Position Description: Temporary Graphic Designer
POSITION DESCRIPTION
Title & Reporting Relationships
Position Title:
Temporary Digital Graphic Designer
Reports To:
Senior Director Creative Services
Department:
Creative
Main Purpose and Major Challenges of the Role
Outerknown is looking for a Temporary Digital Graphic Designer who is based in North County San Diego or Southern Orange County, but willing to travel to the current headquarters in Culver City to train and when needed. Outerknown Headquarters will be moving to North County San Diego in April and then the role will be expected to be in office 3 days a week. This role will be working 40 hours a week for approximately 14 weeks.
The Temporary Digital Graphic Designer oversees all aspects of the digital experience. They work directly with the Copywriter and Digital Marketing to create a meaningful digital experience. These experiences promote thoughtful and educational product experiences, elevate the customer journey, use engaging storytelling, and inspire the consumer. They play a key role in orchestrating a customer-centric journey, platform innovation, and educating others on design thinking and digital best practices. They are passionate about digital design, dedicated to quality, and have a creative mindset.
ACCOUNTABILITY:
Digital Responsibilities
- Responsible for the design and execution of all email communication
- Responsible for designing all assets for the website, including refreshing the homepage on a bi-weekly calendar, monthly refresh of Narvar, menu, category reels, category bubbles and site features including seasonal stories, big ideas, homepage takeovers and landing pages
- Designs all social media assets and paid digital ads
- Layout of Journey Stories
- Assist with SMS campaigns
- Create high fidelity design (prototypes, comps, animations, final deliverables, etc.) to ensure quality of work and to communicate the intent and details of the final experience.
- Develop concepts and ideas from the ground up, and create compelling, relevant, and meaningful work
Graphic Design Responsibilities
- Ensure that all projects have a functional user experience
- Maintain a strong sense of the brand and hold work to the standards of the Vibes book
- Creative problem solver, solution oriented
- Strong sense of design; typography, space, color
- Aware of the competition and on top of industry trends.
- Keep up to date with the latest advances in web and mobile technologies
ACCOUNTABILITY:
Personal Measurables
- Able to give and receive constructive design feedback
- Present work to people and teams within the organization
- Responsible and engaged
- Excellent communication skills and a positive attitude
- Ability to work autonomously and as a team
- Self-motivated and able to manage their workload and schedule
- Project manages their own projects
- Excellent time management skills, ability to work on multiple projects at the same time
ESSENTIAL SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS
- Organized, including files and time management
- Excellent Presentation Skills
- Pixel-Perfect attention to detail
- Proficient in Mac and Adobe Suite
- Proficient in design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Sketch, InVision
- Proficient in the project management software Asana
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Teams
