Blue 84 Resort Line Artist

Lakeshirts•Detroit Lakes, MN

About The Position

Blue 84 Resort is seeking a creative Apparel Graphic Designer, internally known as a Line Artist, to develop original, trend-forward artwork inspired by destinations people love. The role creates destination-driven artwork and cohesive collections, adapting concepts across products, garments, and decoration techniques while balancing creative goals with production requirements. Artwork spans screenprint, embroidery, sublimation, offshore and import programs, specialty appliques, and other evolving decoration capabilities. The Line Artist develops concepts through typography, illustration, color, composition, and destination storytelling; prepares accurate artwork for sampling and production; and collaborates with cross-functional teams to refine designs. The position also researches apparel, travel, tourism, retail, and graphic trends, and manages multiple projects, revisions, customer requests, and deadlines. The role may be performed remotely from specified states or onsite in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Schedule is Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Requirements

Advanced proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop.
Understanding of artwork requirements across applications, including color and ink counts, stitch count, line weight, scale, placement, fabric, garment construction, opacity, and fine detail.
Ability to simplify, rebuild, or rethink artwork when a concept does not translate successfully to its intended decoration process.
Strong typography, illustration, composition, color theory, and visual storytelling abilities.
Strong understanding of apparel graphics and the relationship between artwork, garment, placement, decoration technique, and finished product.
Ability to design within production parameters while maintaining creativity.
Strong organization and ability to manage multiple assignments, revisions, and deadlines simultaneously.
Clear communication skills, openness to feedback, and a collaborative, team-first mindset.
Curiosity, adaptability, self-motivation, and willingness to learn new decoration processes and product capabilities.
For remote work: reliable internet with at least 100 Mbps download and 20 Mbps upload; both cable and DSL internet types; employee-supplied equipment, including two monitors. Chromebooks are not compatible.

Nice To Haves

Four or more years of graphic design experience in apparel, resort, tourism, outdoor, lifestyle, or a related field.
Experience designing across multiple decorated-apparel processes, such as screenprint, embroidery, and sublimation.

Responsibilities

Develop original, retail-ready apparel artwork for the Blue 84 Resort business.
Create concepts using typography, illustration, color, composition, destination storytelling, and current apparel trends.
Design across screenprint, embroidery, sublimation, offshore and import programs, and specialty applications.
Adapt artwork for techniques such as puff ink, foil, shimmer, 3D foam embroidery, and combination applications.
Account for production requirements including ink, stitch count, line weight, detail, opacity, garment color, placement, scale, fabric, and decoration method.
Partner with cross-functional teams to refine concepts into designs that can be successfully produced.
Prepare clean, accurate artwork for efficient progression from creative development through sampling and production.
Research apparel, typography, illustration, color, travel, tourism, retail, and graphic trends.
Manage multiple projects, revisions, customer requests, and deadlines while maintaining creativity and attention to detail.
Attend scheduled meetings and take on other responsibilities as assigned.