Columbia Sportswear is hiring: Retail & Graphics Art Director Global Brand Creat

Job Title

The Columbia Brand Creative team is focused on delivering a compelling look, feel, voice, and tone that reflect the company's values and evolution of brand perception. Within this role you will progress creative concepts through hands on development of spatial design, fixtures, print, and graphic production in collaboration with Marketing, Design, and Innovation teams.

How You'll Make A Difference:

• Develop retail toolkits and tactics that inform and guide global partners.
• Support internal and external design partners in production design.
• Present and communicate ideas with excellent visualization (graphics, styling, mockups, and animation) to colleagues and executives.
• Develop strategic solutions on a global scale that ensure continuity and innovative ways to elevate brand presence in environments.
• Own the concept, progression, and output of seasonal retail and graphics, ensuring timelines and creative needs are met.
• Collaborate with an amazing team, providing clear communication and insight into challenges, opportunities, and achievements.

You Are:

• Demonstrated expertise in graphic design, architecture design, industrial design, environmental design, or related field.
• A strong communicator who can work effectively with both creative and cross-functional teams.
• Skilled at problem-solving and adapting quickly to changing circumstances.
• Knowledgeable of trends in color, design, art, manufacturing development, and architecture and the ability to utilize them in an on-brand way.
• Collaborative, but also capable.

You Have:

• 5+ years experience leading creative execution or conception for consumer brands in retail environments.
• Expert knowledge on creative graphic output for print production.
• Proficiency in computer design tools (SketchUp, Rhino, Cinema 4D, Adobe Creative Suite).
• A strong portfolio of work that clearly showcases your specific involvement and abilities.
• The ability to travel globally 10-20% of the time.

Columbia Sportswear Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Columbia Sportswear is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. If you need reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please notify your recruiter.