Location
La Jolla, CA | United States
Job description
Production Artist II Location La Jolla, CA : Ready for the most epic job ever? Pura Vida is looking for a full-time Production Designer II to work in the surf/fashion industry for an e-commerce brand. This self-motivated team player will have a collaborative spirit, take initiative, a keen eye for detail, be efficient & process-oriented, and be able to multitask in a fast-paced (but fun), idea-generating environment. Dress code is super casual, you'll get access to tons of cool perks and the most amazing, engaged co-workers. In this position, you will be taking on designs during the final stages of development for projects targeting all aspects of Pura Vida's business, including social media, visual web design, email design, packaging and promotional material development. To be successful in this position, you should combine strong layout and technical skills to format various images and illustrations, and most importantly guarantee you are meeting the stakeholders' requirements. Ultimately, you will ensure our print and digital designs meet high quality standards. This is a salary position and reports directly to the Associate Art Director. Responsibilities:
- Liaise with product managers to define design requirements
- Translate visual concepts developed by the design team into various implementations for use in digital, print, and packaging formats
- Review graphics, layouts and fonts before products are completed
- Finalize designs using image editing software
- Retouch images to improve quality both in print and digital formats
- Suggest and apply image improvements, e.g. creating gradients, adjust colors, build additional content to imagery and organize layers
- Manage prepress process for print files
- Meet deadlines to ensure timely publications
- Archive produced images and graphics
- Follow up with stakeholders and accounts to ensure their requirements are met
- Keep up-to-date with trends in graphic design techniques and software
- Resize graphics for various needs
- Maintain and organize files in server
Requirements: - 2 - 3 years of proven work experience as a Production Artist, Graphic Designer or similar role
- Portfolio of completed graphic designs and creative projects
- Solid knowledge of the printing process and preflighting tools (e.g. Adobe InDesign)
- Hands-on experience with graphic design software and image editing tools (e.g. Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator)
- Photo retouching experience is mandatory
- Strong foundational design and layout skills are a must
- An ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines
- Creativity skills with attention to detail
- Excellent critical thinking skills
- BS degree in Visual Arts or relevant field
- Additional qualification in Graphic Design is a plus
- Understand how to set up working file layers correctly
- Understand how to work with dielines
- Collaborative energy, takes extra initiative, positive attitude
Equal Opportunity Employer/Vets/Disabled Pura Vida provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. For more information, please click the following links: Equal Employment and Affirmative Action Policy Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal (in English) Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal (in Spanish) Pay Transparency (in English) Pay Transparency (in Spanish) E-Verify Participation Poster Right to Work Poster (English) Right to Work Poster (Spanish) California Privacy Notice If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment application process, please send an e-mail to [email protected] . Please include the accommodation you are requesting and your contact information. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation and other EEO/Affirmative Action issues will be responded to from this e-mail address. Compensation Range $56,235.00 - $84,295.00
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$56.24k - $84.3k
