Graphic Designer
Doskocil Mfg. 🇺🇸 Arlington, Texas, United States of America
The Graphic Designer is responsible for the creative design and production of various assets, including digital graphics, packaging, and displays, while maintaining brand guidelines and solving complex messaging challenges. This role involves supporting sales, marketing, and product management with diverse design needs and managing the execution from concept through final production.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for original design solutions, implementation, and execution
- Use creative design to help solve complex messaging challenges on packaging, point of purchase materials, displays, and presentation materials
- Support sales, marketing and product management with designs including but not limited to packaging, sell sheets, presentation templates, displays, catalogs, photography, digital, motion & static assets, trade show artwork and other needs
- As needed, revise existing package designs when product information or branding message changes
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop strategy and communicate with appropriate individuals and departments concerning project updates, changes, timelines, and deadlines
- Work with the team to maintain the proofing and approval process in Lytho Workflow
- Research packaging and multimedia tactics are being used in the pet industry and in other related industries to stay on top of emerging trends
- Proof all/applicable artwork from the printer and vendors
- Supervise the production of color-printed work for best quality on POP labels, packaging, and sales support literature
- Research and recommend cost-effective production alternatives for each project and management of the creative production process, from timeline development to finished materials and work with vendors to gain multiple print quotes per project to ensure the lowest costs possible
- Attend and prepare for department meetings
- Come prepared to discuss current projects, challenges, ideas, and missing items needed to complete project on time and correctly
- Participate in project management meetings
Requirements
- Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (BFA) or equivalent from four-year college or technical school
- 3 years related experience working in graphic design in a consumer goods environment, brand, agency, manufacturer
- Strong working knowledge of 4 color process and digital printing, and preparation of artwork for process printing & digital delivery for the ecommerce channel
Key Skills
- Graphic design
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Microsoft Office Suite
- AI
- 3D
- Video
- Motion graphics
- Project management
- Time management
- Attention to detail
- Quality control
- Brand management
- Visual design
- Creative problem-solving
- Collaboration
- Communication
- Presentation
- Color theory
- Typography
- Layout
Benefits
- Opportunity to work with a talented team of professionals
- Dynamic and fast-paced work environment that is challenging, energizing, and supportive
About Doskocil Mfg.
Petmate is a global leader in pet supply products. Some of our most beloved brands include Chuckit!®, Arm & Hammer®, Barkbone®, Gamma2®, HyperPet®, JW Pet®, La-Z-Boy®, Mad Cat®, Petmate®, Vittles Vault® and Wild Eats®. Over 60 years ago, Petmate began with a single focus on providing safe pet transportation, which resulted in the creation of the first dog kennel. Flash forward to today, and the same love and bond that existed to provide safe travels for our pets now permeates through every step of pet and pet owners’ shared adventure. Knowing that pets are every bit as much a part of the family, Petmate takes pride in developing new, superior products that improve the quality of life and enrich the bond created between people & their pets. From environmentally responsible manufacturing to rigorous product testing, we place safety at the core of what we make and how we make it. Our 25 trusted brands continually drive innovation across pet categories, spanning dog and cat toys, fee
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