Graphic Designer Job at Eden Foods, Inc. in Charter Township of Clinton

Eden Foods – Clinton, Michigan (Lenawee County) seeks full-time Graphic Designer, Marketing Department at headquarters. Reliable, competent, creative, and a team player. Natural food and business experience are helpful.

Marketing Department Job Description

Position: Graphic Designer

Department: Marketing Department

Reports to: Marketing Manager

Brief Overview

    Work with Dept. Manager and staff to create marketing for specific food or topics based upon Company goals and principles. Envision and draft rough design(s) to effectively convey the facts and message before carrying out polished, finished designs.

    Graphic design, photos, illustration, video, animation, and graph development using Department hardware, software, and resources to create understanding of knowledge and concepts. Design, layout, font choice, colors, and assembly placement each come into play. Collaborate with staff in any necessary Company Department to produce effective communications.

Duties & Responsibilities

1. Become knowledgeable about and proficient with the Department’s resources. Conceptualize, design, and develop marketing materials for various media such as packaging, print, digital, email, photo, and the web.
2. Become broadly and specifically knowledgeable about the food we sell to determine what facts are used in marketing materials.
3. Collaborate effectively with the Marketing Department and Company staff. Ensure the Department Manager is used as a sounding board for guidance and supports your direction.
4. List Management: Collaboratively prioritize, time, focus, and projects while remaining able to manage and oversee multiple tasks across numerous projects. List maintenance is essential.
5. Become and remain proficient in using Company and Department software (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite, Dimensions, Procreate, After Effects) to create and manipulate images, graphics, and layouts. Using the correct software is a decision worthy of prior investigation and thought.
6. Willingness to learn and further continuous improvement.
7. Always bear in mind the team that is needed to accomplish the goal(s). Use common courtesy and common sense in communications with them.
8. Select appropriate fonts, colors, and layouts to create visually appealing designs as guided by the Department manager.
9. Image creation, editing, and illustration. Edit and arrange images, photos, and other visuals. Proofread and edit copy. Effective communication requires attention to detail, timeliness, and accuracy.
10. Help maintain and reinforce brand identity through design choices, messages, and good copy.
11. Meet deadlines and organize resources for efficient utilization.
12. Contribute to a pleasant, efficient, & productive environment.

Job Requirements

1. BS/BA, or equivalent knowledge from experience and achievement in design, communications, the arts, or a related field.
2. Understanding graphic design principles, typography, color theory, and the art of layout placement.
3. Willingness to learn about food and business to further Marketing goals through effective communication.
4. Expertise in graphic design software, including Adobe Creative Suite. HTML and Email software are a plus.
5. Personally develop design and layout sensibility capable of blending art and functionality.
6. Effective communication and language skills. Visual, written, and verbal skills for conveying understanding and knowledge.
7. Reliably accurate attention to detail.
8. Ability to identify problems as opportunities for achievement.
9. Ability to manage priorities, multiple tasks, and timeliness.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive or a complete explanation of every duty. Employees are required to perform work as assigned by their Department Manager. Eden reserves the right to modify job duties and responsibilities as needed. This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

Eden Foods is the senior natural and organic food company in North America. It remains an independent manufacturer of dry grocery organic food, focused on the relationships necessary to sustain them. Whole grain, beans, and macrobiotic Japanese traditional foods have been core to its product line since 1968.

Over 93% of Eden foods are sold by natural food stores, co-ops, and other retail outlets via traditional natural and grocery distribution channels. The internet, Eden’s website, wholesale sales, and employee purchases make up the remainder.

Eden Foods' two warehouses – in Clinton, Michigan and Fremont, California – handle all the food we distribute.

Eden Foods Goals
1) Provide the most pure, high quality, life-supporting food and accurate information about them, their uses and benefits.
2) Creation and maintenance of a healthy, respectful, challenging, and rewarding environment for people involved with the Company.
3) Development of the ability to produce and disseminate the foodstuffs and information we create and handle.
4) Cultivate sound relationships with like minded people and organizations involved in like pursuits.
5) Cultivate adaptability to changes in economic, social, and environmental conditions to allow Eden Foods the opportunity to survive long term.
6) Have a strong, positive impact on farming and food processing practices used in the world.
7) To contribute to peaceful development of life on Earth.

Eden Foods is a principled natural food company and developing organization. Quality people of good character is what keeps us going and growing. We seek to contribute to the realization of a better world. Eden Foods is an excellent career opportunity.