What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Artist (Product/Packaging) position at Horizon Group USA?
Job Title- Designer (Production Artist)
Location- May be 100% remote in the U.S
Join Our Creative Team as a Designer!
Do you have experience designing licensed products?! Do you get excited by the latest trends and immediately put them into art? If so, this role is for you! We are seeking a Designer that will have responsibility for hand-sketching front, back, and side views of new Horizon Group USA products as well as rendering mockups in Photoshop. Consider it a bonus if you have Packaging Design experience as well!
What You'll Do:
Location- May be 100% remote in the U.S
Join Our Creative Team as a Designer!
Do you have experience designing licensed products?! Do you get excited by the latest trends and immediately put them into art? If so, this role is for you! We are seeking a Designer that will have responsibility for hand-sketching front, back, and side views of new Horizon Group USA products as well as rendering mockups in Photoshop. Consider it a bonus if you have Packaging Design experience as well!
What You'll Do:
- Design and create product for craft, fashion activity kits, and novelty products in vector format.
- Use Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop to execute designs.
- Participate in trend research and brainstorming for new product concepts.
- Collaborate with Marketing team and Design Team on all projects.
- Illustrate icons, characters, design color schemes and patterns for products and packaging.
- Create mockups for presentations.
- Provide photography support for manuals and instruction sheets.
- Execute detailed production mechanicals for product and packaging.
- MUST have previous experience working on licensed brands/products.
- Expert knowledge in Adobe Suite required.
- Ability to create and illustrate in vector format in a wide variety of styles, for various target audiences (including gender neutral, tween girls etc.; Seasonal and Everyday artwork), each with a distinct point of view.
- Ability to hand-sketch front back and side views of the same object required.
- Ability to take vector/ hand sketches and create 3D renderings using Photoshop.
- Knowledge of Digital Photography as support will be needed in photographing for manuals and instruction sheets.
- Experience in Activity Kits/ Toy or Craft Industry preferred.
- Product knowledge of activity kits / DIY activities for jewelry, Paint your own/ build your own accessories, HBA, & paper crafting fields ideal.
- Page Layout/ instruction Layout skills a plus.
- Fine Art skills such as painting is a plus.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- MUST submit a portfolio link to be considered.
Salary : $55,000 - $65,000