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