Senior Graphic Designer / Art Director

Our client is growing rapidly in sports nutrition and needs to add a senior graphic designer who in many ways can act as an art director.

This company is ~ 35 employees currently and the role is remote with some travel to head office.

Critical skills:

• Killer design chops with Advanced Adobe Creative Suite skills, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and ability to evaluate future tools for team productivity. You have familiarity with Word, Excel and embrace the reality that Power-Point is a necessary and powerful design tool.
• You have impeccable taste in and appreciation for the role of music as a story telling backdrop for motion.
• Strong communication design sensibilities and an understanding of how composition, information hierarchy, color theory and typography work together to drive home a message.
• Proven creativity in the Ecommerce space is preferred.
• Excellent communication skills. You are crystal clear, transparent, and confident communicating (presenting and selling-in) creative ideas, their rationale, and the specifics of the solutions.
• Social fluency and a solid understanding of how to drive conversation and engagement across social channels.
• Excellent interpersonal skills: You feel at your best in a team environment; You are a curious & patient and can do great work on your own but also thrive coaching young designers and illustrators.
• 5+ years of experience in a design role and the ability to work and help build a design team at a consumer startup or top tier CPG company.
• You are a well-seasoned, graceful giver and receiver of feedback.
• Animation and video production and are well versed in the language of the internet and social.
• Ability to prioritize and manage work, adhering to critical project timelines in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to concept across a variety of mediums including social, digital, print, audio, experiential and whatever comes next.

You'll Do:

• Ensure execution of a thoughtful creative strategy and positive user interface across multiple digital platforms.
• Communicate and interact well with team members and supervisors across multiple departments.
• In collaboration with the Creative Director, you will help lead the vision for creative campaigns. You will also execute these campaigns.
• Ensure that brand and visual identity is consistently applied to all collateral and marketing materials across the company. Drive creative consistency into global markets in packaging and digital platforms. Ensure consistent application and governance of the brand style guides, internally and externally.
• Help manage a team of designers by demonstrating enthusiasm for the creative landscape and new technologies; and contributing strong, inspirational, and relevant creative thinking.
• In collaboration with the Creative Director, provide the vision for photography and direct all photography efforts for use in packaging, social media, and Ecommerce.
• Concept, design, and produce engaging strategic content and creative assets across a range of brand projects and touchpoints, including video, social and influencer campaigns, marketing and promotional, email, print, branding and logo design, packaging, media and PR programs, and whatever comes next.

Other duties as assigned.

Bring It!

• Minimum 5+ years industry experience or related creative process experience combining creative strategy, content, and messaging with creative deliverables as an Art Director / Senior Designer.

• A strong portfolio that demonstrates your ability to come up with modern, playful, original ideas and innovative approaches across channels, along with the visual skills and attention to detail to execute superbly in a variety of mediums

• Stunning photo and video art direction.

• Proven experience allocating and managing budgets

Expert knowledge in Mac-based tools of your trade: InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator. Premiere, After Effects are a huge plus.

Expert knowledge in the graphic printing and production processes, including translations needed for international commerce.