Associate Graphic Designer, HG

$50,200 - $66,500/Yr

Crate & Barrel - Sausalito, CA

Full-time - Entry Level

Sausalito, CA

Furniture, Home Furnishings, Electronics, and Appliance Retailers

About the position

The Associate Graphic Designer at Hudson Grace will be responsible for creating visually compelling designs for both print and digital platforms. This role involves collaborating with various teams to ensure brand consistency and executing creative projects from concept to completion. The designer will also assist in developing typography choices and may create animations or motion graphics for marketing campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Create visually compelling designs for print and digital platforms, including marketing materials, packaging, email campaigns, website assets, and social media.
• Collaborate with marketing, product development, and sales teams to ensure brand consistency across all mediums.
• Execute creative projects from concept to completion, ensuring high-quality results that align with the Hudson Grace aesthetic.
• Develop and implement typography choices that enhance the brand's visual identity.
• Assist with creating dynamic animations or motion graphics using After Effects for marketing campaigns and product promotions.
• Support in-store signage and print collateral design as needed.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Build cross-functional relationships and interact daily with multiple internal teams on creative initiatives.
• Manage projects while working within schedule requirements and quick turn-arounds.
• Contribute to the development of best practices and procedures, techniques and tools to optimize efficiency.

Requirements

• Strong visual design skills with an ability to execute under the direction of other designers.
• Detail oriented, with a keen eye for aesthetic quality and strong sense of typography.
• High proficiency using design and web technology - Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere and After Effects.
• Light HTML knowledge is a plus.
• Strong organizational, time management and project management skills - able to manage multiple projects and meet all necessary deadlines.
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative cross-functional team environment and partner with business stakeholders and other designers.
• Demonstrate flexibility and adaptiveness.
• Ability to problem-solve creatively.

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, or related field.
• 1-2+ years previous experience as a production designer or visual designer for an agency or in-house creative department.
• Associates or Bachelor's degree in design preferred.
• Understanding of relevant Adobe Suite software.
• Portfolio of recent work including print and digital.
• Strong understanding of typography and layout design principles.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams.
• Familiarity with retail industry a plus.
• Experience with motion graphics and animation (After Effects).
• Familiarity with UX/UI design principles.
• Photography and photo-editing experience.

Benefits

• Salary range of $50,200 - $66,500 annually.
• Eligibility for bonuses, sales incentives, and long-term incentives based on role.