Designer Job Summary:

The Award Group is looking for Designer for a full-time position. You can work fully remote from anywhere in the Tri-state area, but will be expected to work CT or ET hours. We seek an energetic and skilled Designer to be part of a talented in-house creative studio team. The creative studio partners with cross-functional teams across the organization to drive consumer awareness, engagement, preference, and loyalty. You will conceptualize, design, and execute creative solutions that consistently and clearly communicate the brand identity, positioning, and messaging through all brand areas (including print, web, social media, events, B2B and B2C marketing collateral, internal marketing, etc.), and effectively communicate the strategic intent for each tactic. The ideal candidate will have a wide range of design capabilities and experience, with a solid background in visual communications, print, digital, social, branding, typography.

Designer Responsibilities:

• Proactively understanding and gaining knowledge of our brands, target audiences and competitor activities.
• Develop creative ideas and concepts, often in partnership with the sales teams and the AD and other Designers and Copywriters.
• Responsible for graphic design and direction, seeing all projects through from concept, design, production, completion and delivery.
• Present and provide business rationale for creative ideas to our internal team.
• Evolve, revise or redevelop client projects with the feedback from the AD, or Sales Team.
• Assist the team with day-to-day production requests, including image selection and reformatting creative for various channels.
• Balance multiple projects successfully to meet deadlines and collaborate across multiple stakeholders with different priorities.
• Work closely and collaboratively with the Sales team, Art Director and Production team on all creative projects. Personally work on graphic development.
• Work closely with project manager to keep all projects on track.
• Stay current on industry trends, particularly in the digital and social space; share ideas and recommendations for innovating new templates and design approaches

Designer Qualifications:

• Strong portfolio showing a range of experience, concepts, and visual styles.
• Minimum of 5 years relative Design experience, preferably in a design firm or in-house creative department
• Experience working with an art department, understanding of business objectives and ability to find creative solutions to help achieve objectives
• Knowledge of design fundamentals, & messaging hierarchy
• Ability to develop/present/pitch creative ideas
• Strong working knowledge of Adobe Suite.
• Ability to process and produce multiple projects in a short time frame- resizing art/layout accordingly to specs
• Must be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously under the pressure of deadlines.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work in a team environment
• Strong creative, organizational problem solving
• Experience developing rich media
• Must be able to apply style guides creatively while upholding brand identity
• Have a strong interest in social and cultural trends and emerging digital technologies
• Strong attention to detail. Self-starter. A positive attitude and a collaborative personality.
• Any 3D software (cad, Rhino, etc.) is a plus.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Have an interest in popular culture, new trends, and styles.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $17.00 - $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• New Milford, CT 06776: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Graphic design: 3 years (Required)
• Adobe Creative Suite: 2 years (Required)
• Adobe Illustrator: 2 years (Required)

Work Location: One location

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