Senior Digital Content Designer

About Us

Very Great is a New York-based company launch platform, building next-generation consumer brands. Founded in 2016 by Eric Prum and Josh Williams, Very Great empowers passionate entrepreneurs with best-in-class creative, manufacturing, sales and marketing infrastructure to rapidly develop, launch and scale digitally-native consumer product brands. The current family of brands includes W&P, Courantand Wild One, with future brand launches currently under development.

About the Role

In a diverse business environment, our Digital Designer will masterfully lead and execute day-to-day digital design across multiple platforms including web, email, social, and more. This individual will be responsible for curating digital experiences based on a knowledge of each brand’s style and business goals, in order to provide a digitally functional experience that is beautifully designed and drives business. Reliable experience in design-forward conventions applied to type-styles, frameworks, technology, and imagery will be the primary focus. Utilizing brand guides as a platform for your work, you will apply expert knowledge of digital platforms, graphic design, and UX/UI to bring each brands aesthetic to life.

The role is based in NYC and reports into the Lead Production Designer 

Responsibilities
  • Execute and lead day-to-day projects across a variety of digital media platforms including: emails, social, wire framing and mock-ups for sites
  • Advise brand teams with suggestions for e-commerce, social, and digital platform optimizations
  • Build or adapt files for digital deliverables to be designed within several brand identities
  • Create content as part of campaigns that may include both static and animated media
  • Ensure all digital design assets are functionally executed and easily translatable to the Front-End Development team for cross disciplinary usage
  • Collaborate within several internal brand and creative teams to translate forward thinking design into practice
  • Manage and mentor Junior Digital Designers

About You
  • 5+ years of experience in a digital design role
  • Expert understanding of UX/UI theory and execution in many formats
  • Thorough knowledge in building digital assets across web, social, and mobile
  • Highly proficient in Adobe CC tools, with Indesign, Illustrator, and XD being a priority
  • Ability to demonstrate a diverse set of creative styles 
  • Thrives in collaborating in a cross-functional team environment
  • Solutions-oriented problem solver
  • Well versed and aware of how deliverables like websites, emails, social posts, animations, video, and gifs come to life and who is involved at each step
  • Strong knowledge of brand ecosystems and how digital branding is situated within it
  • Demonstrates excellent time management skills and possesses ability to work concurrently on multiple projects
  • Desire to manage and guide direct reports
  • Experience working with eCommerce/Shopify
  • High bar for quality, rigor and integrity in their own work and colleagues
  • Passion for creative excellence, branding and visual communications

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