Graphic Designer

Creative Co-Op, Inc. () is a leading importer and distributor of gift and home decorative accessories. We work with over 15,000 boutique specialty stores in North America, Fortune 500 national retailers and major eCommerce partners. Headquartered in Memphis, TN the company has hundreds of employees globally with offices and showrooms in Portland, Atlanta, Dallas, Las Vegas, and China.

Creative Co-Op is the cornerstone division of Regent Holding Company, whose global brands also include Illume () based in Minneapolis, MN, and Bloomingville () based in Ikast, Denmark. Regent’s growth is backed by Freeman Spogli & Co. (), a leading private equity firm dedicated to investing in the consumer and distribution sector

s.
We are looking for dedicated, high-energy creative individuals who want to join an industry leader undergoing rapid growth and expansion. We look for people who embody an entrepreneurial spirit and are drawn to our Core Valu

es:
· Think First – We validate gut instincts with fac

ts.
· Act The Right Way – Our integrity has been built over decades and can be lost in secon

ds.
· Care About More Than Yourself – We are passionate. We show that passion through a fierce commitment to our customers and colleagu

es.
· Embrace Evolution – We are hungry for improvement and never satisfied with the status q

uo.

The Graphic Designer will be part of a dynamic Memphis-based graphics team producing the company’s catalogs, sales and marketing materials, and facilitating the growth of customer development by meeting the graphic arts needs of the company. This person will be responsible for translating the company’s vision into best-in-class sales and marketing materials in a fast-paced, tight-timeline environment. Must be able to work collaboratively and cross-functionally with other designers, department manager, & the different departments including:
Product Development, Merchandise Planning, Sales, Marketing, and eCommerce te

• ties:
  
  Design, layout, and production of sales and marketing cat
• alogs
  
  Photo retouching, image editing, and asset manag
• ement
  
  Designing and producing other marketing needs: ad slicks, flyers, postcards, sales sheets, email marketing graphics, web banners, POS materials, online advertisements, internal communications, newsletters, presentations,
• etc.
  
  Providing quality control, reviews, proofreading, and editing of the catalogs and other marketing mate
• rials
  
  Graphic and Photo editing support for the eCommerce and social media departm
• ents.
  
  Updating and organizing graphics files, as well as maintaining brand consis
• tency
  
  Support Key Account & Custom Product Development team by meeting graphic art needs of the Sales team to include: application of licensed art, iterative designs, product moc
• k-ups Other duties as ass

Required:

Ed

• ucation:
  
  Bachelor’s Degree in graphic design or related degree from an accredited uni

versity.
Ex

• perience:2
  -3 years in a fast-paced, deadline-driven en
• nt.
  
  Skills:
  
  Highly organized with exemplary attentio
• n to detail.
  
  Proficient in latest Adobe applications:
  Acrobat, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator & Premier (others
• are a plus).Steady appreciation of layout and typography
• principles.
  
  Ability to quickly grasp marketing objectives for assign
• ed projects.
  
  Maintain brand consistency for all assign
• ed projects.
  
  Ability to work on several jobs at one time while meeting all milestones an
• d deadlines.
  
  Solid understanding of pre-press/print production
• principles.
  
  Review graphics, layouts, and fonts before products a
• re complete.
  
  Team-oriented professional
• work style.
  
  Proficient in latest Microsoft applications:
  Excel, Word, PowerPoint (others
• are a plus).Proficiency in a Mac OS
• environment.
  
  Ability to learn new technol
• ogy quickly.
  
  Project & Asset management software experienc
• e is a plus.
  
  Strong communication skills, both oral and written, and strong interpers
• onal skills.
  
  Communicate status of projects to teammates, peers, a
• nd managers.
  
  Ability to travel domestically 2 to 4 weeks per year for January and J
• uly Markets.
  
  Positi
• work ethic.
  
  Problem-solving and critical thin