Associate Designer, Digital + Paid Media

Crate and Barrel is a leading retailer specializing in high-quality home furnishings. They are seeking an Associate Designer, Digital + Paid Media to focus on digital advertising and collaborate with various stakeholders to ensure the execution of creative concepts across multiple channels.

Responsibilities

• Execute creative projects for the digital channel which includes social media and web banners
• Collaborate with design leads and external teams to ensure new campaigns are produced at standards that uphold/elevate the company’s brand identity
• Build cross-functional relationships and interact daily with multiple internal teams on creative initiatives
• Approach design projects from a user-centered perspective and manage projects while working within schedule requirements and quick turn-arounds
• Assist in edits and production to ensure high quality creative from the start of a project to finish
• Contribute to the development of best practices and procedures, techniques and tools to optimize efficiency

Skills

• Strong visual design skills with an ability to execute under the direction of other designers
• Experience working with 3rd parties when executing web banners (Google, Spark, etc.)
• 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
• Must provide a link to portfolio (including password) on resume or provide PDF samples of social and/or digital campaigns
• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design or related field
• 1+ years experience as a visual or production designer; familiarity with Retail industry a plus
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere and After Effects
• Knowledge with animation/motion and HTML a plus

Benefits

• Bonuses
• Sales incentives
• Long term incentives

Company Overview