Location: Greenville, SC
Experience: 2+ Years
Stellar is looking for someone to join an expanding design team and is looking for a graphic designer with a passion for creativity, quality, and innovation to join a dynamic team of product and marketing professionals seeking new and effective ways of communicating product benefits and brand messages.
The design professional we seek will be involved in all phases of print and digital design – from initial concept through completion – for projects for several of our client's brands. Responsibilities range from concepting and branding to digital design and layout, print collateral, photo manipulation, and beyond. Basic HTML, CSS, social media content creation, copy writing, video post-production, or 3D applications would be a bonus. Our ideal candidate is someone that continuously improves and adds to their skillset, who’s a superstar at all of the above, and who is comfortable working solo “in the zone” as well as in a brainstorming group or creative session. They work efficiently in a deadline-driven environment, are highly organized, and strive for detailed, polished results every time.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Creating and presenting concepts for new projects and campaigns
- Create guidelines for how logos and other branding materials should be displayed and used
- Help make design choices (e.g., fonts and colors) for all content the client will use
- Print collateral, including tradeshow signage, direct mail, catalogs, etc.
- Researching products/tools/software to perform duties
- Digital design and social media content creation
- Photo retouching, manipulation, color correcting, and archiving
- Working mostly with Marketing Manager and Senior Design Manager to coordinate/plan projects and assignments
- Continue education to stay up-to-date with technologies and skillsets required to perform duties
- Pricing and ordering packaging mockups, flyers, brochures, etc.
Qualifications and Requirements:
- A strong portfolio is required with 2+ years of experience, or a comparable skill level in a lead designer role
- Strong knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (mainly Illustrator and Photoshop), Microsoft 365 (Additional software), Premier Pro, After Effects, InDesign, Wordpress or Cinema4D
- Knowledge of design elements such as color and composition
- Experience with developing graphics, illustrations, videos, gifs, and other creative materials for web, social, and other digital platforms
- Technically proficient with the ability to troubleshoot and problem-solve
- Artistic sensibility matched with technical skill
- Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with colleagues
- Excellent communication skills both visually and verbally
- Must know how to use computer software programs to execute designs