Aquent Hiring for Production Artist (retail) Job at Pacific, MO Full Time

Our client is seeking an experienced Production Designer to support the creative needs for all of their sales venues: physical retail stores, web store, corporate/custom business, and their employee recognition program. The visual designer will coordinate and execute visual marketing deliverables in partnership with our creative lead and marketing team. The ideal candidate will be customer-obsessed, creative, disciplined, and flexible, while maintaining a consistent brand style for our business.

General Qualifications:

Design Experience

• Proven graphic design experience (with portfolio outlining what role they took in the project shown)

• Creating and manipulating graphics through Adobe Creative Suite apps such as Illustrator, Photoshop, & InDesign

• Provide image retouching, clipping paths and additional image manipulation

• Prepare images for print and digital applications

• Understanding of retail and/or corporate branding

• Work independently and cooperatively on multiple projects with marketing team

• Collaborate closely with art directors, designers and other team members

• Experience within the retail industry is a huge plus!

Organization/Communication/Time Management/Project Management Experience

• Update and maintain internal databases of designs, photography, and video (highly organized or at least willing to follow a consistent organizational structure)

• Organizational and time-management skills for meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment

• Demonstrates the ability to work confidently through multiple files, edits, and versioning in a fast-paced environment

• Communicating efficiently with management and clients to keep them up-to-date with project milestones.

• Resourceful and problem solver

General Experience

• Bachelor’s degree and typically 3 or more years’ related work experience

• 1-3 years visual design experience

• Well-versed in adobe creative suite, including Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign

• Proficient in print production and digital graphic design

• Motivated self-starter with excellent time management skills

• Ability to multi-task, problem-solve, and work both creatively and with precision

• Be a solutions-oriented thinker, working closely with various individuals and teams to provide positive ideas and recommendations

General Responsibilities

• Create compelling visual designs for all digital channels (online, email, advertising, social)

• Design catalogs, look books or other print material, as needed

• Analyze and execute marketing campaigns

• Digitally produce/touch up product imagery as needed

• Design and/or edit graphics, illustrations and other creative

• Maintain up-to-date market knowledge regarding digital marketing strategies

• Additional design projects, as needed