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Job Details
Company:
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TREND enterprises, Inc
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Location:
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US – St. Paul, Minnesota
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Job Level:
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Senior Staff
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Field:
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Graphic Design
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Job Functions:
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Design, Illustration, Marketing, Packaging, Product Development
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Description
Illustrator/Graphic Designer
For Leading Children’s Learning Company
We are… TREND enterprises, Inc. and We Make Learning FUN! ® For 44 years, TREND has been providing innovative, award-winning learning solutions favored by children, teachers, and parents. From books and flash cards to stickers and classroom decorations, our products brighten classrooms and make learning fun for kids from 3 to 15. We seek dedicated, creative individuals to join our team and deliver the highest quality products to improve the learning experiences of children everywhere.
You are… an enthusiastic, energetic, creative professional who loves every step of the process, from brainstorming and sketching to presenting concepts and making final tweaks. You’re comfortable working outside the box and generating new solutions to meet evolving needs. You want to be part of a group that appreciates your talents and skills… and with whom you can share the great spirit of pride in knowing that you are helping children succeed.
At TREND an Illustrator/Graphic Designer blends illustration and design disciplines to create concepts, detailed layouts and draw eye-catching, fun and child-friendly visual solutions for use in TREND products, packaging, and promotion initiatives.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Provide illustration and design solutions for a wide range of projects, including:
Character development; Products; Packaging
Catalogs; Sales/marketing support material;
Merchandising displays; Signage; E-mail promotions
Trade show exhibits; Web pages; Social Media
• Create concepts, illustrations, and detailed layouts incorporating drawings, photography, characters, borders, font treatments, and other design elements to meet visual needs that:
– Are engaging and eye-catching
– Are highly appealing to children
– Provide a unique, fresh design approach
– Help explain and visualize a written concept or idea
– Enhance a topic or theme and add visual interest
– Are consistent with TREND design styling
• Recommend style, technique, and medium to best meet project needs
• Create rough sketches (thumbnails or storyboards) in traditional or digital formats based on verbal concepts as part of developing design solutions
• Select font styles; possess ability to create custom hand-lettering
• Actively collaborate with creative team colleagues in constructive exchanges that deliver in best-in-class results
Other duties as assigned.
For Leading Children’s Learning Company
We are… TREND enterprises, Inc. and We Make Learning FUN! ® For 44 years, TREND has been providing innovative, award-winning learning solutions favored by children, teachers, and parents. From books and flash cards to stickers and classroom decorations, our products brighten classrooms and make learning fun for kids from 3 to 15. We seek dedicated, creative individuals to join our team and deliver the highest quality products to improve the learning experiences of children everywhere.
You are… an enthusiastic, energetic, creative professional who loves every step of the process, from brainstorming and sketching to presenting concepts and making final tweaks. You’re comfortable working outside the box and generating new solutions to meet evolving needs. You want to be part of a group that appreciates your talents and skills… and with whom you can share the great spirit of pride in knowing that you are helping children succeed.
At TREND an Illustrator/Graphic Designer blends illustration and design disciplines to create concepts, detailed layouts and draw eye-catching, fun and child-friendly visual solutions for use in TREND products, packaging, and promotion initiatives.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Provide illustration and design solutions for a wide range of projects, including:
Character development; Products; Packaging
Catalogs; Sales/marketing support material;
Merchandising displays; Signage; E-mail promotions
Trade show exhibits; Web pages; Social Media
• Create concepts, illustrations, and detailed layouts incorporating drawings, photography, characters, borders, font treatments, and other design elements to meet visual needs that:
– Are engaging and eye-catching
– Are highly appealing to children
– Provide a unique, fresh design approach
– Help explain and visualize a written concept or idea
– Enhance a topic or theme and add visual interest
– Are consistent with TREND design styling
• Recommend style, technique, and medium to best meet project needs
• Create rough sketches (thumbnails or storyboards) in traditional or digital formats based on verbal concepts as part of developing design solutions
• Select font styles; possess ability to create custom hand-lettering
• Actively collaborate with creative team colleagues in constructive exchanges that deliver in best-in-class results
Other duties as assigned.
Specific Skills
• Proven ability in illustration and graphic design, preferably experience in creating children’s educational products
• Dynamic portfolio of illustrations appealing to children, as well as graphic design projects including packaging, merchandising, ads, and catalogs
• Advanced layout and design skills including contemporary animation, character development, illustration style, color, and color balance.
• Expert-level proficiency in the Adobe Creative Suite 4 or higher: Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Knowledge of and experience in printing processes
• Excellent organization/prioritization skills for working effectively with tight deadlines; flexibility to work extended hours when needed
• Excellent written/verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting and interacting with CEO and executive level management
• Dynamic portfolio of illustrations appealing to children, as well as graphic design projects including packaging, merchandising, ads, and catalogs
• Advanced layout and design skills including contemporary animation, character development, illustration style, color, and color balance.
• Expert-level proficiency in the Adobe Creative Suite 4 or higher: Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Knowledge of and experience in printing processes
• Excellent organization/prioritization skills for working effectively with tight deadlines; flexibility to work extended hours when needed
• Excellent written/verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting and interacting with CEO and executive level management
Apply Via Email
Submission Details
Enthusiastic, energetic, creative, and qualified candidates, to be considered, please email your resume and a web link (or PDF) for your portfolio to jobs@trendent.com. Specify "Illustrator/Graphic Designer" in the subject line.
