This job listing expired on Mar 29, 2024
Job Title: Senior Graphic Designer
Location: El Segundo, CA
Reports to: Executive Creative Director
Subnation, a media and event platform covering the culture of gaming and lifestyle of esports, is seeking a talented designer to join our creative team and develop visual communication, product and merchandise design, production assets, graphics, and marketing materials. Knowledge of the esports world and broader gaming culture is highly desired and preferred.
Responsibilities
- Utilizing insights and research from our project discovery process, design original, comprehensive visual brand identities (logo, font, photography style, etc…) for clients
- Generate compelling and properly formatted visual content for different social media platforms
- Create smart, compelling integrated marketing campaigns from concept through execution across a wide array of media channels and integrated communication assets
- Understand and identify key strategic issues, develop creative solutions, and establish visual direction for clients
- Quickly and easily shift between client projects and company properties
- Develop and work within budgets and deadlines
- Partner closely and effectively with outside agency collaborators and vendors
- Layout, design and manage creative process for production assets and marketing materials including treatments, digital ads, graphics, look books, social content, promotions, site assets, logos, and other collateral materials
- Ensure visual communication and brand standards are met
- Maintain catalog of visual assets, maintaining complete edited files from photoshoots
- Work on renderings for client and company experiences
- Stay on top of trends in design, typography, photography, gaming and lifestyle trends
Requirements
- 7+ years experience in advertising, design and/or branding
- Have generated at least comprehensive brand identities that were fully implemented by clients
- Established digital portfolio that showcases integrated social media campaigns and your strategic creative thinking as well
- Experience working in a variety of social and digital platforms with strong understanding of best practice image sizing and specifications
- Ability to quickly respond to production design requests while maintaining high quality/accuracy
- Proven track record of utilizing best design principles and typography, coupled with strong conceptual design skills
- Advanced knowledge of strategy and design development of printed and digital pieces
- Familiarity with casual and competitive video games such as Fortnite, Animal Crossing, Overwatch, and Call of Duty
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite products
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in graphic design, visual arts, or fine arts preferred
Application Materials
- Detailed Resume
- Portfolio (link in resume/cover letter)
- Cover Letter (Optional)
- Why are you interested in working at Subnation?
- What games are you currently playing?
- What does an active gaming lifestyle mean to you?