Graphic Designer (Digital Site & App)

Join a renowned retail and lifestyle brand that captivates customers globally, known for its iconic presence and innovative approach to digital experiences. This is an incredible opportunity to shape the visual identity of their online platforms, directly impacting how millions of customers engage with the brand's products and promotions daily. Your pixel-perfect execution and creative vision will bring campaigns to life across their website and mobile app, ensuring a seamless and stunning digital journey for every user.

About the Role

We are seeking a talented and dynamic designer to become an integral part of a fast-paced creative team. In this role, you won't just be executing designs; you'll be a key player in translating high-level creative concepts into captivating digital experiences. Working with a rapid weekly cadence, you'll see your designs go live quickly, directly influencing customer engagement and brand perception. This position offers a unique pathway from a holiday-season contract to a full-time role, providing a fantastic opportunity for long-term growth and impact within a leading brand.

What You'll Do

• Design elevated, on-brand seasonal creative that fulfills brief requests for launches, promotions, and everything in between, consistently delivering visually stunning and effective digital assets.
• Concept with a forward-thinking lens, actively contributing to building compelling campaigns for upcoming seasons and driving innovative visual strategies.
• Execute polished comps, ideas, and mockups for weekly and leadership presentations, effectively communicating design concepts and rationale.
• Bring pitched concepts to life and help execute already-concepted campaigns under the direction of the Art Director, ensuring creative vision is realized with precision.
• Check live site and app creative to validate it was built as designed, maintaining the highest standards of quality and accuracy.
• Update creative to reflect the latest status in a fast-moving landscape, demonstrating adaptability and responsiveness to evolving business needs.
• Ensure pixel-perfect production and delivery across all digital platforms, upholding the brand's commitment to excellence.
• Create organized files, folder structures, prototypes, and share links for final creative, promoting efficient workflows and collaboration.
• Maintain Figma component libraries so they stay current with the design language and live site specs, contributing to a scalable and consistent design system.
• Build strong relationships with teammates and cross-functional partners, communicating clearly and proactively regarding questions or changes.
• Work directly with developers and designers, comfortably using web development standards and terminology to bridge design and implementation.
• Utilize Chrome developer tools to pull CSS info and troubleshoot, demonstrating a practical understanding of front-end development principles.

Tools You'll Master

• Workfront for ingesting briefs and managing project workflows.
• Figma for design, prototyping, and maintaining component libraries.
• Adobe Creative Suite on Mac for comprehensive creative tasks.
• WordPress experience is a valuable plus.

What You Bring

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
• 3-4 years in a design role preferred (internship experience counts), showcasing a solid foundation in digital design principles.
• Fluency in Mac, Adobe Creative Suite, and Figma, demonstrating proficiency with industry-standard design tools.
• Deep working knowledge of Figma, including components, variants, and libraries, for efficient and scalable design.
• Strong creative production, organization, and design skills, with a portfolio that reflects your capabilities.
• Excellent attention to detail, ensuring precision and quality in every design output.
• Ability to work quickly and absorb changes in a fast-paced environment, thriving under tight deadlines.
• Experience creating playful, compelling animations and video for digital sites and platforms, adding dynamic elements to user experiences.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, enabling clear and effective collaboration.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous fashion, beauty, or retail design experience, understanding the unique demands of consumer-facing brands.
• Working knowledge of web development standards and how design translates to build, facilitating smoother handoffs and implementation.
• WordPress experience, demonstrating versatility in content management systems.

How You Work

• Self-motivated and independent: you look for ways to help rather than waiting to be told, taking initiative to drive projects forward.
• Personable with a positive attitude, and you enjoy getting to know new people, fostering a collaborative and supportive team environment.
• Resourceful problem solver and quick, independent thinker, adept at navigating challenges and finding creative solutions.
• Kind, empathetic, and bring a strong work ethic, contributing positively to team morale and productivity.
• Team-oriented, valuing collaboration and collective success.
• Excited to learn and looking for a long-term commitment with room to grow, eager to evolve your skills and career within the organization.

About Aquent Talent

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits!

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.