POSITION: Graphic Designer
LOCATION: San Francisco
STATUS: Full Time
START DATE: Interviewing Immediately
ANNUAL SALARY: Market

A global leader in the video games and entertainment software industry, is currently seeking a full-time Graphic Designer for its creative services department. This individual will report to the Associate Creative Director and will be responsible for Designing and producing packaging, logos, and print ads and optimally online pieces as well as other collateral items as necessary.

Responsibilities:

• Ability to concept and develop original packaging design, that is then used on all channels – in store, online, PR banners etc.
• Experience with logo design and dealing with design hierarchy is a must
• Follow projects from initial concept through final execution.
• Must stay professionally up-to-date in current pop culture trends (i.e. social media, fashion, design, movies, tv etc)

Qualifications

• 3-5 year of experience in the Design industry
• Portfolio showcasing packaging and brand projects
• Knowledge in both online and offline design and production
• Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator

• Shoot, edit, and animate footage for social media channels with a strong focus on Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook channels
• Create video content deliverables such as: product promos, recipes, travel/event highlights, lifestyle profiles, interviews, demos, explainers, IG story clips
• Create animations such as: titles, kinetic type, infographics, explainers, stop motion, animated gifs
• Work cross functionally with traditional in-house video team to share content and collaborate on various projects
• Work with social media manager to help execute social media plan and vision through the use of video

Requirements:

• 2 plus years of experience
• Experience shooting, editing, and animating under 30 sec and under 60 sec videos for social media channels: ie: Facebook, Instagram, SnapChat with an Iphone.
• Experience working in square, vertical, and 16:9 format
• Portfolio showcasing your social media video skills
• Ability to edit your videos with editing and animation software such as: Final Cut Pro, Premier, After Effects.

A #1 rated, full-stack Product Agency is looking for a Director of UX Design. You will work on developing concepts for leading Fortune 100 enterprise brands as well as some of the most innovative start-ups . About 70% of your work will be within B2B enterprise space and about 30% within B2C space. You will have refined client facing skills and ability to work closely with C-Level decision makers to help shape the next generation of the web products.

Skills

• Ability to define visual interfaces that adhere to product brand guidelines and extend the defined wire frames and specifications
• Provide leadership for the UX design team.
• Lead Product/Innovation Discovery and Strategy workshops.
• Ability to lead discovery and research workshop with C-level executives
• Experience creating and communicating end-to-end scenarios, interaction models, and screen designs to clients and executives
• Collaborate with other designers to evangelize new interface guidelines and design patterns
• Ability to work autonomously as well as in a team
• Mentor and lead a team of designers

Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant exp. working on SaaS products
• Experience managing a team of designers
• Extremely comfortable presenting work to our clients, gathering feedback and sharing it to other team members
• Experience with: research / ethnographic studies, competitive analysis, user personas, and use case development, customer journey mapping, flow diagramming, wire frames, visual/UI design sprints, clickable prototyping, usability testing, style guide creation, etc
• Experienced with working in Sketch, Invision, Zeplin, Google Slides/Docs
• Portfolio demonstrating enterprise level SaaS projects

Our client, a leader in the retail industry, who has an unrivaled selection of beauty products from both classic and emerging brands, is looking for a talented Production Studio Director in their LA location.

As the Production Studio Director, you will lead a team of internal and external production staff. You will manage all aspects of running an always on production studio, budgeting and cost management, while promoting partnership with cross functional partners.

Requirements:

• 5+ years’ of production experience in a management role.

• Previous agency experience

• Previous production house experience

• Experience directly managing a large production team.

• Strong project management skills and knowledge of: Basecamp, Workfront, Wipster, Wiredrive, Smart Sheet, ProofHQ tools.

• Strong business acumen (ie: understand briefs, work closely with merchandisers, build relationships with partners, ability to manage budgets)

• Strong technical production knowledge/aptitude in order to identify efficiencies and help with bottom line.

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership and guidance in all phases of pre-production, production and post-production

• Monitor and champion process; identify process gaps/improvements and tools to improve efficiency

• Manage communication and regular reporting to key stakeholders on all high priority development and production budgets, schedules and delivery.

• Lead a growing team of producers, production coordinators, editors, assistant editors, and studio staff.

• Cultivate strong partnerships cross-functionally at peer and leadership level to open doors and facilitate execution, with heightened focus on upfront planning and early alignment

• Ensures the ongoing training and development of direct reports.

• Responsible for the production of over 500 videos per year as well as transitioning and managing photo shoots from their current NYC location.

POSITION: Digital Designer
LOCATION: San Francisco 
STATUS: Full-time
START DATE: Immediately
ANNUAL SALARY: Market

Our client, a leading information technology company is looking for a Digital Designer to join their team. 

REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to design compelling user interface deliverables for apps, websites and digital campaigns
• Ability to manage the creative process on multiple projects simultaneously from brief through execution to implementation
• Ability to develop and implement creative concepts across multiple campaign deliverables in digital 
• Ability to translate business goals and requirements into effective digital experiences

REQUIREMENTS:

• 5+ years or equivalent experience in digital design for web and/or mobile applications
• Advanced skills in Adobe suite, Sketch and prototyping tools like InVisio
• Portfolio showcasing relevant work