Graphic Designer, Marketing, Retail

Job Summary
The Graphic Designer is passionate about design and creating eye-catching brand-driven sales, marketing and packaging collateral.  The focus is on the creation of marketing material including packaging, catalogues, digital material, campaigns, social media, and client presentations. 

​Duties and responsibilities

• Creation of marketing material, for all brands in the retail portfolio
• Ensure compliance with all brand guidelines and provide design expertise for new brands and initiatives
• Develop and maintain a variety of marketing collateral, including but not limited to the packaging, catalogue, flyers, brochures, advertisements, and digital assets
• Work with Marketing to provide all printed assets for tradeshows including booth graphics and signage
• Produce trade and customer advertising as required for ad bookings/co-op programs
• Provide artwork support for sales promotions
• Be involved with strategy, proposals, plans, pitches and most importantly design
• Conceptualize and implement design solutions that meet market strategies from concept to completion
• Collaborate with team to execute various initiatives and projects as assigned
• Ensure brand guidelines are maintained across digital and print programs
• Ensure all assets are properly filed and organized internally and for release to sales and customers

​Qualifications

• A design degree (graphic design, industrial design or related field)
• 7+ years’ experience in graphic design – packaging/catalogue, branding & design
• Advanced working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite CC (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop and Acrobat)
• Strong knowledge of post-production and file submission standards for print and online
• Experience in catalogue artwork production and printing
• Working knowledge of Microsoft office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint & Excel)
• Strong visual and verbal communication
• Ability to bring highly creative ideas to the table
• Expert knowledge of printing processes (lithography, digital & screen printing, binding methods, finishes, substrate etc.)
• Knowledge of consumer-packaged goods (CPG) standards
• Effective time management and organizational skills with the ability to quickly adapt to multiple and often changing schedules and priorities in a deadline-driven environment
• Ability to take direction and work independently to complete tasks as per expectations
• Passion for all things food and cooking​

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