GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Leaderpromos is an award-winning promotional marketing agency. Our strategic approach and partnership mentality delivers custom products that promote top-of-mind brand awareness. We immerse ourselves in the customer’s brand and align with our client’s marketing strategies to create tailored solutions above and beyond expectations.
We are looking for a talented and motivated graphic designer to join our creative department. The successful candidate must possess excellent creative qualities, project management and ability to work in a fast paced environment.
As Graphic Designer you will be responsible for Leaderpromos and client creative designs, quality and core process oversight, and presentation and product design. You will deliver engaging content that meets the expectations of our customers and helps achieve Leaderpromos’ growth goals. You should be extremely creative, dedicated, and possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS or BFA or Technical degree in Graphic Design, Advertising Design, Communication and Visual Arts, or relevant field.
• 2-4 years of experience.
• Print, Web and social media asset development experience.
• Have a solid knowledge of photography selection, cropping and basic retouching.
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Nice-to-have, likely will have to learn:
• Website building platforms like WordPress or similar
• Digital content creation software (animation/gif creation) with Adobe After Effects, Adobe Rush/Premier, or similar
• Optional, but helpful to know:
• Figma
• Meister Task or similar project management tools
• 3D image creation with Adobe Substance 3D or similar

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Ability to verbally articulate visual ideas, and sketch them if necessary
• Proficiency with design software, such as Adobe Creative Suite
• Exceptional capability with typography and compositional layout.
• Can articulate a clear and concise creative vision for design projects, and ability to understand and apply business strategies to your design.
  Just like it is important to our clients to distinguish themselves from the competition, we take the same approach at Leaderpromos. Our agency possesses the latest technology and resources to activate brands. Our global reach provides clients worldwide-branded products regardless of their location. With extensive in-house exclusive services, we become your single-source solution to deliver success. Leaderpromos’ passion for creativity and dedication to our clients has ranked us among the top 1% of 26,000+ distributors nationwide. For more than 25 years, Leaderpromos has offered branding solutions backed with innovative ideas, the best technology and a passion for delivering results.
  Leaderpromos is an equal employment opportunity employer. We welcome everyone regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or genetics. We provide an inclusive, open and diverse work environment

• Work with the entire creative team to establish a unified brand understanding and voice for the company, supporting a creative audit to elevate our innovation and marketing tactics.
• Conceptualize campaign vision, harnessing original graphics, copy, content websites, social media, and other marketing materials
• Review, strengthen and deliver on creative briefs for your projects.
• Ensure creative brief direction is followed, contribute to scheduling of your projects with sales/marketing team, ensure deadlines are hit consistently, and expected deliverables are met.
• Identify and communicate in real-time to team leads (to Director and Art Directors), any need to delegate projects to other internal or external production resources to maintain deadlines and quality.
• Obtain creative leadership approval by sharing development and final creative to be presented with Director of Brand + Creative, prior to sharing with sales/marketing team.
• Obtain Senior Leadership, Sales, and/or Marketing approval as required by presenting final layouts, storyboards, and illustrations, encouraging members to provide feedback, and responding to internal commentary and requests
• Assist in evaluating and evolving art department standards for production, productivity, quality, and client service
• Ensure your projects and project team members adhere to current processes, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement, and proposing and creating processes and tools to support design operations
• Collaborate with marketing and sales divisions in providing suggestions and feedback on improving the branding and design for each respective client/business.
• Support the entire team when necessary to prepare both external and internal presentations, even on projects not directly assigned as a lead.
• Consistently contribute insights through pop-culture trends, market trends, consumer needs, and the competitive landscape.
• Understand and adhere to intellectual property laws including copyrights, trademarks and service marks related to but not limited to logomarks, wordmarks, original art, typography, fonts, stock images, and video and audio assets. Protecting both the agency and our clients.