Designer

Description:

Position Description and Responsibilities:

• Conceptualizes, plans, and designs creative projects according to creative brief and/or product specifications

• Works with Studio Manager to ascertain clients’ needs and develop creative/design for assigned projects.

• Specializes in one or more brands, gaining deep knowledge of the brand character.

• Produces all creative material, including procuring photography and/or illustrations, integrating copy into the design, and building mechanicals.

• Collaborates with copywriters when required, taking direction from the Account Executive and/or Studio Manager.

• Accepts feedback from the Studio Manager and Account Executive, incorporating feedback into the designs.

Skills and Knowledge Desired:

• Excellent command of graphic design principles and practices, formats, typography, printing, and layout.

• Excellent project management skills, with an ability to multitask and prioritize projects to meet deadlines.

• Ability to create and produce graphic design materials using a range of media, methods, techniques, and equipment.

• Ability to translate a creative brief into a design, solving the client’s marketing/communications problem.

Experience/Position Requirements Desired:

• 3-5 years of creative/graphic design plus 3 years’ agency/studio/publishing experience.

• Proficiency in MAC/PC environments and all major desktop publishing apps, including QuarkXpress and Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop/Acrobat.

• 1 year in a medical/pharmaceutical or related design environment preferred.