Design / Art Direction Jobs

Our client, a children's entertainment company, is seeking a Sr Packaging Designer/Art Director to join the Visual Branding Production team. You will report to the Director, Visual Branding and provide line extensions to new brands and will be the main point person for several toy brand. Responsibilities: Concept for toy packaging brands, leading projects and jr-mid level designers on the team Lead brainstorm meetings and present concepts to team internally Package design through production on 1 or 2 core brands 70% of the time, and working on other brands and / or new brand concepts 30% of the time Under the direction of creative leadership, create packaging design concepts that support brand strategy Work with the production team to ensure integrity of design in final deliverables Communicate all project related progress/challenges or concerns to the Design Manager and to Project Management Develop digital marketing assets as needed Collaborate with Structural Engineering, Marketing, Quality Control and Product Development teams - as well as overseas agents - in the package development and approval process Requirements: 7-10 years' experience in the cpg industry; toy package design needed A portfolio with packaging samples a must in toy, cpg, beauty, etc. understanding mechanicals Management experience having led projects and small teams before Ability to create packaging based on style guides Can build packaging with supplied die lines and art assets to prepare for production hand-off Must be an expert in InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat Keen sense of design with strong typography skills Professional with strong communication skills able to share specifics of experience and contribution of projects Proven ability to work in a high volume, innovative, and entrepreneurial environment Strong creative and technical abilities including conceptual drawing and manual illustration are a plus Seeking warm, humble, collaborative partner to join the team.

Our client, a growing CPG organization with offices in the northern suburbs is seeking a Print Production designer to join their team. The ideal candidate will possess excellent technical skills with production knowledge, be process driven and pride themselves on creating accurate and consistent designs to meet the needs of the multiple brands of the portfolio. Responsibilities: Design a wide variety of packaging content supporting marketing initiatives Works within established brand guidelines to ensure the consistency across our portfolio of multiple brands Produce, correct, preflight and output files for flexographic and digital presses Maintain template consistency, accurate records of work performed and file quality for print media Ensure consistency of information, file structure and archiving Process driven with proven ability to help streamline processes for business growth Must be able to handle a number of design projects simultaneously and deliver work on time Work quickly and cross functionally, communicating and collaborating directly with the marketing team and partners Produce international pieces that maintain the creative integrity of the approved US concept Resource for photo-retouching, including color correcting, cropping, resizing, format conversion, background extension, etc Assist in planning and implementation of projects Collaborate with outside partners including, but not limited to, print vendors, illustrators, photographers & etc. Qualifications: 2-3 years of experience in design and prepress production Proficient understanding of Adobe Creative Suite and Mac OS Ability to prioritize and take initiative Strong knowledge of the printing process (flexography), color separations, templates, die lines and layout Experience working in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple projects and meeting aggressive timelines Organized, strategic and focused approach to executing design concepts with excellent attention to detail Excellent proofing skills with an ability to read and apply math functions, including fractions, decimals and percentages Advanced typography skills Studio photography experience a plus Illustration skills a plus

Our client, an internet communication company, is looking for a Marketing Designer to join their Global Business Marketing team. This is a 6-12 month contract that begins remotely until shelter-in-place is lifted then will be onsite in San Francisco, CA. This person will be joining the Global Business Marketing team. This person will help to drive awareness for advertisers through brand positioning, messaging, and activations. This team drives strategy, storytelling and execution of innovative programs that break through to audience, set the bar for creative excellence in the industry, and achieve results in support of the revenue team’s goals. This person will focus on visually communicating the brand through sales enablement materials. The ideal candidate should be interested in working on sales-facing internal sites, business narratives, success stories, tentpole and global events, and campaigns. Responsibilities: Partner with marketing, sales teams, and other XFN partners to visualize their business story Design marketing materials for a wide range of projects, including: internal sites, sales narratives, success stories, external marketing channels, and global events Present concepts and creative ideas to internal partners and leadership to drive consensus Measure marketing materials performance to optimize content performance Experience: 4-6 years of design experience at a creative or ad agency, B2B brand, OR related company Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite Excellent communication and presentation skills Demonstrated experience working with cross-functional, global teams Bias towards action with strong ability to prioritize timelines and resources Deep industry knowledge of digital advertising, social media, and publishing Link to Online Portfolio of work (Mandatory)

