Graphic Designer

Location: REMOTE 
Salary  $30.00 USD Hourly - $32.00 USD Hourly

Description:

Our client is currently seeking a Graphic Designer on a remote w2 contract basis!

Quick Glance: Graphic Designer - Remote

• w2 hourly rate 30.00-32.00/hr remote
• Length of Assignment - 1 plus year with potential conversion to full time
• Average Hours/week 37.5
• Shift/Schedule: fully remote based on geographical location.
  
  

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design or Graphic Communications or relevant work experience or an equivalent combination for education and experience.
• 1-2+ years of professional experience as a designer/graphic/production artist in packaging design environment. CPG experience a plus.
• Must be able to communicate effectively and professionally with strong interpersonal skill set
• Manage high volume workload
• Strong knowledge and proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite - Photoshop and Illustrator, Acrobat, Esko Studio and Studio Advanced.
• Knowledge of printing processes in design development and prepress requirements - offset, dry-offset, silkscreen, flexography, digital and, letterpress, combination, and gravure printing. • Strong knowledge in color correction, digital retouching, development of product renders through the use of Photoshop, Esko Suite software for packaging imagery.

POSITION SUMMARY

• Design and maintain brand identity throughout the creative process of packaging design for client's brand products.
• Create design concepts for packaging adaptations, product line extensions and promotional packaging.
• Support all levels of mechanical execution for packaging with technical understanding the how packaging production decoration method impacts design development.
• Develop packaging render concepts of final and proposed packaging as well as package images.
  
  

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

• Adapt and interpret Marketing Graphic Briefs into compelling package design concepts that effectively convey brand and design objectives.
• Ensure adaptation of creative, design continuity, communication hierarchy and graphic elements are consistently leveraged across of a variety of packaging forms, sizes, and decoration methodologies for consistency and strong branding presence at retail.
• Partner with internal and external clients to optimize deliverables within fast-paced environment.
• Design to and execute production across multiple brand portfolios in multiple regions leveraging multiple languages, translations, and print converters.
• Interpret requirements of specific printer specifications into mechanical artwork development including print process limitations, ink application, coating, embossing, typography, photography, images, color limitations, min/max dot usage, line weights, safety and UPC truncations/magnifications
• Produce accurate artwork mechanical content established in accordance with regional regulatory requirements for all regulated content including: hazards, warnings, ingredient listings, drug facts box, recycling symbols.
• Generate graphic element files including support logos, icons, symbols, communication bursts for packaging and digital utilization.
• Ensure developed artworks are established against packaging die line requirements for print process and print supplier.
• Create digital packaging images with incorporation of product photography in multiple angles and formatting to support ecommerce site requirements