Digital Designer

Who We Are: 

WHY Brands Inc., a parent company of Munchkin, Inc., focuses on creating, incubating, and growing the next generation of consumer lifestyle brands. Founded in 1990, Munchkin is the leading consumer product company and most loved baby lifestyle brand behind the innovative gear and products for children, mothers, and caregivers. Munchkin has sold billions of dollars of products through our key retail partners: Target, Walmart, and Amazon and has global distribution in over 50 countries. With over 350+ patents under our belt and over 250 international product and brand design awards, we continue to create solutions that leave our customers asking, "how did I ever live without this?" Innovation is the core of our company DNA and has been driving our designs for over 30 years!  Recognized as #8 on America’s Most Innovative Companies list by Fortune Magazine, innovation is the core of our company DNA and has been driving our designs for 30 years!  

We lead with our core values and believe that investing in the community is our responsibility.  We create opportunities for every child’s potential and well-being through the Radiant Colors program, work to create a sustainable future, and in partnership with the International Fund for Animal Welfare have committed to animal conservation.   

What you will do:

We are seeking a Digital Designer for a two to three month temporary assignment. As a Temporary Digital Designer, you have to know not only how to work within brand guidelines, but how to make them stretch without breaking them. You innately get responsive design and know that a great idea is nothing without great UX. You’ll work in digital, mobile and social (and occasionally print), with copywriters, web developers and graphic designers, making creative strategies into ideas that grab you by the eyeballs and won’t let go. Specific responsibilities include: 

• Photo retouching for Cups Campaign assets
• Create digital branding to ensure delivery of market-moving, break through creative across all customer facing touch points, including marketing collateral, digital, social media channels, public relations, and sales materials, among other things. 
• Design support across ongoing digital/social campaigns
• Implement design consistent with the creative digital vision for Munchkin in alignment with marketing and business objectives.
• Ensure that brand and visual identity is consistently applied to all collateral and marketing materials across the company.  Drive creative consistency into global markets.  Ensure consistent application of the brand, internally and externally.
• Conceptualize and lead the effort to design and deliver the brand style guide and creative assets for packaging and digital platforms.
• Provide the vision for photography and direct photography efforts for use in digital, social media, and Ecommerce.
• Direct and ensure photography and video imagery is consistent with the Brand and Creative Vision.
• Ensure execution of a thoughtful creative strategy and positive user interface across multiple digital platforms.
• Deliver innovative creative solutions.
• Create digital assets for email and home/landing pages, social media, banners, mobile, tablet and new media used to generate traffic and online sales.
• Oversee pre-planning, creative concepting, set direction, video/animation direction and production.
• Translate creative strategy into the most effective way to get messages across in print and electronic media for assigned projects.
• Coordinate and directs the design of banners, emails, home pages, etc. to fully direct a major campaign.
• Ensure quality, consistency and accuracy of creative elements of advertising/marketing campaign.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Bring it!

• Minimum 5 plus years digital art direction or related creative process experience combining creative strategy, content, and messaging with creative deliverables.
• Knowledge of digital (HTML, etc.) and video/animation software (Flash, After Effects).
• A good eye for photography and an understanding of good UX design principles.
• A working knowledge of multimedia design and experience building print and digital files.
• Proven ability to execute visionary design strategies.    
• Advanced skills in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXPress, InDesign, and Figma.
• Expert knowledge in Macintosh platform.
• Expert knowledge in the graphic production process.
• A strong portfolio spanning social graphic design and web/UX design, ideally for consumer products or lifestyle brands.

This is a tempoary assignment for approximately two to three months in duration, with the possibility of an extension. The position offers a Hybrd schedule, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday working onsite and Tuesday and Friday remote.

Hourly Range: $45.00 to $55.00 (DOE)

This is a temporary assignment and is expected to last approximately two to three months. You will be legally employed through a staffing agency as the employer of record. Although this is a temporary coverage role, successful completion of the assignment will put you in excellent standing for future long-term placement opportunities     

To learn more, visit us at www.munchkin.com. 

 Munchkin welcomes and values what makes everyone unique.  We’re proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All hires for our team are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We recruit, employ, train, and promote regardless of race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, genetic characteristic, or any other protected status.  

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