Combine your passion for food and design in a fun, fast-paced environment. From art directing food photo shoots to concepting seasonal campaigns, this job offers a diverse set of opportunities to put your mark on our in-house creative department at Whole Foods Market.

The Senior Designer will report directly to the Design Director. This individual will be responsible for designing print and digital deliverables from concept to completion as well as art directing photoshoots. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker with experience designing for all channels, who understands the opportunities and limitations of channels to best tailor design and messaging to the placement.

The ideal candidate is a strong communicator who’s receptive to feedback, adaptable, proactive, and comfortable with changing priorities. This individual should be able to take direction and thrive in a collaborative environment. Beyond that, we are looking for someone who can not only surface great ideas, but who can sell those ideas up and defend them across the department.

This role is based in Austin, TX with an expectation of being in the Store Support office five days a week.

Responsibilities

Designing large scale, business critical projects from concept to completion with minimal supervision.
Creating assets for in-store, digital and social media environments.
Implementing a strong working knowledge of visual design, brand, interaction design, user-centered experience design and the creative process
Helping mentor and lead creative staff to maintain consistent creative quality and brand execution.
Art directing photoshoots.
Confidently presenting creative to stakeholders.
This is a traditional art direction and graphic design role. Not a UX/UI design role.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

Strong work ethic, organization and time management-ability to prioritize work well.
Strong conceptual and problem solving skills.
Experience art directing photoshoots.
Ability to learn and be comfortable with multiple projects across media.
Ability to communicate well- sharing your ideas, presenting to leadership, leading photoshoots, sharing feedback with other designers, etc.
Excellent typographical skills.
Strong illustration skills. This job requires quick visualization of ideas.
Excels in collaboration.
Animation skills are a plus!
Passion for food.

Minimum Qualifications

BA/BS degree and at least 4-6 years relevant experience

OR equivalent combination of education and relevant experience

6+ years of ad/design agency experience

Preferred Qualifications

Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop), Figma/Sketch and Microsoft Office Suite
Awareness and interest in new platforms, technologies and related media

Please provide a link to your portfolio.

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