Senior Graphic Designer (Visual Merchandising)

e.l.f. is for every eye, lip, and face, providing access to the best of beauty. From the beginning, our mission has been to deliver guilt-free play with major pay-off so everyone can own their beauty, without compromise. Always vegan and cruelty-free, because we believe kindness is chic (and we love being nice to your wallet), you can find e.l.f. products on www.elfcosmetics.com, at leading retailers such as Target, Walmart, and Ulta, and internationally.

e.l.f. was founded in 2004 as a digitally native mass cosmetics brand and became a publicly-traded company in 2016 (NYSE: ELF). The e.l.f. employee base mirrors the consumers we serve – over 70% female and nearly 40% diverse. e.l.f. is also a leader in board diversity, with greater than 50% of board seats being held by successful female business leaders. e.l.f. embraces a lean staffing model that enables everyone to work closely with colleagues at all levels of the business. This also makes e.l.f. an attractive environment for the kind of individual who wants to directly impact business results and develop a broad set of skills to learn and grow into additional parts of the business.

Position Summary

As a Senior Graphic Designer on our Visual Merchandising (VM) team, you will be responsible for the design and execution of retail materials for, but not limited to, e.l.f. Cosmetics. Along with your Senior VM Designer(s), you will handle multiple projects and deliverables, translating project briefs into consistent brand visuals based on marketing and business objectives.

In this role you will be able to demonstrate a proven track record of the following:

• A passion for beauty is a plus.
• Concepting and designing for a consumer-centric retail mindset.
• Prior experience designing for visual merchandising, retail design, or POP display teams with follow-through of applying those designs into print production.
• Experience working on other beauty brands in retail is a bonus.
• Confidence in design coordination, and successful execution of brand visuals across multiple retail accounts nationwide.
• Producing different iterations of the approved art direction applied to various proportions and following retailer and brand guidelines.
• Adapting and utilizing templates to create a large number of files that can be prepared for print production.
• Being organized, and able to follow directions or processes that are established.
• Presenting to internal management; addressing feedback with solution-based creative thinking.
• Collaborating with Design, Copy, and Project Management to ensure the success of a project from start to finish while meeting production deadlines.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Be a positive team player and work closely with cross-functional team members but also work independently as a self-starter.
• Manage complex and multiple priorities at one time.
• Catalog and organize artwork files (working and final) on the server for future reference and collect organized files for creative operations and vendors.
• Follow and design within the brand and retailer style guides.
• Take and apply direction from Art Directors, Creative, and Sales Teams and provide multiple solutions.
• Prepare, package, and spec files for print projects with correct dimensions, die-lines, and resolution
• Create presentations and/or mockups for internal reviews, commenting, briefing, or image retouching.
• Design and execute as-needed deliverables and presentations for retailers' meetings.
• Provide timely feedback on print-ready files and proofs for your accounts.
• Ensure that all projects are delivered within the deadline.
• Prioritize organization, attention to detail, adaptability, and a high degree of collaboration with cross-function partners.
• Work with Sr. Creative Leadership to refine concept work across all creative elements including photo, and video direction, and graphic design.
• Read and understand planograms.
• Understand systems (fixtures) and corresponding graphic application.
• Read and understand dielines, planograms, products, and code numbers.
• Prioritize tight deadlines and follow through.
• Maintain an investigative style that is resourceful and proactive for finding context, files, and information needed to present your design solutions.
• Setup, execute, and final release or design files, with detailed dimensions, checking dielines, exporting, saving, and packaging files for print-production.
• Execute build and package print-ready for retail signage.
• Translate and apply the approved creative compositions and layouts into the various sizes and formats needed for promotional displays (POP), signage, and in-store environments.

REQUIREMENTS:

• 5 years of design experience in a fast-paced environment (in-house or agency)
• Keep big picture understanding and detail-oriented attention to detail, with the adaptability to know when to switch perspectives with the focus on executing.
• An exceptional portfolio of work, ideally with instore, retail, or environment examples
• Highly organized, timely, ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines.
• Must have a strong portfolio that exemplifies a broad range of design layout and typography skills & execution for print.
• Basic trimming, cutting, and comping skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work well independently and within a team
• Implementation and execution of your work in retail displays
• Ability to learn new workplace applications
• Excellent communication, time management, and organizational skills for deadline-driven projects.
• Sketchup or 3D experience
• Expert knowledge in Adobe Acrobat, Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop.
• Strong organization skills for file management and archiving.
• Ability to anticipate workload and communicate proactively with team members.
• Strong project management and decision-making skills in order to advance or complete your work.
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred in industrial design, package design, graphics design, or related field
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs
• Ability to multi-task, communicate urgently, and execute projects accordingly
• Comfortability working in a collaborative manner
• Expertise in file/print preparation
• Reading and understating dielines, planograms, product layouts, and codes.
• Experience in beauty/luxury/fashion/wellness or Mass Food or Drug retailers is a bonus.
• Prior experience reviewing retail planograms is a plus.
• Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities and design shifts.
• Resourcefulness for connecting dots and gathering information.

This job description is intended to describe the general nature, and level of work being performed in this position. It also reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principle functions of the job identified, and shall not be considered, as detailed description of all the work required inherent in the job. It is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities and is subject to changes and exceptions at supervisors' discretion.