and be able to source public domain and edit/select photos to tell said story in an artistic way
Skills:
• Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Highly proficient in Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign and related design, photography, and production software
• Excellent concepting, creative development, and design skills
• Effective cross-team collaborator with the ability to work quickly across multiple creative projects and the ability to meet tight deadlines
• Unwavering attention to detail and an acute awareness that everything counts as you are creating what our world
• Unwavering inspiring, artful, and done thoughtfully
• Ability to work within Shopify
• Fluency within Project Management tools like Asana and communication via Slack
Qualifications:
• Intern or 1-year relative experience can qualify
• Bachelor’s degree in design (i.e. fine arts/graphic design/visual communications/advertising or similar) or
equivalent professional experience
• Clear understanding of the DÔEN aesthetic and brand
Physical Requirements:
• Must be able to perform essential duties satisfactorily with reasonable accommodation
• Periods sitting at a desk, typing, sketching and working on a computer
• Able to lift/move/push/pull objects up to 25 lbs
• Able to walk, sit and stand for periods of time
• Able to operate equipment such as computers, copy machines, phones
• Must be able to access various areas of a given location
Total Rewards Package:
• Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
• A fun-filled, creative work environment
• Healthcare, Vision, Dental
• 401k with company match
• Competitive salary
• Generous discount
• Compensation will be determined based on experience and other factors permitted by law.
• The hybrid model may be rescinded at any time due to business needs or the company’s discretion.
CA Hourly Rate
$25 - $25 USD
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