Graphic Designer - Brand Identity (Freelance) - Earthbound Brands : Job Details

About Us:Earthbound is a leading product design, licensing and brand growth company that expands the reach of brands in the market on a global scale. With over 20 years of expertise in retail licensing, product development, and product design, Earthbound augments brand potential by offeringunprecedented growth for powerhouse brands. Our seasoned, innovative, and agile capabilities deliver superior results while maintaining our uncompromising values which place people first, embrace change, and act with humility and integrity. For more information, please visit www.earthboundbrands.com.Please note - this position does require availability to come in to our NYC office. Only NYC/local candidates will be considered.About You:

• Are passionate about graphic design and brand identity.
• Love to work collaboratively in a group and have an innate willingness to dig in and contribute with your team.
• Are driven and motivated by the possibilities ahead.
• Think innovation is critical in a business environment and support others in creative thinking.
• Pride yourself on the quality of work and are a stickler for the details.
• Have an elevated taste level: can execute compelling visual assets, understand visual identity, and packaging experience.

Overview of Freelance Position:As a freelance Graphic Designer - Brand Identity, you will work with the Creative Director to understand client needs to bring their brand identity to life. Must be able to work creatively in a fast-paced environment and have excellent follow-through on all assigned projects, comfortable taking direction and being given feedback. Please note you do NOT need to know coding, this is strictly for layout/creative assets.Please note this is a freelance position at this time, we would be open to the idea of this person coming on full time but it will start as freelance.Responsibilities:

• Work with specific brands to understand and bring to life their visual identity.
• Create brand books based on visual identity.
• Use brand guidelines to create logos.
• Build out style guides based on specific brand identity.
• Create packaging designs for specific brands.
• Work with manufacturer's die lines, existing design files, and style guides to develop production-ready designs.

• Brainstorm with creative team to develop design concepts, gather research and build mood boards.

• Assist creative team members with projects and tasks as necessary.

• Maintain, organize and update digital brand assets on server.

• Ability to work simultaneously on multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Communicate with senior team members to receive feedback.
• Liaising effectively with other departments.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Associate's or Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art Design, Marketing, Graphics or related discipline
• 5+ years of experience

• Portfolio of design work
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
• Proficiency in Figma.
• Fluent in Mac platform
• Working knowledge of MS Office, Apple Keynote
• Strong eye for design
• Team player with strong communication skills & good attitude
• Ability to pick up concepts and brand voice easily
• Ability to learn on the job and adapt to work needs quickly and efficiently in fast-paced setting on multiple projects- agility and flexibility is key.
• Time management skills & ability to meet project deadlines
• The ability to see projects through from inception to production with excellent attention to detail and ability to prioritize tasks.
• Good organizational skills that support the rest of the team
• The motivation to maintain and improve design standards
• The willingness to listen to feedback and use it to improve
• Ability to present new ideas to team and management.
• Experience with 3D rendering

Hourly Rate: Open to discussion