Designer

Equator is a global packaging design agency, delivering strategy to shelf without compromise. We create powerful brands that get noticed and chosen. Equator is part of SGK.

Position Summary

The Designer’s primary focus is translating design concepts and visualizing solutions to develop products and campaigns based upon customer or client needs. This position leverages creative expertise through presentation materials, research, samples, logic and strategy to develop solutions for products and campaigns. The Designer utilizes creative thinking while following brand standards and internal workflows to create designs that meet project deliverables in an efficient manner.

Job Responsibilities

• Develops and implements visual elements or creative concepts for project deliverables.
• Translate existing and emerging concepts into actual brand and/or product designs.
• Integrates images, text, motion, etc. with a great sense of aesthetics, while executing against the brand and/or product vision and the creative brief.
• Attends project meetings to understand concept, timelines, objectives and specifications.
• Communicate project deliverables across design team and production department.
• Present ideas, research and trends during creative meetings and brainstorming sessions.
• Create presentations, moodboards and proposals based upon project scope.
• Support the design team with technical problem solving in the development of design elements and layouts.
• Recommend improvements in creative design concept, tools, processes and/or assigned tasks to management.
• Research, create and manage content, photography, images, etc. for design projects.
• Conduct market research to stay up-to-date on market trends and new design developments.
• Act as advisor to Jr Designers through project deliverables.
• Additional duties as assigned.
  
  

PHYSICAL ASPECTS / WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.
• Regularly/Occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually low/moderate.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.
  
  

At Matthews International, what makes us different is what makes us great. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.