Graphic Designer Job at Redbarn Pet Products in Long Beach

Overview

As a Graphic Designer, you will create beautiful, functional designs that meet the needs of our customers and reflect the look, personalities, and voices of our brands. Working closely with the Creative Director and Creative Team, you’ll produce graphics for a wide array of media, with an emphasis on digital design.

To succeed in this role, you'll need to be a self-starter with great communication skills. You should excel at creative problem-solving and be able to work collaboratively with other teams across the company. You'll be focused on elevating the brands through amazing visual designs that reflect our company’s voice across all channels.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Responsibilities

• Participate with our team in the conceptualization, design, and creation of static and motion graphics and campaigns that visually communicate the look, personalities, and voices of our brands.
• Work closely with the Creative Director and Creative Team, to produce graphics for a wide array of media, including website, digital ads, packaging, and printed materials.
• Materialize creative ideas in graphics for promotions in emails, banners, ads, and other communication formats.
• Create a wide range of assets for third-party marketplaces such as Amazon, Chewy, etc.
• Create multimedia content (static, videos, GIFs, motion graphics, etc.) for product launches and campaigns.
• Design for specific social media formats like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.
• Help create and iterate packaging as our product line evolves.
• Provide accurate pre-press files to printers and other outside contacts.
• Other graphic design projects for product launches and promotion initiatives as needed.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience as a Graphic Designer.
• A strong portfolio that showcases your design skills and experience.
• Be a detail-oriented individual who has a keen eye for aesthetics.
• Strong knowledge of design principles, including typography, color theory, and layout.
• Expert mastery of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
• Proficient with Adobe Premiere and After Effects.
• Understanding of typography, color theory, composition and usability principles.
• Be on top of current and future trends with a focus on brand-building and storytelling.
• Ability to interpret the different tones of voice of our brands and aid in their evolution.
• Maintain brand consistency while also meeting usability standards.
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to ensure designs meet business and user needs.
• Have excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Manage time effectively, ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office programs.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university; or four years or more related experience; and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Computer Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop) in a Mac environment; Internet software; Microsoft Office Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Fast pace and the noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) plan with company matching
• Flexible/Health Spending Accounts
• Voluntary Benefits
• Pet Insurance
• Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• Paid Vacation / Paid Sick
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Hybrid work schedule
• Employee Pet Food Discounts
• Complimentary Office Snacks

Redbarn Pet Products is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Redbarn Pet Products complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, please contact Human Resources at (562) 495-7315.

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Redbarn Pet Products does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Redbarn property and therefore, Redbarn Pet Products will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral. At Redbarn Pet Product’s request only, preferred vendors may be invited to refer talent for specific open positions. In these cases, a fully executed agreement with Redbarn Pet Products must be in place and current.

Salary Description: $25.00 - $27.00 per hour

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