Digital Designer

Come join us•Van Nuys, CA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

WHY Brands Inc., the parent company of Munchkin, Inc., is seeking a Digital Designer for a temporary assignment of two to three months. This role requires an individual who can work within brand guidelines while also innovating and adapting them. The designer will be responsible for creating compelling digital, mobile, and social media assets, collaborating with copywriters, web developers, and graphic designers to translate creative strategies into visually engaging ideas. The position involves working across various platforms, including digital, mobile, and social media, with occasional print work. The goal is to create market-moving, breakthrough creative for all customer-facing touchpoints, ensuring brand consistency across global markets and all collateral and marketing materials.

Requirements

Minimum 5 plus years digital art direction or related creative process experience combining creative strategy, content, and messaging with creative deliverables.
Knowledge of digital (HTML, etc.) and video/animation software (Flash, After Effects).
A good eye for photography and an understanding of good UX design principles.
A working knowledge of multimedia design and experience building print and digital files.
Proven ability to execute visionary design strategies.
Advanced skills in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXPress, InDesign, and Figma.
Expert knowledge in Macintosh platform.
Expert knowledge in the graphic production process.
A strong portfolio spanning social graphic design and web/UX design, ideally for consumer products or lifestyle brands.

Responsibilities

Photo retouching for Cups Campaign assets
Create digital branding to ensure delivery of market-moving, break through creative across all customer facing touch points, including marketing collateral, digital, social media channels, public relations, and sales materials, among other things.
Design support across ongoing digital/social campaigns
Implement design consistent with the creative digital vision for Munchkin in alignment with marketing and business objectives.
Ensure that brand and visual identity is consistently applied to all collateral and marketing materials across the company.
Drive creative consistency into global markets.
Ensure consistent application of the brand, internally and externally.
Conceptualize and lead the effort to design and deliver the brand style guide and creative assets for packaging and digital platforms.
Provide the vision for photography and direct photography efforts for use in digital, social media, and Ecommerce.
Direct and ensure photography and video imagery is consistent with the Brand and Creative Vision.
Ensure execution of a thoughtful creative strategy and positive user interface across multiple digital platforms.
Deliver innovative creative solutions.
Create digital assets for email and home/landing pages, social media, banners, mobile, tablet and new media used to generate traffic and online sales.
Oversee pre-planning, creative concepting, set direction, video/animation direction and production.
Translate creative strategy into the most effective way to get messages across in print and electronic media for assigned projects.
Coordinate and directs the design of banners, emails, home pages, etc. to fully direct a major campaign.
Ensure quality, consistency and accuracy of creative elements of advertising/marketing campaign.
Other duties may be assigned.