What are the responsibilities and job description for the Graphic Designer, Marketing position at Athleta?
About the Role
The Graphic Designer is a highly creative, curious, and self-motivated member of the energetic, fast-paced Marketing Design team at Athleta. They are someone who provides expertise and diligence through their craft while collaborating seamlessly with the rest of the team and key cross-functional partners. In this role, the Graphic Designer will be responsible for crafting digital design assets including, but not limited to, Email, omni-channel promotional events, and SMS. This role requires flexibility and the ability to respond to constructive feedback quickly, with a growth mindset.
This position reports to the Senior Manager, Marketing Design.
What You'll Do
• Create excellent, on-brand design supporting Email, omni-channel promotional events, and SMS that demonstrates elevated typographic treatments, color selection, holistic layouts, and engaging animations
• Ensure all designed content delivers upon brief, is stylistically cohesive, and optimized for the customer experience
• Create various, unique design concepts for internal reviews to ensure best-in-class execution
• Inspire and contribute conceptual design ideas
• Optimize, prepare and deliver files with accuracy and precision
• Present your work clearly and thoughtfully to teammates and cross-functional partners with a customer-first approach
• Collaborate cross-functionally to meet business goals and ensure designs implemented align with company initiatives
• Receive and implement feedback from key stakeholders, as well as provide feedback to your team
• Partner, collaborate with, and take direction from leaders
Who You Are
• Excellent typographic sensibility with a keen eye for detail, hierarchy, and consistency across a variety of visual assets
• A sharp aesthetic sensibility with a passion for creating harmony between type and image
• A strong ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks while ensuring high standards of quality and on-time delivery
• A self-starter who is willing and able to build and continuously improve upon our creative standards and processes
• Highly proficient in Figma and core Adobe CC programs including, but not limited to, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
• Animation skills in Adobe After Effects are a plus
• Highly proficient in Mac OSX and Microsoft Office (connecting to servers, organizing files, sharing documents, etc.)
• Knows how to optimize images and animations for various digital platforms
• Understands responsive digital design, how to design for various devices and viewports
This position can be based in either of the Gap Inc. Hubs in NYC or SF.