Job Description

Agency Overview  

We are a Kansas City based, full-service agency specializing in the building products industry. For over 20 years, we’ve partnered with our clients to dig in, get our hands dirty, and produce results driven (and award winning!) work for our clients, having fun and developing decades long relationships in the process. The building industry is booming and so is our business, that’s why we are seeking talented, hard-working individuals who aren’t afraid to wear many hats, sometimes even hard hats, to get the job done!

Job Description  

The production graphic designer is a highly skilled designer with a keen eye for detail and a passion for precision. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on executing pixel-perfect designs, ensuring consistency across all materials, and maintaining brand integrity. You will work closely with the creative and account teams to produce high-quality assets for print advertising, collateral material, logo development, branding efforts, social media and web/interactive-based assignments. The production graphic designer will be instrumental in communicating ideas, engaging consumers, and solving visual challenges.

The ideal candidate will have 3-5 year’s experience and knowledge of production processes, and comfortable using digital illustration and layout software including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and other industry design and production software; reasonable drawing skills; printing processes and specification; paper specification; ink specification; familiarity with typestyles, type design and type specification; stock photography; photo retouching and image manipulation; art direction of original photography; and good communication skills are desirable.

Primary Responsibilities

• Maintains high skill levels in software programs required to perform assigned job functions; enjoys learning about new software and sharing that knowledge with the rest of the team.
• Meticulously reviews and proofs all design files to catch inconsistencies, errors, and formatting issues before final production, ensuring accuracy and brand consistency against brand guidelines.
• Works with Sr Art Director and account teams to produce assigned projects.
• Experience in design for online media, including email marketing, social, website, and microsites.
• Proven ability to politely communicate creative topics to non-creative audiences. Takes creative critique (no matter how absurd) in stride.
• Designs and produces art & copy layouts in an expedited fashion for marketing materials, including sales collateral, catalogs, print advertising, sales promotion, displays, logo development, email, websites and social campaigns.
• Designs media in a wide variety of styles to address clients’ needs.
•  Takes work from concept to final execution within deadlines.
• Presents new ideas to members of the team and listens to and addresses feedback.
•  Monitors projects through all phases of production.
• Develops work that is on strategy and reflects and follows the brand’s standards.
•  Other tasks as assigned by agency.
• Presents completed ideas to clients and agency members.
• Stays on top of trends and maintains best practices.
• Understands marketing initiatives, strategic positioning and target audience.

Required Experience & Skills

· Bachelor’s degree or equivalent from an accredited college or university

· High familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite for Mac

· 3-5 year’s experience as a production designer on typography, advertising layout, color and print production

· Ability to design for print and digital media

· Has a portfolio showing strong design work

· Team player with strong communication skills

· Takes feedback and criticism well from clients and agency members

· Has an excellent eye for detail

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