Art Director/Graphic Designer

Overview

Looking to land your dream job alongside the thought leaders of the product ideation industry?

Congo Brands is the parent company to the most innovative, flourishing brands on the market, including Prime Hydration, Prime Energy, and Lunchly. From an initial product idea to re-stocking retail shelves, we build brands with strong celebrity/influencer relationships, consumer connection, and global authority.

Reports To

• Creative Director

What We Need From You

• Work closely with the Creative Director and Senior Director of Creative, on making the highest-quality visual content possible.
• Align with the Creative leadership and stakeholders to ensure consistent direction, style, and methodology.
• Innovate and present new and creative packaging that maintains but also pushes current brand standards and expectations.
• Work closely with the Creative Director on creating high quality, competitive packaging, for ecommerce and retail distribution.
• Assist in overseeing quality control of all packaging and print materials.
• Demonstrate strategic and conceptual thinking, a strong taste level, and experience in photo/art direction, typography, and graphic design.
• Have confidence in using design tools.
• Present visual concepts and ideas in an organized, compelling, effective manner.
• Ensure designs consistently align with the established brand guidelines.
• Maintain and build upon the look, feel, accuracy, and functionality of each brand’s identity.
• Review all art and photography to ensure factual accuracy and adequacy of selling messages and creative effectiveness.
• Provide personal accountability for the accuracy of all final art for assigned projects.
• Work with the project management team and print vendors to establish production specs for all visuals.
• Ability to travel for occasional press checks.
• Set the bar high and get there fast without sacrificing quality for speed.
• Perform competitive assessments and provide innovative alternatives, as well as research and understand design, marketing, and technology trends.
• Produce sketches to visualize ideas and concepts.
• Continue to learn new tools and techniques that can be applied to your design, typography, composition, and storytelling abilities.
• You have no problem rolling up your sleeves and hustling in order to get the job done.
• You must be comfortable working in a rapidly changing environment where ambiguity and short turnaround schedules are the standard.
• Ability to give insightful and constructive feedback to your team.
• You must excel in managing multiple projects, priorities, and people concurrently.
• You will work with the creative and marketing teams to produce on-brand assets.
• Constantly seek out information to remain current on media and advertising trends.

What You Can Bring To The Table

• Please include a portfolio link on your resume.
• 2 years in visual merchandising.
• Talent to inspire team members to create amazing visuals.
• Skilled in working under pressure and delivering results within tight deadlines.
• Exceptional attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Fluent in all creative software (i.e. Adobe Creative Cloud), prototyping tools, etc. and familiar with Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Experience designing 3D mockups (i.e. Adobe Dimension) is preferred but not required.
• Conceptual thinker that brings communication strategies to life in a unique and meaningful way.
• Strong foundational skills including composition, design, and color theory.
• Must have the ability to take and give constructive criticism and maintain a professional attitude.
• Strong illustration and pre-press production skills
• Maintain a high level of quality while working with design and deadline constraints.
• Can work within our company's branding docs to make sure all fonts, colors, and brand voices are represented in final work.
• Exhibit a high degree of ownership and accountability.
• Strong project management skills.
• Effective time management and organizational skills.
• Work independently as well as in a team environment.

Employee Benefit Details

• Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
• 401(k) with Employer Match
• PTO & Paid Holidays
• Bonus – Eligible Based on Individual & Company Performance