Principal Creative Designer, Brand Marketing - Hybrid (Seattle, WA)

Nordstrom•Seattle, WA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Principal Creative Designer is an individual-contributor role for a strategic, conceptual designer with broad creative capabilities across digital, print, and environmental executions at scale. The role contributes to brand strategy and develops and executes creative concepts that meet business and marketing objectives while supporting brand and creative strategies. It also provides thought leadership and mentorship to junior team members. The designer executes accurate, efficient digital deliverables, adapting master templates across channels and formats, and collaborates with marketing, brand, project management, and creative teams. The role calls for curiosity about emerging design tools and technologies, especially tools that support automation and scaled execution. The position is hybrid in Seattle, Washington.

Requirements

Expert-level proficiency in Figma, including component architecture, auto layout, variables, and shared library management.
Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
Proven core design skills in typography, spatial relationships, and systematic design development.
Solid understanding of design systems and brand governance, including working within and maintaining them and advocating for consistent use.
Strong multi-platform digital design skills across web, email, social, and display formats.
Ability to manage multiple concurrent deliverables with strong attention to detail and adherence to deadlines.
Excellent communication skills and comfort working cross-functionally with marketing, brand, project management, and creative.
Customer-centric mindset and data-informed design thinking.
Curiosity in leveraging AI-powered design tools to accelerate design production workflows.
Curiosity and knowledge of and enthusiasm for fashion and its creative and intellectual universe.
Résumé and portfolio link required when applying.

Nice To Haves

Experience providing direction for video editing.
Experience providing direction for store environments, such as signage or visual merchandising.
Portfolio work demonstrating template systems, design libraries, or scaled campaign executions is strongly encouraged.

Responsibilities

Contribute to brand strategy and the role of creative in expressing and supporting it.
Independently drive projects, developing and executing creative concepts that demonstrate vision, meet business and marketing objectives, and support brand and creative strategies.
Execute digital deliverables accurately and efficiently, adapting master templates across channels and formats.
Collaborate cross-functionally with marketing, brand, project management, and creative teams.
Research and implement emerging design tools and technologies, especially those supporting automation and execution at scale.
Provide thought leadership and mentor junior team members.
Provide direction for video editing and store environments, such as signage or visual merchandising, if needed.