Our client, a financial services/warranty company, is looking for a Marketing Designer (Print/Digital) to join their brand creative team for a 3-month contract that can start immediately. This role will start as remote until shelter-in-place is lifted and will be onsite in San Francisco, CA. You’ll report to the Director of Design and be responsible for the concept, design, and production of a wide-variety of creative executions across both print and digital. This job will be 60% print and 40% digital executions. In this position, you will need to be resourceful working without style guides, and often without a lot of assets to design for both the internal brand team, as well as their 3rd party clients which include big box retailers. Responsibilities: Concept, design, production of print and digital assets including marketing collateral, landing pages, email design, social, in-store signage etc. Comps of different design ideas for clients. Requirements: 7+ Years’ experience in design with a preference for candidates who can showcase a variety of work across both print and digital. High-end aesthetic, with thoughtful use of white space and type. Must be able to project manage yourself and be comfortable with limited direction offsite. Must be resourceful being able to come up with ideas, and understand a brand just by looking at photos. Must be able to wear multiple hats. This team operates a lot like a start-up. No egos please. This design team is close-knit and gets along well with each other. No job is too big or too small. Portfolio that showcases breadth of work both print and digital

Our client, a boutique music publishing company, is looking for a Wordpress Web Developer and Designer to support with a site migration and re-design. This role begins on April 6th, remotely. Your Role: Migrating an existing website into a new WordPress site. Create basic templates, partials and simple WordPress functions. Advising on UX best practices to improve and simplify website development. Execute creative web design (UI) during the migration to support the new brand vision. Help add functions / update existing sites and build new ones. Other tasks may apply. About You: 5+ years of experience with Wordpress Web development with proficiency in all aspects of WordPress. Familiarity with establishing DNS settings from purchasing domains to pointing, etc. Adobe Suite Design Skills (optimizing images for web, fix things, etc.). Can set up and operate with Google analytics, search console, tag manager. Can set up new email accounts with new domains. Bonus if you have experience with Advance Custom Fields for Wordpress. Bonus if you have backend coding ability. Must have the ability to work with git hub confidently. Familiar with Accessibility, Performance, SEO, and general best practices. General browser compatibility - all browsers last 2 versions and IE11. General server/site security for static and WP sites. HTML / CSS / JS / PHP. Familiar with Monday or some project management system. Familiar with Webflow designing and exporting.

Our client, a growing startup focused on providing families with lifestyle services, is looking for a Senior Integrated Designer to join their team on a long-term freelance opportunity. This role will begin immediately, off-site for the foreseeable future. What you'll be doing: Leading the brand, advertising and marketing design as the platform evolves. Partner with the marketing, product design and engineering teams to develop a brand experience that is consistent across all channels. Ensuring that leading design choices are implemented, while keeping business goals as leading rationale. Own the creative vision development and evolution, and as a hands-on creative, deliver tactics from concept to completion across all elements. Work with the team to monitor the success of all creative elements, testing, learning and evolving as needed. Source and manage a team of freelancers as needed. Other tasks may apply. About you: 7-10 years of experience at an advertising/branding agency or in-house. Exceptional graphic design and typography skills. Strong experience in brand design ideation, creation and brand design evolution. Depth of experience in marketing design (traditional and digital), brand design and digital product design (web and mobile). You bring a strong conceptual creative mind with the ability to think about the opportunities for elements across all channels. Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite. Experience/familiarity with Figma collaboration is a plus. Great at relationship management, working with C-Suite level executives through to freelancers to achieve common goals. Ability to work in a start-up environment and are comfortable with risk, speed and some level of uncertainty at times.

