What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Designer position at Mark's?
This is a hybrid position based out of our Marks Providence Rhode Island studio.
Agency Overview
Marks is a brand design and experience agency that is uniquely constructed to enable brands to win in an age of constant change. Fueled by our dual vantage points embedded partners and future-forward experts we build brand momentum to move fast, move forward, and move confidently.
As a full-service agency, our expertise extends across all facets of the branding spectrum : strategy, innovation, design, adaptation, integrated marketing communications. Together, we are 600 people across 12 studios and 8 countries.
Marks is part of SGS & Co, a brand impact group built with the agility and inventiveness that enables our clients to thrive. Our sister company, SGS, is an integrated packaging and marketing company. Together, we shift brands to impact.
Position Overview
This position calls for a highly collaborative team member with a creative spark, sophisticated design eye, strong communication skills, passion, and self-motivation. You will be tasked with thoughtful problem-solving, that leads into high-caliber executions, informed by a strategic framework and narrative.
As Senior Designer, you will report to the Design Director, working with both the Creative Director and Design Directors to creatively solve a clients business problem, ensuring that solutions bring the strategy to life, successfully and on time. You will need to showcase an ability to work and collaborate within teams, as well as demonstrate the independence and resourcefulness demanded by an agile and highly dynamic agency environment.
This role specializes in brand and packaging design, ranging across an exciting spectrum of industries including CPG food and beverage, health care, beauty and personal care. You will champion the clients brand and ensure all work is within brand guidelines, while maintaining continuity between formats, line extensions and client / vendor provided information.
Critical Skills and Behaviors
Design thinking and execution
- Generates strategic big ideas and narratives that address a specific truth about the client, industry, challenge or brief rather than simply stylistic or trend driven executions
- Partners with and leverages Strategy and Design teams to develop focused design solutions
- Ability to develop packaging design intent production artwork files
- A strong understanding of packaging requirements such as dieline (folds, scores and trims), rollovers, type height and weight, line thickness and copy safety zones
- A strong knowledge of print processes, ?nishes and separations
Independence, resourcefulness and reliability
Communicates well visually and verbally
Thriving in a collaborative space
Curiosity and passion
Prerequisites
Compensation Details
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $66,500 - $76,500 USD. Ultimately, in determining pay, we will consider the successful candidates location, experience, and other job-related factors.
Group benefits currently include a selection of health care plans with prescription drug coverage, dental plan, vision plan, basic and supplemental life insurance, a flexible spending account for medical and dependent care expenses or a health savings account based on plan selection, short / long term disability and 401(k) Savings Plan.
Salary : $66,500 - $76,500
