Kirkland's
Graphic Designer
Kirkland's, Brentwood, Tennessee, United States, 37027
Overview
The Graphic Designer, reporting directly to the Graphic Design Lead is responsible for ensuring consistent, on-brand designs. This role collaborates closely with various teams, including Marketing, Merchandising/Sales, Visual Merchandising, and Store Operations. Projects range from simple to highly complex visual assets and projects. The ideal candidate is skilled and passionate about design, photography, and type hierarchies and is comfortable working with precise technical specifications regarding image usage, media, file formats, file sizes, and copy styling. Meticulous organization, file management, comfort in a fast-paced environment, and self-motivation are key in being successful in this role.
Responsibilities
Supports direction of Graphic Design Lead to execute creative design that aligns to our brand
Works closely with the Marketing team to learn and understand Kirkland’s brand guidelines
Ideate, design, and create visual assets for emails, digital ads, social media, mailers, store collateral, some video, and other visual initiatives
Uses Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat) daily
Ability to use Adobe Photoshop to create animated GIFs for web and email (motion graphics)
Knowledge of Image Resolution and File Formats for both digital and print graphics
Excellent File Management & Organization of assets
Must be able to work in a fast past environment while working on several projects
Time management skills are a must in addition to knowing how to prioritize
Participate in creative meetings for overall branding strategies
Demonstrates a commitment to Kirkland’s Values and ways of working
Desire to collaborate cross functionally with Sales, Vendors, and other internal teams
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Up to 2 years’ experience in a similar role, within a retail environment preferred
Strong knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat)
Portfolio examples of web design work required
Associates, BA, or BS Degree in Fine & Applied Arts; Graphic Design; Communication Arts or equivalent required
Understands grid systems and design fundamentals
Keen eye for typography, print, digital, branding, detail and conceptualization
Color Theory, Layout Principals, Photo Editing
Highly motivated self-starter
Effective communicator (both verbally and written)
Ability to multi-task and move among several projects simultaneously.
Strong organizational skills
Ability to work as part of a team
UX/UI design principles preferred
Knowledge of iMovie, After effects, Premiere Pro a plus (basic video editing)
Ability to perform work onsite at Brentwood corporate office at least 4 days a week
Proficient in MAC operating system
Proficient in marketing projects management and collaboration tools: Teams, Slack, Trello
Stays current with design trends
Basic HTML/CSS a plusBasic digital design fundamentals: digital web, email, SMS, display.
Ability to work at a computer for extended periods of time
Responsibilities
Supports direction of Graphic Design Lead to execute creative design that aligns to our brand
Works closely with the Marketing team to learn and understand Kirkland’s brand guidelines
Ideate, design, and create visual assets for emails, digital ads, social media, mailers, store collateral, some video, and other visual initiatives
Uses Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat) daily
Ability to use Adobe Photoshop to create animated GIFs for web and email (motion graphics)
Knowledge of Image Resolution and File Formats for both digital and print graphics
Excellent File Management & Organization of assets
Must be able to work in a fast past environment while working on several projects
Time management skills are a must in addition to knowing how to prioritize
Participate in creative meetings for overall branding strategies
Demonstrates a commitment to Kirkland’s Values and ways of working
Desire to collaborate cross functionally with Sales, Vendors, and other internal teams
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Up to 2 years’ experience in a similar role, within a retail environment preferred
Strong knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat)
Portfolio examples of web design work required
Associates, BA, or BS Degree in Fine & Applied Arts; Graphic Design; Communication Arts or equivalent required
Understands grid systems and design fundamentals
Keen eye for typography, print, digital, branding, detail and conceptualization
Color Theory, Layout Principals, Photo Editing
Highly motivated self-starter
Effective communicator (both verbally and written)
Ability to multi-task and move among several projects simultaneously.
Strong organizational skills
Ability to work as part of a team
UX/UI design principles preferred
Knowledge of iMovie, After effects, Premiere Pro a plus (basic video editing)
Ability to perform work onsite at Brentwood corporate office at least 4 days a week
Proficient in MAC operating system
Proficient in marketing projects management and collaboration tools: Teams, Slack, Trello
Stays current with design trends
Basic HTML/CSS a plusBasic digital design fundamentals: digital web, email, SMS, display.
Ability to work at a computer for extended periods of time