Our client, a top consumer electronics company, is looking for a Production Artists for one of their sister companies on their internal design team. JOB DESCRIPTION: As a Production Artist, you will be involved throughout the design process, your main responsibility will be to finalize designs based off the team's direction. You'll utilize your skills print, web, and graphic design to resize and/or prepare files for final delivery. Some examples are creating event collateral, web production, and print production. You'll work, collaborate, and contribute with internal design team. QUALIFICATIONS: Strong aesthetic sense deeply rooted in graphic design fundamentals and - Expert in Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign. Experience in Sketch / Figma is a bonus. Strong type and layout skills, strict attention to detail, outstanding organization and file-organization, and able to work under deadlines. Please apply today for consideration!

Onward Search is on the hunt for a Senior UX Designer to join the Ecommerce team of our start-up fashion client. You will report to the Director of Product Management and will be responsible for creating and communicating concepts, implementing strategies, and developing interactive design solutions. Responsibilities: Research and design seamless experiences that are focused on engaging customers Create wireframes and prototypes to solve various business problems Continually collect customer data & feedback and use it to optimize accordingly as well as explore opportunities to enhance, improve, and expand methodologies & work Own communication and negotiation of critical path and scope with team members, working with stakeholders to ensure a unified understanding Lead a project or group of projects with limited input Provide product design insights through innovative research methodologies Contribute to the design and maintenance of a comprehensive visual framework to establish consistent aesthetics Deliver and maintain documentation for all user journeys and visual guidelines Contribute to the design and maintenance of a comprehensive visual framework to establish consistent aesthetics Work with the product team to develop A/B tests to improve experience Provide product design insights through innovative research methodologies Skills & Experience: 5-7 years of experience as a Product Designer, UX Designer, or similar in the apparel/ecommerce industry Deep knowledge of information architecture, usability, and UI/UX Design Fluency in prototyping and wireframing Front end development skills or at least familiarity with front end dev Portfolio that includes specific examples of visual design work reflecting design thinking, process, teamwork, and customer impact Informed set of core values regarding user experience, technology, and business communication, and the ability to present them eloquently Cultural awareness allowing you to effectively communicate with a diverse global audience Strong leadership skills, with the ability to influence change through inspirational design, rationale, supporting data, and diplomacy Experience working with technical teams to deliver high quality designs High attention to detail, able to manage multiple projects and deliverables across different teams and organizations in a fast-paced environment Entrepreneurial mindset ​Please apply today if interested!

Our client, a small but mighty agency, is seeking a Production Artist to join their team supporting some upcoming projects. The ideal candidate will: Be familiar with HTML5 Understand how to enter created content (art and copy) into various digital assets (emails, banner ads, website, etc) Have a strong attention to detail Not be afraid of monotonous work Requirements: 1+ year(s) experience in production art Ability to work either onsite (near north suburbs) or remote Strong attention to detail This is a traditional freelance gig, meaning some weeks will have more work than others. This is not a full-time role. Please apply if this interests you!

Our client, a leading global branding design and packaging agency, is looking for a Lead Designer to join their team on a freelance to hire basis. This role begins on-site in NYC as soon as possible. What you'll be doing: Oversee the creative work across multiple brands at the same time. Lead and mentor a team of designers to drive creative projects and presentations. Cultivate and curate strong creative work from your group. Participate in projects ranging from upstream strategic concepting through identity design, packaging, and global toolkits. Provide hands-on design execution, as well as, guiding and mentoring more junior talent. Lead internal and client presentations, communicating strategy and rationale for design choices. Partner with clients to agree on how projects and executions are handled, coming to an approved design direction per project. Other tasks may apply. About you: 10 - 15 years of graphic, branding, and packaging design experience. Bachelor's degree in an art/design focused study. Must have significant examples of Global Visual Identity experience from a branding, advertising or design company. Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite, mainly Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign. Bonus: Experience in financial services. Experience managing and mentoring designers and senior designers. You can create original design concepts that address significant client business challenges in an actionable way. Bring clear and concise thinking and communication to the team. Confident presentation skills and ability to communicate design concepts up through C-Suite level clients. Does this sound like you? Apply today!