Graphic Designer

TCK (Twin City Knitting) is an American manufacturer born and raised in the foothills of North Carolina. Founded in 1961, TCK began knitting performance athletic socks and quickly established itself as the industry leader for on-field team socks. We have outfitted athletes’ feet for generations and have built an unrivaled brand loyalty with our customers.

It's more than making socks or a day-to-day job for our team at Twin City Knitting Co.; we are a family at TCK.

Summary: We are seeking a skilled and meticulous Graphic Designer to join our team. This role is perfect for someone enthusiastic about emerging trends in apparel, especially in the collegiate sector. Your main responsibility will be creating mockups for colleges, submitting logo designs for approval, and updating files as needed. If you have a strong command of Adobe Creative Suite and enjoy working on design projects that require precision and collaboration, we’d love to have you on board.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Mockup Creation & File Updates:

· Design and create mockups for college logos and other visual materials for approval.

· Ensure that designs are aligned with the school’s branding guidelines and meet their approval standards.

· Submit new artwork to customers and licensing to receive approval.

· Upload approved art mockup sheet and jpeg into appropriate collegiate folders.

· Review art sheet updates and mark any old designs ‘Invalid’ if logos have changed.

· Submit artwork for every licensed school at least once per year.

· Update and revise files as needed based on feedback from colleges, making sure to meet deadlines and specifications.

· Create flyers for collegiate customer specials.

Collaboration & Feedback:

· Work with the Product Development team to create innovative designs.

· Support Product Development team on E-Comm line.

· Eagerness and willingness to learn.

Brand & Graphic Design:

· Able to create catalog and other promotional materials.

· Vector recreation.

· Create branded e-mail blasts using MailChimp.

· Create various other branded materials as needed, ensuring that designs maintain consistency across all assets.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

· 2 years (preferred) of professional graphic design experience, with an emphasis on creating mockups and collaborating with clients or educational institutions.

· Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).

· Strong understanding of typography, color theory, and layout principles.

· Mindfulness with the ability to work efficiently on revisions and updates.

· Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate design choices and collaborate effectively.

· Highly organized and able to manage multiple design projects with tight deadlines.

· Ability to work independently while maintaining flexibility for team collaboration.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and sit approximately 80% of the time, walk, use hands, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus, and ability to see color.

Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is mainly located in an office environment but will regularly be exposed to work near and on the production floor. The employee may occasionally be required to work in our manufacturing environment.

The noise level in the work environment may occasionally be loud.

Twin City Knitting is committed to protecting information under the care of Twin City Knitting commensurate with leading industry standards and applicable regulations. As such, Twin City Knitting provides at least annual training regarding data privacy and security to employees who, as a result of their role specifications, may come in to contact with sensitive data.

Twin City Knitting is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identification, or protected Veteran status. Twin City Knitting participates in E-verify and is committed to compliance with its obligations under all applicable state and federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. In keeping with this commitment, it attempts to reasonably accommodate applicants and employees in accordance with the requirements of the disability discrimination laws. It also invites individuals with disabilities to participate in a good faith, interactive process to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made without imposing an undue hardship.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to Commute:

• Conover, NC 28613 (Required)

Work Location: In person