Digital Graphic Designer

Dae Job Description

Title: Digital Graphic Designer

Location: Remote (US)

Job Type: Full time, salaried

Salary Range: 75k-85k

POSITION SUMMARY

DAE HAIR is seeking a highly motivated, passionate, and conceptual Designer to join our in-house creative team. We are looking for a candidate with experience designing dynamic, on-brand creative assets for daehair.com, sephora.com, social/digital advertising and email. This role requires occasional video editing and basic animation for paid media ads. The Digital Graphic Designer must maintain a strong understanding of design for digital and emerging media formats, and must have strong design aesthetic and typography skills with a passion for customer experience, brand storytelling and elevating the Dae online presence.

This position reports to the Art Director and is responsible for planning, managing and delivering strategic digital creative from initial development to final execution and release. The role is responsible for collaborating with departments on assets, pitching and developing innovative and refined creative assets, recognizing and implementing best-in-class digital practices, and maintaining tight deadlines on projects from urgent requests to longer lead projects.

The Digital Graphic Designer must be highly organized and be a strong creative problem solver. They will partner with and assist other designers, outside creative agencies, and collaborate with internal cross functional team members including Brand, Trade and Retail Marketing, Integrated Digital, and Social Media Marketing. The Digital Graphic Designer must be able to prioritize and execute multiple projects in a fast-paced environment on time meeting all deadlines, while displaying a positive, can-do attitude with a collaborative and creative spirit.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design and produce comprehensive, on-brand layouts and graphics for new product and seasonal launches on PDP, website and social, including special projects
• Demonstrate solid understanding of typography, photography, layout, graphic design and video editing; ensures all assets adhere to brand standards & meet business objectives
• Collaborate with internal & external creative teams to help produce performance-driven content and assets
• Provide best practices, competitive landscapes and key insights to leadership
• Ensure designs and content reflect consistently and positively the brand image and DNA
• Attention to quality and detail with spelling and grammar
• Show knowledge of newest design, typography, illustration, fashion/beauty and culture
• Ensure proper digital file types and naming conventions
• Demonstrate solid grasp of brand aesthetic, design sensibility, and high taste level
• Must be able to independently and collaboratively navigate the creative process, negotiating successfully with teams / founder, while being communicative, proactive, resourceful, professional, and flexible
• Maintain collaborative partnerships with teams including Brand Marketing, Digital, Trade Retail and Social
• Meet fast deadlines under pressure and ambiguity with the highest quality of standards
• Anticipate problems that may impede a project from completing on time and implement solutions
• Ability to positively receive feedback or edits from peers and executives, reflect changes in work throughout revision process
• Be client-centric, thinking about how the consumer shops on digital, and aware of the importance of a strong digital presence.

REQUIREMENTS

• 4+ years of design experience in digital
• Bachelor’s Degree or BFA. Graphic Design (or related: Communications Design, or UX/UI) degree or equivalent experience preferred
• Experience with Retail/e-Commerce, Fashion, and Beauty.
• Ideally proficient in one or more of the following: E-Commerce web design, paid social, emails, and responsive design for web (mobile and desktop).
• Knowledge of how to develop brand identity and build brand equity through multi-channel marketing
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Talent in presenting information concisely, accurately, and positively with keen attention to detail
• Professional business skills, such as negotiation, project management, and collaboration with leadership
• Can articulate creative ideas, either verbally, by example, or renderings.
• Strong problem-solving skills with focus on developing and recommending solutions quickly in a calm and clear manner
• Must possess excellent typography and design skills
• Must be able to work autonomously and remain flexible to changing priorities
• Self-motivated, team-oriented, and have a collaborative approach to creative development
• Time management, organization skills, file management and excellent attention to detail and consistency
• Ability to work in a very fast paced environment and meet very tight deadlines
• Knowledge of Adobe’s Creative Suite; with a comfortable and proficient knowledge of InDesign and Photoshop.
• Animation, XD, AfterEffects, Adobe premiere, Illustrator, Bridge, and the remainder of Suite is encouraged.
• Understanding of web standards, grid system and responsive design as well as print mechanicals.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to maintain a positive and open attitude while making multiple rounds of revisions to projects
• Scrappy, entrepreneurial, self-motivated, can-do attitude with a drive to succeed; can wear many hats, collaborate with teams in a fast paced environment

Dae provides a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits plan. The expected base salary range for this position is $75-85k per year. The exact base salary is dependent on multiple factors including but not limited to; experience, skillset, education, geographic location, training, certifications, and budget. We are a 100% US based remote-first company and we currently have employees in 12 states.

In addition to base salary, Dae Hair offers a competitive benefits package to eligible employees. Some of our benefits include:

● Great paid holiday schedule

● Flexible PTO

● Medical, dental, vision, health care and dependent care flex spending accounts

● 401K retirement savings plans and company match

● Pet insurance

● Paid Family leave

● Discounts on Dae Products

● Beauty Allowance

... and more.

Dae is a clean haircare line based in sunny Arizona infused with nourishing, desert-derived botanicals and dreamlike scents. Every product is intentionally crafted to honor your daely self-care rituals from sunrise to sunset. We hope that Dae plays a special role in your everyday hair routine and allows you to feel the warmth of the desert wherever you are.