Graphic Artist

Do you love sports, fitness, fashion or the outdoors? SCHEELS can turn your passion into a rewarding career through our extensive business and product training.

SCHEELS is a leader in the sporting goods industry - driven to create the best experience in the USA for our customers. SCHEELS boasts the largest selection of sports brands in America—offering world-class brands, special attractions, and unmatched customer service.

SCHEELS empowers our associates to become experts in exceeding the needs and expectations of our customers. SCHEELS associates talk-the-talk, and walk-the-walk, with the best product and expert training in the sporting goods industry. Mentorship and professional development training are a focus throughout your entire career.

Responsibilities:

• Develop creative assets from concept to final production, with an emphasis on social and digital advertising design. Serve as a versatile designer trained to support additional areas such as in-store display graphics, print catalogs, flyers, and direct mail as needed.
• Design clear and compelling designs while maintaining brand standards and meeting communication objectives.
• Revise detailed layouts and provide execution efficiencies.
• Build ready-to-go final artwork files for digital or print.
• Execute multiple assignments on time, and revise to meet changing needs and requirements.
• Remain in tune with design trends and maintain best practices. Share findings with fellow SCHEELS artists to create an atmosphere for continual collaboration.
• General Marketing responsibilities:
  • Actively participate in team and office meetings/trainings
  • Confer with leadership to resolve problems or questions
  • Strive to meet goals and assist others in accomplishing their goals
  • Ability to be highly organized and maintain all detailed aspects of projects
  • Continuous brainstorm of new processes to improve workflows
  • Strong initiative for continuous improvement
  • Ability to work independently and with the team
• Build and maintain Marketing standards
  • Ensure the Scheels brand style guide is upheld across all content.
  • Organize daily routines, budget management, and general administrative tasks.
  • Maintain a safe and clean work environment.
• Ability to work the assigned schedule, which is typically Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with occasional evening or weekend hours as needed.

Requirements:

Customer Service

• Genuinely and consistently treat co-workers, customers and business partners like they are the most important person including eye contact, a smile and a genuine “Thank you”

Culture

• Approach daily tasks, projects and follow-up communication with energy and sense of urgency

• Cultivate a deep desire to become a knowledge expert in their role with the ability to apply their knowledge and experience with great impact

• Show respect and appreciation for others and Scheels

• Arrive to work and meetings 10 minutes early

Team Mentality

• Genuine interest and action in helping others before yourself, regardless of recognition or reward

Teach-ability

• Consistent eagerness to listen, learn, apply knowledge and accept critical feedback

• Ability to adapt to a changing work environment

• Ability to apply concepts of basic math, grammar, punctuation and spelling

Dress Code

• Meets Scheels dress and grooming expectations in support of professional, clean and welcoming environment for customers, co-workers and business partners

Efficiency

• Demonstrate pride and ownership of their work while meeting expected deadlines

Education & Experience:

• 2-4 years of design experience preferred
• BFA or BA in Graphic Design or a related field
• Experience with working on iOS / Apple operating system
• Proficient at Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and other design tools
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office

Physical Requirements/Lifting Requirements:

Must be able to sit, stand, bend at the waist, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, walk, push/pull, lift, talk, and hear with or without reasonable accommodation.

Sedentary work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Roles are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Scheels cares about the health and safety of our Associates. Associates are expected to follow all safety procedures and perform their job duties in a fashion that minimizes the risk of injury.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Scheels is an equal employment opportunity employer providing equal employment opportunities to individuals regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Scheels will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals when appropriate.

Equal Opportunity Employer
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