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Job Details
Company:
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Pacific Cycle
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Location:
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US – Madison, Wisconsin
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Job Level:
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Junior Staff
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Field:
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Graphic Design
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Job Functions:
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Branding & Corporate Identity, Design, Packaging, Photography
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Description
Company Description:
As the parent company of such legendary brands as Schwinn®, Mongoose® and InSTEP®, Pacific Cycle is a one-stop shop for delivering the biggest names in outdoor recreation. But it's not just the names customers’ trust. Our superior logistics, cutting-edge supply chain management and outstanding customer service help us deliver these premium brands to stores faster and more reliably than anyone else. As the largest bicycle company in North America - not to mention one of the most prolific suppliers of jogging strollers, bicycle trailers, backyard toys - we've created economies of scale that deliver them all at an outstanding value.
Position Summary:
The Production Artist will work closely with the creative team. This position will create, produce and send out production artwork. Additionally, this role will work closely with print production vendors, maintain artwork file archives and oversee outside printing projects. The ideal candidate will have a good technological understanding of design software; in addition to, an eye for design and attention to detail.
What Makes this a Great Opportunity:
• An industry leader with unsurpassed innovation and state of the art technology
• A fun, friendly atmosphere, welcoming and casual work environment
• Employees share ideas - they feel they are heard!
• Employees are passionate about being recreationally active – “work hard play hard”
• Located close to bike trails AND allowed to bring dogs to work!
Essential Responsibilities:
• Development and production of packaging, product collateral, catalogs, merchandising and in-store signage which delivers against each brand strategy and helps inform, educate and excite the consumer
• Prepare, organize, track and send out production artwork to suppliers
• Develop print collateral such as sell sheets, catalogs and POP materials
• Solicit competitive bids for printing and execute printing projects with outside suppliers
• Maintain artwork file archives
• Coordinate graphic dept. software needs w/ IT dept.
• Execute other graphic projects as assigned such as packaging, forms, etc.
• Maintain up-to-date design software skills
• Meet project deadlines
• Organize and maintain design files
• Produce support material for sales presentations, sales meetings, tradeshows, etc.
• Coordinate photography and perform associated photo cleaning and touch-up
• Prepare artwork to send out to print
• Develop marketing print collateral such as ads, logos, catalogs and POP materials
• Follow internal controls and company policies as set by Pacific Cycle and job function.
• Contributes to the success of Pacific Cycle Inc by leading or assisting with other projects and tasks as assigned
As the parent company of such legendary brands as Schwinn®, Mongoose® and InSTEP®, Pacific Cycle is a one-stop shop for delivering the biggest names in outdoor recreation. But it's not just the names customers’ trust. Our superior logistics, cutting-edge supply chain management and outstanding customer service help us deliver these premium brands to stores faster and more reliably than anyone else. As the largest bicycle company in North America - not to mention one of the most prolific suppliers of jogging strollers, bicycle trailers, backyard toys - we've created economies of scale that deliver them all at an outstanding value.
Position Summary:
The Production Artist will work closely with the creative team. This position will create, produce and send out production artwork. Additionally, this role will work closely with print production vendors, maintain artwork file archives and oversee outside printing projects. The ideal candidate will have a good technological understanding of design software; in addition to, an eye for design and attention to detail.
What Makes this a Great Opportunity:
• An industry leader with unsurpassed innovation and state of the art technology
• A fun, friendly atmosphere, welcoming and casual work environment
• Employees share ideas - they feel they are heard!
• Employees are passionate about being recreationally active – “work hard play hard”
• Located close to bike trails AND allowed to bring dogs to work!
Essential Responsibilities:
• Development and production of packaging, product collateral, catalogs, merchandising and in-store signage which delivers against each brand strategy and helps inform, educate and excite the consumer
• Prepare, organize, track and send out production artwork to suppliers
• Develop print collateral such as sell sheets, catalogs and POP materials
• Solicit competitive bids for printing and execute printing projects with outside suppliers
• Maintain artwork file archives
• Coordinate graphic dept. software needs w/ IT dept.
• Execute other graphic projects as assigned such as packaging, forms, etc.
• Maintain up-to-date design software skills
• Meet project deadlines
• Organize and maintain design files
• Produce support material for sales presentations, sales meetings, tradeshows, etc.
• Coordinate photography and perform associated photo cleaning and touch-up
• Prepare artwork to send out to print
• Develop marketing print collateral such as ads, logos, catalogs and POP materials
• Follow internal controls and company policies as set by Pacific Cycle and job function.
• Contributes to the success of Pacific Cycle Inc by leading or assisting with other projects and tasks as assigned
Specific Skills
Basic Qualifications:
• Graphic Art or other Art education background required, to include a Bachelor’s Degree or Technical Degree.
• Experience with all phases of production, layout and design
• Knowledge of printing industry, including output and pre-press preparation
• Familiarity with MacIntosh computer systems
• Experience with Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop and/or other related programs required
• Knowledge of MS Office applications required
Experience Requirements:
• Must be highly organized and have attention to detail
• Must be able to work efficiently on multiple projects to meet tight deadlines
• Ability to work in a team environment required.
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills required
• Must be able to be assertive with ideas and enthusiastic
• Graphic Art or other Art education background required, to include a Bachelor’s Degree or Technical Degree.
• Experience with all phases of production, layout and design
• Knowledge of printing industry, including output and pre-press preparation
• Familiarity with MacIntosh computer systems
• Experience with Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop and/or other related programs required
• Knowledge of MS Office applications required
Experience Requirements:
• Must be highly organized and have attention to detail
• Must be able to work efficiently on multiple projects to meet tight deadlines
• Ability to work in a team environment required.
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills required
• Must be able to be assertive with ideas and enthusiastic
