Blue 84 Resort Line Artist

Lakeshirts•Detroit Lakes, MN

3d•$50,000 - $60,000

About The Position

Blue 84 Resort is seeking a creative Apparel Graphic Designer, internally known as a Line Artist, to develop original, trend-forward, retail-ready artwork inspired by travel destinations and places people love. The role creates destination-driven apparel artwork and cohesive collections, adapts concepts across products and decoration techniques, and balances creative ideas with garment, material, and production requirements. Line Artists work across screenprint, embroidery, sublimation, offshore and import programs, and specialty applications. They prepare accurate artwork for sampling and production, collaborate with cross-functional teammates, research relevant apparel and graphic trends, and manage multiple projects, revisions, customer requests, and deadlines. The position is full-time, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and may be remote in specified states or onsite in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.

Requirements

Advanced proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop.
Understanding of how artwork requirements differ by application, 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.
Excellent organization and ability to manage multiple creative assignments, revisions, and deadlines simultaneously.
Clear communication skills, openness to feedback, and a collaborative, team-first mindset.
Curiosity, adaptability, self-motivation, and enthusiasm for learning new decoration processes and product capabilities.
For remote work: reliable internet with minimum speeds of 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, choosing methods suited to the artwork, garment, customer, and product.
Adapt artwork for specialty techniques such as puff ink, foil, shimmer, 3D foam embroidery, and combination applications.
Adjust artwork to production requirements, including ink and stitch counts, 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 produced successfully.
Create and prepare clean, accurate artwork for efficient movement 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 contribute to other responsibilities as assigned.