The Idea Girl is looking for Brand Designers

The Idea Girl

is looking for Brand Designers

New York, NY

ABOUT US

The Idea Girl is a NYC based creative agency with an intuitive approach to launching business concepts into a human-first world. We launch start-ups, products, and platforms where the heart, mind, and soul reside. Our clientele is composed of groundbreaking startups, lady-led founders, and existing companies who dare to disrupt within their category.

As a team of tapped in millennials, we believe in culture over clout to create products and campaigns that make our world a better place. We rely on out-of-the-box thinking, chilling research, creative expression, and flexing our intuitive muscles to launch business ideas out of notepads and onto shelves. Serving the wellness, beauty, fashion, and lifestyle industries, we build turnkey brands designed for people who are more than just a target profile. We are looking for tenacious go-getters who are seeking transcendental growth and inspiration within a fast-paced environment that helps make the world-go-round.

ROLE SUMMARY

Our Agency is seeking is seeking mid-level to senior brand designers to join our growing agency. This person will join an existing team of 15 people who also work directly with the Creative Director, Project Manager, Creative Coordinator, and Designers on a daily basis. You should have experience communicating directly with clients and teammates, be good at receiving feedback, and working against tight deadlines. This role will work exclusively across a number of projects such as branding, packaging, print, and web design. The designer will implement the direction given by Design Directors for creating and refining renderings of visual assets, layouts, and presentations. The freelance designer will use these experiences to expand her understanding of best practices in brand identity development and enhance his/her execution and production skills.

Design at our Agency - we care deeply about our clients and their brands. With passion for their brands’ footprint in the world close to our minds and hearts, the jobs@theideagirl.coDesign team works closely with most functions — from our brand standards to client service experience, brand identity and design process, web design, print assets, and product and packaging.

About this position - We are looking for a mid-level to senior Brand Designer with strong typography skills and the ability to move fluidly across digital and print mediums. You should have the ability to think independently, creatively, and strategically. We are looking for a person that enjoys collaborating with other functions of the company, thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment while juggling multiple projects at once.

ROLE DESCRIPTION

  • Part-time

  • $30 - $40 per hour

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Elevate and evolve the Agency’s design direction across multiple channels, in partnership with others on the design team

  • Contribute to the design execution of brand identity assets such as; logo suites, brand guidelines, brandmarks, color palettes, type styles, secondary graphics, etc. under Design Directors

  • Great copy-writing and creative writing skills for naming, verbal identity, and brand/web/product messaging.

  • Create a consistent brand experience across all social, marketing, advertising, and visual communication touch-points

  • Apply problem-solving skills to achieve unique design solutions for branding challenges

  • Implement emotive strategies through storytelling and reasonability

  • Help shape the strategic vision and goals for the design team

  • Must attend weekly Creative Brief meetings with Creative Director and Senior Designer

  • Deliver innovative design solutions within given timelines.

  • Communicate and express ideas clearly and effectively

  • Attentive and shows interest in the subject

  • Adapt communication style to be effective internally as well as with clients

  • Identity level of detail needed for assignments, assesses them against a pre-set standard to identify flaws

  • Monitor the quality of work and make any necessary improvements prior to handoff

  • Navigates multiple projects and tasks well while adhering to deadlines

  • Provide daily EOD design reports when actively assigned to projects

  • Utilize project management software and cloud software to share files for review, submission, and - - communication with the design team

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Design experience is a MUST.

  • Degree or experience in fields of Marketing, Content Creation, or Retail is a Plus!

  • Experience in various areas of design such as branding, web, digital, print, product, illustration and/or packaging design.

  • Must have great knowledge of Adobe Suites.

  • Must have great written and verbal communication skills.

  • Must have some knowledge of Asana, Clickup or other project management and planning software.

  • Must be organized and have the ability to multitask.

  • Presentation Ability: Establish effective demeanors and communication to influence one's point of view.

  • Quality Orientation: See details, grade them against a pre-set standard and identifies flaws to monitor the quality of work and make any necessary improvements.

  • Detail Orientation: Acute attention to detail, with an emphasis on consistency and continuity.

  • Must be punctual and attentive to deadlines, milestones, and due dates.

  • Has great understanding and conception of logo design, color theory, brand messaging, typography, compositions, layouts, etc.

  • Must have great grammar, punctuation, and spelling abilities.

  • Interested in fashion, beauty, and wellness brands designed to make the world a better place.

  • Must have a vibrant and warm personality; a quality team player that loves company culture and sisterhood.

  • Should have a similar design style to the brands we work with.

JOIN OUR TEAM!

Please be sure to send us the following via email in order to be considered for this role: jobs@theideagirl.co

  • Cover Letter

  • Resume

  • Portfolio

We can’t wait to meet you!

Jorge Del Pinal