Senior Brand Designer
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Company: Agency
Location: New York, New York (Hybrid | 3 Days on site)
Duration: Full time
Pay rate: $90-100k*
Salary is commensurate with experience and is an estimated range provided by JBC. Our client is hiring at multiple levels.
Our client is a boutique branding agency known for a-list branding for food and beverage products. As part of this team, you will be involved in all aspects of the creative work including: research, idea generation, concept exploration, design development and finalization. We are looking for designers who will help to maintain our high creative bar with a broad range of skills that can be applied with a can-do attitude. Strong ideas are imperative. A keen eye for detail and exceptional typography and illustration skills are also required.
Responsibilities:
- Be involved in all aspects of the creative work in our NY office including research, idea generation, concept exploration, design development and finalization
- Be a design guardian for the brands we work upon, ensuring colour, type and visual equities follow standards
- Deliver high quality, well-considered design solutions that helps to meet our clients’ objectives
- Deliver both strong ideas and a high level of craftsmanship across all elements of design
- Have a good understanding of the creative process from brief to production
- Organize and maintain design files and master assets as needed
- Maintain the agency’s standards of creative excellence, timeliness, and profitability
- Support the team when managing external specialists e.g. illustrators, visualizer
- Help to maintain an atmosphere of inspiration and collaboration and, in time, help to mentor the younger creative team
- Qualifications:
- 4+ years experience in CPG packaging branding and identity, with a strong portfolio to match
- Strong skills in key Adobe software (Photoshop, InDesign & Illustrator)
- A good understanding of the print process and technology
- Strong communication skills, excellent organizational skills and an eye for detail
- A degree in fine arts or graphic design
- Bring big ideas and clear thinking to meet our clients challenges in a uniquely creative way
- Have pride in crafting the finest detail with evidence of exemplary typographic and image making skills
- Be able to talk passionately and knowledgeably about the work
- Be a self-starting, multifaceted designer who enjoys collaborating with colleagues and clients
Benefits:
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance – Chase reimburses up to the first $2,000 of employee’s medical deductible including office co-pays and prescription drugs
- Ten Days of Vacation Leave (increases with tenure); Six days of Sick Leave per year
- Major Federal Holidays
- Fully paid two-week office closure at the end of the year
- Summer Fridays (9am – 1pm)
- Paid Parental Leave
- 401(k) with employer match
- Basic Life & AD&D Insurance
- End of Year Discretionary Bonus (based on overall annual studio profitability and individual performance)
- Flexible working environment
- Annual Educational Development Reimbursement