Hybrid Surface Print Associate Designer

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About the role

  • Associate Designer supporting senior design staff at Punch Studio, a leading Home, Gift & Stationery supplier. Collaborating on projects and creating surface patterns with a focus on trend identification and brand aesthetic.

Responsibilities

  • Punch Studio is a leading Home, Gift & Stationery product supplier for thousands of specialty retailers worldwide.
  • Support all senior Design staff reporting into the Creative Director (CD) and Art Director (AD) and is supervised by the Lead Designer (LD).
  • Assist in working on projects as assigned by senior Design staff to support the Art Department workflow.
  • Create designs with custom or proprietary projects.
  • Follow all art direction and critique from the CD/AD, completing all projects in a timely manner adhering to assigned deadlines.
  • Contribute creative input and conceptual development.
  • Conceptualize and design original surface patterns - either digitally, or by using traditional painting and sketching skills.
  • Expand upon existing artwork provided by AD/LD.
  • Daily check-ins, providing updates on progress and approval status.
  • Ability to take constructive criticism well from leadership and clients.
  • Work both independently and collaboratively with a team.
  • Proactively research the competitive market for trendidentification.
  • Maintain a high level of aesthetic judgement and effectively translate trends into products while cohesively merchandising collections.

Requirements

  • BFA or BA in Design, Illustration, Fine Arts, Textiles (or related field).
  • 5-7 years of experience working with surface design products such as stationery, wall décor, decorative storage boxes, etc.
  • Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite
  • Must be a highly energetic self-starter with an entrepreneurial mind and understand the brand aesthetic and price point
  • Extensive knowledge of MAC Operating Systems, Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite
  • Flexibility in artistic style – able to create art from scratch with many different looks using traditional and digital techniques.
  • Skilled with home décor embellishments techniques (i.e. gold-leafing, spot color paints, etc.)
  • Strong knowledge of surface pattern repeats, composition and engineered layouts, composition and color
  • Skilled in typography
  • Textile Design, Packaging Design and 3D experience a plus

Benefits

  • All full-time employees can receive medical, vision, and dental.
  • 9 paid holidays, including your birthday!

Job title

Surface Print Associate Designer

Job type

Experience level

JuniorMid level

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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