Graphic Designer

OVERVIEW

You are a highly creative, organized, and hard-working individual looking for an opportunity to help shape the brand identity of one of the fastest-growing basics brands. You are innovative, collaborative and driven—and you love to question the status quo.

We’re seeking a talented, innovative, and PROVEN Graphic Designer who is skilled at all aspects of design and a strong understanding of digital and social marketing.

This role will entail communicating effectively with copywriters, video editors, brand, digital, and marketing managers. This person should be detail-oriented and skilled in omni-channel design execution.  Be prepared to develop concepts and ideas from the ground up, pitch ideas to leadership, and create compelling, relevant, and meaningful work. Must excel at developing WOW! creative concepts and thrive in a high-speed, self-starter environment. Perfect for someone wanting to learn and grow in their career, while touching all areas of creative for the BELLA+CANVAS brand.

RESPONSIBILITIES  

• Concept, develop and build a wide variety of creative assets [web, email, paid social, print (etc.] to support product, marketing, and business objectives.
• Develop new ways to communicate brand stories on our digital comms
• Communicate the strategy, insight, or rationale for all visual creative work to internal teams
• Outstanding visual design skills, integrating both innovative and practical solutions
• Keep up to date with visual design trends and further your knowledge in the responsibilities you are given
• Ensure that all work meets general accessibility standards such as appropriate contrast ratio and text size
• Strategically think about business problems and create visually compelling content that effectively communicates the message
• Work closely with digital marketing team to develop a deep understanding of consumer’s mindsets, attitudes, & behaviors to inform strong creative development
• Bring the visual tone and direction of channel executions to life
• Collaborate and conceptualize with multidisciplinary team including copywriters, brand strategists, marketing managers, and creative directors to build and maintain visual brand excellence for a wide range of design need
• Ensure quality is high in all aspects of execution!!
• Develop detailed design specs for creative guidelines & production

QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years of experience working as a Graphic Designer
• BA in Graphic Design or related degree/education
• Mastery of Adobe Suite (Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, inDesign)
• Experience with direct response, branded response, and habit-forming campaigns a must.
• A solid understanding of design principles including layout, typography, and color theory.
• An online portfolio that demonstrates a passion for great design and shows stylistic breath, attention to detail, and usability.
• Ability to communicate well with team members and articulate rationale for design decisions.
• Ability to manage many projects at once and meet deadlines.
• Proficiency in HTML, HTML5 and CSS with a strong emphasis toward responsive and multiple device design and development
• Experience with Wordpress highly preferred.
• Familiarity with animation and prototyping tools such as After Effects, Sketch, Figma, Principle, or similar
• Experience with 3rd party tools such as Unbounce, Optimizely, Iterable preferred
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Figma, and InVision
• Excellent time management skills Self-starting attitude and ability to work independently