Sr. Digital Designer

JCrew • New York, NY

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

J.Crew seeks a super-creative highly motivated Senior Designer who can enhance design for J.Crew’s digital channels - encompassing website, email, social and off-site marketing. The candidate should be a fountain of ideas and possess the skill set to transform the best ideas into wireframes and visual assets for a strong, succinct brand and customer experience. The candidate will have a strong rolodex of inspiration in the digital field. The candidate will join a team of Art Directors, Web developers, Designers, Content strategists and Writers of Brand Creative. You should be able to demonstrate, with a proven track record of taking projects from creative concept to final delivery. A team player is a must with the ability to multitask and pre-plan projects whilst concluding others.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional design experience, in fashion, beauty, luxury, retail.
• Proven depth of experience in design/digital represented by a portfolio of work.
• Strong command of typography, layout, form and color.
• Great proficiency in Figma, Photoshop, Indesign, Adobe CC, Responsive web design.
• Firm understanding of web standards, cross-browser compatibility, and image optimization techniques.
• Knowledge of web technology’s restrictions and opportunities, platform behaviors, and emerging creative trends.
• Pro-active, ideas driven with bundles of initiative and follow through.
• Excellent communication, time management and organizational skills, deadline driven.

Nice To Haves

• Print design experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Produce a wide range of innovative, user-focused solutions that are multi-faceted and incorporate all the elements of a great experience whist conforming to style guidelines.
• Generating on-brand, engaging shop-able content for the J.Crew website and its omni-channel touchpoints.
• Take ownership on projects including editorial features, responsive style arrays, emails, affiliates and site enhancements.
• Communicate all necessary information effectively with relevant members of the team throughout the production process.
• Use sophisticated and charming typography with an understanding of its relevance.
• Be aware of trends and new ideas within fashion and business and social, and be able to interpret those into fantastic creative.
• Adapt to and meet stringent deadlines, quickly managing changing priorities.
• Enhance user interfaces in collaboration with Art Directors and front-end developers.
• Bring content to life with unique, user friendly approaches.
• Ensure that work is produced to a high quality, with a consistent clear design, adhering to the J.Crew brand aesthetic.
• Maintaining and elevating brand positioning with quality design standards.
• Develop typography, layouts, wireframes, motion that evolve the brand while maintaining a consistent visual identity.
• Support internal teams including print, marketing, and production to ensure flawless execution and timely delivery of creative assets.
• Influence and guide a team Designers and Juniors.
• Present creative concepts and clearly articulate the thinking behind design decisions.

Benefits

• medical, dental, prescription and vision insurance
• family planning (fertility, adoption & surrogacy support)
• fitness discounts
• medical travel
• associate discount across all of our brands (J.Crew, J.Crew Factory, and Madewell)
• Summer Fridays
• Community Impact
• Winter Break

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed