Senior Graphic Designer

Job Description

Company Description

Hudson’s Bay Company is one of the fastest-growing department store retailers in the world.  In North America, HBC’s leading banners include Hudson’s Bay, Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue, Gilt, Saks OFF 5TH, Find @ Lord & Taylor, and Home Outfitters. In Europe, HBC’s banners include GALERIA Kaufhof (the largest department store group in Germany), Galeria INNO (Belgium’s only department store group), and Sportarena. At HBC we are a company of adventurers who explore uncharted territory, challenge convention, and work with imagination and fun.   

Purpose:

Support the Marketing Operations team through creating and producing innovative design

solutions, for both digital and traditional marketing, that meet marketing strategies from concept

to completion.

General Responsibilities:

• Develop effective marketing materials to support brand initiatives.
•  Lead art direction and production of creative assets including emails, web and print.
•  Oversee all projects from concept to final approval ensuring integrity of creative concept,
• and brand guidelines are kept in focus.
•  Solve creative and communicative issues based on brief.
•  Use effective time management and organizational skills to maintain effective workflow
• and meet deadlines.
•  Manage photography requirements including sourcing stock photography, locating
• appropriate existing photography and coordinating photo shoots for new photography.
•  Ensure proper sign off process; proofreads and verifies content & specs for all projects.
•  Ensure creative/concept transfers effectively into French language and bilingual
• versions.
• Ensure all final art is print-ready.
•  Post production file management including internal and external requirements.
•  Mentor junior graphic designers including reviewing work to ensure high quality.
•  Work effectively with outside suppliers such as photographers and printers.
•  Stay current with the latest developments in the field of design and production, familiar
• with industry marketing programs and ability to troubleshoot Mac issues

Competencies:

•  Innovative, creative, resourceful and self-motivated.
•  Ability to adapt to change with initiative and creativity.
•  Ability to give and take creative feedback on a daily basis.
•  Detail-oriented with excellent organizational, planning and problem solving skills.
•  Strong graphic design and typographical skills along with great attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple deadline-driven task/projects in a fast paced
• environment.
•  Work effectively and efficiently in a team environment as well as able to work
• independently.

Qualifications

Position Requirements:

• A degree in Graphic Design or an equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.
•  5 or more years’ experience in graphic design in a retail/marketing environment.
•  Excellent typography skills.
•  Excellent knowledge of pre-press file preparation including font management and
• support file links.
• Strong knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud on Mac platform, Flash, gif animation, ftp,
• photo retouching, Google docs and apps.
•  Knowledge of digital proofing systems and marketing content tools.
•  Working knowledge of html.
• Direct flyer and email creative and production experience an asset.
•  Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a strong command of the English
• language.
•  During critical project timelines some overtime hours and/or assistance with production
• work will be required