Job Type

Full-time

Description

Town & Country Living is a global leader in home décor, textiles, and design. Our expanded family includes Home Dynamix and Amalgamated Textiles, providing more than 60 years of combined experience in the home décor industry. The combination of all three companies together brings unmatched expertise and excellence in sales, design, development, sourcing, supply chain efficiencies, customer service, and e-commerce fulfillment. With our company’s diverse multi-product assortment across all home categories, we can provide excellent offerings and service to our retail partners while responding quickly to the ever-changing needs of the marketplace.

Summary

Reporting to the Sr. Director of Packaging, the Packaging Graphic Designer will help support the needs of the Town & Country Packaging Team. The graphic designer is a full time, in-house creative who will be focusing on Packaging/print design and development of packaging for home textile products including but not limited to window treatment, area rugs, accent mats, towels, tabletop, pillows, throw blankets etc. The graphic designer is responsible for to create compelling graphic design layouts, manage multiple creative projects and deliver quality work on short deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

KEY RESPONSIBILTIES

Design and manage packaging development from concept through production including but not limited to the creation/development of packaging, packaging releases, digital/pre-press review, and post-production review.
Excellent use of layout and design to ensure consistent branding across all product categories.
Experience working with licensed brands, packaging and style guides preferred.
Report to Sr. Director of Packaging to make sure projects are on time to meet all deadlines.
Coordinate with Sales, Design, Production, Sourcing, QC, and Photo Studio.
Collaborate with international vendors for packaging development, costing, and production.
Assist the Design Coordinator by supporting sales presentation needs such as creating sales pages, resizing/recoloring artwork, resizing/editing product artwork for factory production, organizing/naming files to be used in the upcoming Digital Asset Management tool integration etc.
Produce packaging design presentations with product development teams.
Implement the understanding and application of design for die lines of display packaging (PDQs) with the additional ability of creating 3D renderings for customer review.
Design and construct packaging mockups, prototypes, signage, and posters

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

Proficient knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop and Illustrator are a must as well as working knowledge of Microsoft Office including Outlook, SharePoint and Teams
Understanding of design, typography, layout principles, and production process
Understanding and implementation of pre-press and post-production print requirements and specifications
Experience with display packaging and die lines as well as individual product packaging.
Capable of developing new packaging solutions as well as great eye for color and typography
Good physical mock-up skills
Professional demeanor with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Strong analytical skills with a focus on details and accuracy
Ability to work in a multi-tasking environment and display strong organizational, time management and project management skills.
Highly self-motivated with the ability to remain focused and work with limited supervision, perform well under pressure, manage multiple tasks, and successfully meet deadlines.

Education And Experience

BA or BFA in Graphic Design, Marketing, Advertising, or similar field
3-5 years relevant design experience
Provide an excellent portfolio with relevant application of talent and skill.

Salary Description

$60,000-$62,000 Annually