Sr. Digital Designer

About the job

The Sr. Digital Designer will work closely with the creative team to develop and produce the e-commerce website, email campaigns, social, and online marketing initiatives for Janie and Jack.

What you’ll do

• Translate business and marketing objectives into designs that are clear, compelling, visually exciting, easy to use and emotionally engaging.
• Produce design specifications, scenarios, and design prototypes.
• Initiate concepts and work independently and/or with creative director.
• Present multiple solutions per project.
• Manage timing and deliverables for project work.
• Work closely with copywriters and business partners to design original layouts on a tight schedule.
• Work with business, creative and copy teams to clarify objectives, revise creative and ensure accuracy for all projects.
• Actively participate and help drive the creative process by presenting well-developed creative solutions to meet the given objectives.
• Responsible for executing product line updates for all e-commerce website, as well as hand-coding HTML for emails and deploying them in an accurate and timely manner.
• Work with the email service provider to manage the day to day operations while resolving issues and refining processes for launching emails.
• Responsible for staying current on industry trends, while keeping all brands at the forefront for site/email design and best practices.
• Supervise and develop other designers and contractors while balancing personal workflow and priorities.
• Giving effective feedback to drive successful designs and design systems, while inspiring and enhancing the efforts of a creative team.

What you’ll bring

• BFA in Graphic Design, Interaction Design, Visual Studies or other design-related field.
• 5-7 years of professional experience in web design or multimedia required.
• Online retail experience a plus.
• Strong graphic design, layout, typography, image manipulation, and color correction skills and have relevant experience with a lifestyle-oriented trend-setting brand.
• Proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, HTML, flash and must be familiar with InDesign.
• Expert in ideas generation and collaboration with copy and photography creative partners.
• Must be detailed-oriented, well organized and able to thrive in deadline driven environment.
• Able to apply user interface and interactive design best practices to projects.
• Strong communication skills.
• Solid experience with resizing, optimizing and slicing of graphics.
• Must be willing to be flexible in job duties and take on added responsibility when necessary.
• Able to manage competing, high priority projects while identifying creative solutions quickly and to self-direct under ambiguous and changing circumstances.

Why You’ll Love Working With Us

• The Product—so good, you’ll be using your employee discount more than you probably should.
• The People—ask anyone that works here…we have incredible people on our team.
• The Experience—you’ll enjoy a rewarding career at a respected children’s brand.

Let’s Talk Perks!

• Employee discount at Janie and Jack.
• Paid holidays and flexible time off.
• Generous Health Savings Account (HSA) employer contributions for individuals and families.
• Flexible Spending Accounts and commuter benefits.
• Life insurance.
• Extensive 401(k) plan with company matching.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program with resources like financial and legal assistance, emotional work/life counseling, health, and wellness resources, travel assistance.