Production Designer

Brand Active specializes in the financial analysis, strategy, and logistics of rebrand implementation. Since 1998, we’ve helped many of the world’s most valuable brands plan, budget, and implement brand change—optimizing spend, improving efficiency, and reducing complexity along the way.

Our work combines industry-leading analytics with a proven methodology to help clients make smarter decisions, save time and money, and get more value from their brand investments—whether they’re navigating a major rebrand or managing their brand day to day. You can explore examples of our work in our case studies.

At Brand Active, we’re committed to building an inclusive, supportive workplace where people can do their best work and grow together. We strive to set the global standard for excellence in our industry while fostering a culture rooted in trust, agility, and growth —guided by our North Star: great people, doing great work, and having a great time doing it.

Reporting to the Senior Application Designer, the Production Designer (6 month contractor) is responsible for the preparation of artwork, renderings and design documentation. The Production Designer has a comprehensive understanding of creative development and production processes to ensure design intent is preserved throughout the project. This knowledge includes but is not limited to design ideation processes, batch artwork production, commonplace final file output requirements, and digital file requirements for production.

We are all committed to working together to achieve our North Star of a team of great people, doing great work and having a great time doing it. As part of this, there is an expectation that all of our team members will contribute to internal initiatives that advance our client and/or team member experience while challenging us to be smarter, faster, better in everything that we do!

We find that this allows us to be agile in our approach to the work and provide growth opportunities for our team members.

• Create original artwork files in Adobe Illustrator for signage, fleet, and other physical assets
• Collaborate with design lead to ensure design intent is accurately produced
• Review files for quality, accuracy, and precision before delivery
• Support design lead in creating sample and prototype documentation
• Support design lead in translate design intent into technical specifications for RFP
• Create detailed, to-scale design documents and understand shop drawings
• Support review of shop drawings for specification and design element accuracy
• Support review of recommendation books for brand application
• Prepare artwork and layout for designs as directed by design lead
• Create 2D and/or 3D renderings to visualize designs
• Execute and deliver solutions with quality in a timely manner
• Work with studio team members to set and maintain project schedules and proactively make changes where needed
• Support design intent by gathering production information and collaborate with studio team members
• Interact with clients and external stakeholders in a professional manner

• Own your growth by setting and updating development goals, actively seeking feedback, and aligning your aspirations with business goals.
• Contribute to internal initiatives that impact the client and/or team member experience such as our EDI Advisory Committee, Community Impact Committee, or our Social Committee.
• Bring forward smarter, faster, better solutions to processes and identify opportunities to be more agile in day-to-day activities.
• Demonstrate inclusive and supportive behavior, contributing to Brand Active’s core values of trust, agility, and growth, commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, (EDI), humanity, and wellbeing.

• 2-4 years as production designer
• Experience in environmental and/or way finding preferred
• Proficiency in Mac OS & Microsoft suite tools
• Intermediate skills in Adobe Creative Suite:
  InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator
• Experience creating photo renderings and production artwork that includes CAD tool dimensions
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Time management and organization skills required to…