Responsible for the creative development through strategy for marketing, advertising and promotional campaign throughout all phases including initial conception through final production.

ACCOUNTABILITIES
CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT

Solves creative challenges and builds creative that delivers on business objectives and strategy
Implements projects within established creative vision
Collaborates with Marketing partners on all projects as necessary to develop creative solutions
Establishes size and arrangement of creative collateral with exceptional attention to detail

CREATIVE MANAGEMENT

Reviews all stages of project with Art Director/Manager
Prepares creative presentation materials. Presents and reviews all creative to/with Art Director/Manager
Collaborates with Production Designer ensuring proof comments are accurately completed
Mentors production designers

PROCESS MANAGEMENT

Collaborates with Project Management/Brand Experience to keep project on schedule and assists with timeline development
Maintains job notes on critical design details for future reference
Maintains an organized file management system and file server
Creates/maintains current, up to date style guides

ADDENDUMS
DESIGNER - CONTENT AND DESIGN

Captures customer needs across all channels and aspects of Creative Design
Creates, generates and delivers creative assets, in partnership with photo studio
Maintains broad understanding of the creative intent to apply across all channels
Responsible for delivering fully realized templates for Creative Production

DESIGNER - PRODUCTION

Focus on evergreen materials, leveraging and modifying design templates
Collaborate and present evergreen materials with Merchant partners
Adheres to channel specific design principles
See projects through to final release

DESIGNER - SOCIAL CONTENT AND DESIGN

Understands the importance of user experience and responsive design within digital channels
Owns social media accounts and is familiar with all social platforms
Aware of the latest trends within digital and social media

QUALIFICATIONS
REQUIRED

BFA or equivalent degree required
2-5 years design experience
Good organization, time management and multitasking skills
Effective verbal and written communication skills
MAC proficiency in: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator Adobe Acrobat
Strong Understanding of typography and design composition
Solid understanding of creative print-ready files

PREFERRED

Experience with retail workflow, processes and structure
Knowledge of four-color, spot and digital printing processes and prepress requirements
Photo art direction experiences a plus
Demonstrated ability to present creative ideas in a professional, organized manner
Strong understanding of photography and digital imaging

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