At L.L.Bean, we believe the outdoors brings out the best in all of us. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging and creating safe, inclusive spaces where everyone feels welcome—both here and Outside. We value individual differences and are dedicated to maintaining an inclusive work environment where everyone can bring the best of their experience and talents and truly thrive.
L.L.Bean is currently seeking an Associate Creative Designer to join our team in Freeport, Maine. This role involves the artistic translation of our brand strategy and marketing communication to consumers in the Print, Digital, and Retail business channels.

Responsibilities:

• Create layouts and design or re-design as assigned.
• Collaborate with cross functional partners (i.e. merchandising, content) to gather information that will enable appropriate design decisions.
• Partner with Designers and Photo Art Directors to ensure proper application and consideration of photography assets.
• Partner with Production team ensuring design expectations of the various deliverables.
• Collaborate with copywriters on proper application of appropriate copy elements to ensure strategic solutions, synergy and consistency.
• Assume any additional related duties as requested.

Health and Safety Requirement: Every employee is responsible for contributing to a safe and healthy workplace. Employees are expected to be active participants in health and safety by following all safety policies and procedures, reporting unsafe conditions or at-risk behaviors to leadership, and conducting work in a safe manner. Those in a leadership role are also expected to model safe behaviors, evaluate risk, and ensure that risks are reduced to acceptable levels.

Skills and Qualifications:

• 4-year degree required
• 1-3 years of relevant experience required
• Portfolio/work samples required
• Basic knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
• Proficiency with Office 365
• Team player
• Solid aesthetic sense
• Detail oriented
• Organized
• Aptitude to learn quickly

If you care about the outdoors, joining L.L.Bean is a great way to feel good about what you do. Our benefits package makes a good thing even better, with programs and perks designed to support your health and financial goals. Plus, maintaining a healthy work-life balance and re-charging outside are all part of the plan.
If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you’d be great at this role, we’d love to learn more about you! At L.L.Bean, we believe the outdoors brings out the best in all of us. We strive to reflect this every day in our commitments to employees and partners and in our efforts to promote belonging

• Create layouts and design or re-design as assigned.
• Collaborate with cross functional partners (i.e. merchandising, content) to gather information that will enable appropriate design decisions.
• Partner with Designers and Photo Art Directors to ensure proper application and consideration of photography assets.
• Partner with Production team ensuring design expectations of the various deliverables.
• Collaborate with copywriters on proper application of appropriate copy elements to ensure strategic solutions, synergy and consistency.
• Assume any additional related duties as requested