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.
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