What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Designer position at GG BRANDS COMPANY?
What's in it for you?
Thanks to our commitment to creating a supportive and engaged workplace culture, Gorilla Glue has been recognized as a top place to work for 15 years in a row. We offer competitive compensation packages, comprehensive healthcare benefits, and other perks and incentives to ensure our employees feel valued and supported.
Joining the Gorilla Glue family means being part of a team passionate about building strong brands and promoting a culture of excellence. As an employee, you'll be able to help create high-quality products and build brands that people love. Join us in an inspiring workplace where you can belong, grow, and make a difference!
Summary Description:
Work with the marketing team to create fresh, attractive, engaging marketing material based on existing brand standards, seeing them through from conception to print. Will report to the Design Director to ensure all assets are created with accuracy and that projects are completed as scheduled.
What will your day look like?
- Will coordinate all in-house printed materials: flyers, labels etc.
- Able to run/operate a Cannon in-house production printer.
- Prepare all packaging mock-ups for retail sell in.
- Requires printing, cutting and building package, display etc.
- Retouch all images, clip images out on all images from photo shoots.
- Assist with photography when needed.
- Assist with overall marketing projects from concept to final printed pieces.
- Lead designers will set the design, production designer will take the set design and design accordingly.
- Assist with design of sales collateral, promotional items, t-shirts, image requests, website graphics, packaging mock-ups, sales collateral, direct mail pieces, training materials, in-store merchandising, trade show materials, etc.
- Assist Packaging: day-to-day changes.
- Resizing and trafficking of advertisements for newspaper and national publications.
- Prepare projects for professional printers.
- Work with vendors to secure quotes for projects.
- Ensure production schedule for projects is on target and under budget.
- Potential Projects include:
- Image requests
- Packaging graphics – current product changes
- Retail Mock-Ups
- Print in-house items as necessary
- Merchandising materials – posters, banners, counter mats, etc.
- Promotional materials – hats, t-shirt designs
- Collateral materials – PR, Consumer fulfillment kit
- Website support – newsletters, story photos, copy updates, etc.
- Asset Library – organize images of products, etc.
What will you bring to the table?
Education & Experience:
- BS or BA in art/graphic design, fine art, or production
- 1-3 years as a professional graphic designer
Skills:
- Proficiency in Adobe (InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop), Figma and MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
- Motion Design (After Effects and PremirePro (both Adobe), video editing and HTML Coding background a plus.
- Outstanding organizational skills.
- Ability to multi-task and be deadline driven in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills; able to present to all levels within the organization and successfully with vendors.
- Should be creative, confident, outgoing, able to work well under pressure and succeed within a fast-paced environment.
- Keep up-to-date with trends in graphic design and software knowledge.
Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stoop, reach, stand, walk, lift, pull, push, grasp, talk, hear, see and use repetitive motions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may frequently lift and or move up to 50 pounds of material, boxes, etc. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as reading handwritten and or typed material and must have the ability to focus.
Company Values:
Must adhere to The Gorilla Glue Company’s Core Values that ensure everyone works together to exceed expectations.
- Have fun, be passionate and show it!
- Act with integrity and respect in all relationships.
- Communicate openly and appreciate the effort of others.
- Embrace knowledge, growth and change.
- Strive for excellence in what we do every day!
Are you ready to join one of Cincinnati’s Top Workplaces? Our employees love working here because of our environment, which is driven by our company mission and core values. If you have the right qualifications and thrive in a fun and fast-paced environment, we have a great opportunity for you to grow with us!