Circular Graphic Designer - Hispanic Strategy Team

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Job Purpose and Summary:

The Graphic Designer for Circular is responsible for developing layouts and creative concepts for the retail Circular. Candidate must be efficient with Adobe Creative Suite Software including InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator and have a solid background in print production. Must have a high aesthetic and understanding of design and typography. Must be well organized and able to communicate ideas with team members. Must be flexible and able to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment, synthesize and accept both positive and negative feedback, and manage multiple projects from start to finish. Additional responsibilities include directing in-house photoshoots (if engaged for store brands or seasonal projects), stock photography selection, mentoring junior designers, and developing relationships with internal and external business partners.

Responsibilities

Base Circular Ad Preparation
- Reviews and implements change requests from Advertising Manager, CM, VPMM, Promotional Planning, Pricing and Marketing to ensure their requests, direction and designs are reflected in the ads. This process occurs on a weekly basis 52x per year.  This may require 4-12 pages to be built plus gate or wrap.  Responsible for applying appropriate copy, sale price, reg. price, price range, special offer, product images, coupon, limits, FSI, legal copy, disclaimers, expiration dates, etc.  Assists advertising manager with troubleshooting discrepancies found when proofing the Ad against consolidated reports and grids to ensure ad blocks and pages are built accurately.

Planogram Image Production Responsibilities

-Photograph individual UPC for each item, photograph each item, record measurements of items in Excel including height, width, depth, SKU number and description of product.  Transfer finished photo to Image tool. Identify image by category and place in category manager’s file. Images are to be photoshopped and resized. Final prep images for Ad placement.

Develops creative assets for a variety of marketing collateral and digital content from design concept to finished form including but not limited to videos, social media, coupons, in-store signage including digital message boards, and seasonal signage.

Required Qualifications

1+ years advanced experience with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Teams)

Strong design skills

Superior knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite application:

• InDesign
• Illustrator
• Photo Shop

Basic layout, typography, and page formatting skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including presentation skills

Ability to work independently and to navigate through ambiguous situations that may arise

Strong interpersonal skills as demonstrated by successful collaboration to achieve shared goals

Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment

Ability and willingness to work collaboratively

Willingness to work beyond 9-5 when necessary

Type formatting skills in InDesign tab character styles, paragraph, character styles numbering and find and replace

Prepress/printing familiarity

Color correction of files within InDesign

Photoshop, clipping capabilities. Drawing with pen tool in Photoshop.

Ability to plan, coordinate and set priorities on several projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines

Excellent design sense and organization skills

High School diploma or GED

Regular and reliable attendance

Availability for occasional event photoshoot

Preferred Qualifications

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Ability to present work confidently to business partners

Associates or Bachelor’s degree in graphic design

Bilingual (English and Spanish) preferred

Anticipated Weekly Hours

40

Time Type

Full time

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$17.00 - $28.46

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job gr