ROLE & RESPONSIBILITY
Fiberliks is in a search for a junior graphic designer who is looking for great well rounded graphic experience in packaging, product sales marketing and more. Reporting to a senior designer.
This role supports and facilitates all packaging design, product tech packs/branding style guides/sales materials/visual web content design needs for the complete company. We need someone who is familiar with a wide variety of consumer products, and who has had experienced working and servicing overseas suppliers. The role will be responsible for all of the below;
- Product design tech/project pack support
- Packaging design
- Marketing material inclusive of sales support
PRODUCT TECH/PROJECT PACK
- Develop product design tech packs as required by QC/Compliance for all companies
- Support PD with communication overseas with product sampling, recording and reviews
- Develop deign trend boards for product categories
- Review all line review work and update all visual imagery
- Product design creation for all soft lines; kitchen bath and bedding
- Product design in support of VP BD.
- Perform product cat comp sheets
- Develop product merchandisers to fit sales plans
- Create product explanation material in support of PD supply communication
PACKAGING DESIGN/APPROVAL
- Based on a comprehensive understanding of the North America CPG Industry, provide all packaging design
- Create packaging design that supports relative to customer buying decision making tree
- Qualify fiscally responsible commercially viable product/packaging solutions
- Ensure accurate packaging design files for reproduction
- Coordination of all design, printing
- Build product/packaging mock-ups
- Work collaboratively with production planning and product development in support of published timelines
- Perform customer comp/trend shopping to understand market by product category
SALES SUPPORT MATERIAL
- Support all sales/customer sales requests: marketing sales sheets, promotion material, trend boards, other
- Support sales activity with all visual content
- Build trade show needs and execute on all visual materials across all mediums – sign of by VP BD
- Support all customer and sales personnel sample requests: marketing sales sheets, promotion material, trend boards etc. that support effective/successful sales activity
MARKETING MATERIAL
- Catalogue creation and maintenance
- Ensure that all catalogue updated printed are aligned with senior business analyst’s records
- All e blast creation, and maintenance (re; annual promotional calendar)
ADMINISTRATION
- Meet all required deadlines and update design schedule task completion
- Ensure all work is archived as per design work structure inclusive of customer specific/private label visual imagery and specs
- Manage all web uploads, record and track them
Qualification Criteria
- Qualified graphic designer with certification a must
- 5 years of packaging design expertise
- 5 years of retail presentation expertise
- 5 years of soft line product design expertise
- Consumer product design/development experience
- Adobe suite excellence; Illustrator, photo shop…
- Competent with social media and e blast execution
- Sales presentation software expertise; Power Points/Prezi, sampling, trade show set up and customer follow up
- Organized
- Solution focussed
- Versatile and accommodating
- French and English written and spoken