Associate Brand Designer

Your Job:

The Brooks Global Creative team imagines/designs/curates/manifests creative concepts, campaigns, and assets that define and express the Brooks brand. Print, retail, packaging, web, digital, events—even porta potties—are our canvas and runners are our inspiration. Our growing team seeks a Brand Designer who will develop marketing creative to support internal and external brand assets.

 

As the Associate Brand Designer at Brooks, you will bring your conceptual thinking, passion, keen eye, and creative talent to every project that comes your way. You will support the development of brand creative across a range of channels and touchpoints, applying established brand standards and design fundamentals to produce accurate, well-crafted work. Your design range will stretch across brand executions including OOH, Retail Marketing, Owned Retail, Event Marketing, Direct Mail, CRM, Loyalty, Brand Partnerships, and more. As part of the Brand Design team, collaboration and flexibility are as important as your design chops and communication prowess. 

Support design development for global and regional programs across a range of channels including web, CRM, OOH, events, loyalty, brand marketing, sports marketing, retail, and direct mail – bringing creative concepts to life across the brand. 

Create designs for internal presentations, meetings, and events including templates, layouts, and supporting visual assets that help the team communicate ideas clearly and consistently.

Build and foster relationships with other team members at Brooks to gain and maintain a current and deep understanding of what drives the brand, business, and products. 

Partner with copywriters to develop conceptual ideas and assets that meet business and brand goals.

Problem solve and develop multiple clear, effective design solutions under short timelines or strict budgets, applying established approaches and feedback.

Continually develop your design, presentation, and strategic skills through hands-on work, feedback, research, and education, with an understanding of how design solutions made today can affect future applications.

Actively contribute to workflow improvements that help the team produce best in class creative.

Successfully manage time, workflow, and schedules to deliver exceptional creative on time and on budget, every time, while keeping files organized and assets accurate for review and execution.

Support your fellow designers and contribute to additional graphics projects as needed.

Creative portfolio demonstrating best in class layout, typography, and conceptual skills with a strong foundation in design fundamentals and the ability to work within a brand system across multiple formats; please add your online portfolio link at the top of your resume when applying

Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, or related field; equivalent combination of education and years of experience can be considered in lieu of degree(s)

1+ years of experience in graphic design with an in-house creative team, agency, or similar environment preferred

Digital and/or retail design experience preferred

Must have a working understanding of both the print and digital design spaces

Fluent in Figma, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign; experience in After Effects preferred

Well versed in design and workflow best practices

Acutely detail-oriented

Proven project/time management skills

Able to work both independently and within a team environment, and collaboratively with diverse teams to achieve exceptional results 

Must possess a great attitude, collaborative spirit, and drive to improve the Brooks brand

Strong communication skills with the ability to explain work clearly, receive feedback openly, and make revisions with guidance

Embraces and lives the Brooks values!