What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr Digital Artist position at Athleta?
About the Role
The Senior Graphic Designer is a highly creative, curious, and self-motivated member of the energetic, fast-paced Creative team at Athleta. They are someone who provides expertise and diligence through their craft while collaborating
seamlessly with the rest of the team and key cross-functional partners. In this role, the Sr. Graphic Designer will be responsible for crafting digital design experiences for our omni ecosystem, which includes Ecommerce (Mobile-first
approach), Email, Paid Social, Paid Media, and SMS. This role requires flexibility and the ability to respond to constructive feedback quickly, with a growth mindset.
This position reports to the Senior Manager, Marketing Design.
What You'll Do
• Create excellent, on-brand design supporting Ecommerce (Mobile-first approach), Email, Paid Social, Paid Media, and SMS that demonstrates elevated typographic treatments, color selection, holistic layouts, and animations
• Ensure all designed content delivers upon brief, is stylistically cohesive, and optimized for the customer experience
• Create various, unique design concepts for internal reviews to ensure the best-of-the-best options are executed
• Inspire and contribute conceptual design ideas
• Optimize, prepare and deliver files with accuracy and precision
• Present your work clearly and thoughtfully to teammates and cross-functional partners with a customer-first approach
• Collaborate cross-functionally to meet business goals and ensure designs implemented align with company initiatives
• Leverage strategy, analytics and brand insights provided within briefs
• Continually absorb customer insights and apply that knowledge strategically across designs
• Receive and implement feedback from key stakeholders, as well as provide feedback to your team
• Partner, collaborate with, and take direction from leaders
Who You Are
• Excellent typographic skills with a keen eye for detail, hierarchy, and consistency across a plethora of visual assets
• A sharp aesthetic sensibility with a passion for creating harmony between type and image
• Depth of knowledge in designing content to support storytelling on multiple digital platforms (Ecommerce, Email, Paid Media, Paid Social, etc.)
• A strong ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks while ensuring high standards of quality and on-time delivery
• A self-starter who is willing and able to build and continuously improve upon our creative standards and processes
• Highly proficient in Figma and core Adobe CC programs including—but not limited to—Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
• Animation skills in Adobe After Effects are a plus
• Highly proficient in Mac OSX and Microsoft Office (connecting to servers, organizing files, sharing documents, etc.)
• Knows how to optimize images and animations for various digital platforms
• Understands responsive digital design, how to design for various devices and viewports
• Experience working with Art Directors is beneficial
• Experience working in Branding is also beneficial as the brand expression, guidelines, and systems are evolving
• Can stay organized despite competing priorities and deadlines
• Proven background working cross-functionally across many teams and departments
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and fluid business priorities with a positive, proactive attitude
• Possesses grace-under-pressure
• Excellent verbal and written communication style
• Considerate team player
• Establishes rapport and collaborates easily with cross-functional partners
• Willing to innovate and stays curious within a competitive landscape
