Senior Graphic Designer

Are you curious & creative? Do you have a passion for print design & packaging? Does the idea of creating a waste-free future excite you? If so, we're looking for you!

You:

• Are really interested in electric vehicles
• Appreciate a good debate even with your boss
• Figure out how to fix it instead of who is to blame
• Aren't afraid to jump into the deep end
• Are excited about building empowered teams
• Have pulled recyclables out of the trash

We:

• Believe we do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children
• Work to protect and restore the environment
• Aren't afraid to make mistakes as long as we learn
• Care more about your values and intelligence than your experience
• Are committed to creating team dynamics that create empowerment vs. entitlement

Our Core Values:

The Opportunity:

As a Senior Graphic Designer, you hold the key to unlock the delightful world of our brand through awe-inspiring physical experiences. Brace yourself, because we're diving into the realm of retail, and your creativity and fervor for creating jaw-dropping moments with our community will shape our tangible presence. Collaborating closely with our ingenious creative, marketing, business development, sustainability, and product teams, you will be the visionary behind our captivating printed marketing materials, elevating lomi through retail excellence. Get ready for a whirlwind adventure in a fast-paced, exhilarating, and fun-filled environment, where we are on a mission to divert billions of pounds of waste from the global waste stream.

Your Responsibilities:

• Own and conquer all print design projects, breathing life into packaging, signage, 3D designs, advertisements, and brochures

• Forge a harmonious alliance with our creative, marketing, and business development teams to craft captivating retail marketing materials, including sales pitch presentations, point-of-purchase (POP) displays, and retail showcases that tell a strong brand and product story

• Leverage experience & insights to optimize the potential of retailer-specific opportunities

• Work with marketing and product to conceptualize, design, and print product packaging that guides our customers through an immersive, omni-channel journey

• Bridge the digital and physical world - we are built for digital first and looking for someone who loves to leverage our learnings in digital to create powerful IRL design experiences

• Conceptualize visuals based on requirements, present idea and, amend designs after feedback

• Develop illustrations, logos and other designs using software or by hand

• Champion our brand guidelines, using colors and layouts that breathe life into each graphic

• Work with copywriters and creative director to produce final design

• Coordinates with internal teams, including marketing, in the design concept phase through completion of a project

• Coordinates with outside agencies, art services, printers, etc. to complete projects.

Qualifications That Set You Apart:

• 7+ years of experience as a graphic designer with strong print experience

• Experience in consumer packaged goods and retail would be an asset

• 'Get it done' mentality - You deliver high quality on time, and come with solutions rather than problems

• Accustomed to working in a fast‐paced, dynamic, deadline-oriented environment

• Strong visual communication skills - ability to clearly express ideas visually, as well as verbally

• Passion and curiosity for all things tech is a plus

• Software fluency - must have advanced skills in:

• Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator)

• Strong understanding of Pantone booklets & trend forecasting

• Strong graphic design skills including

• Typography knowledge

• Layout skills

• Attention to detail

• Strong understanding of Pantone booklets

• The ability to recognize and accurately forecast home and marketing trends in relation to print, art and colour

• Flexibility - ability to pivot in a constantly changing environment

• Receptive to feedback

• Time-management skills

Please provide a link to your portfolio in your application.

Commitment to Diversity

Pela is committed to cultivating and preserving a company culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion. This means we seek out people with diversity of opinion and with strengths that will be complementary to our existing organization. We know that we will grow and learn better with a diverse team. When recruiting for new members of our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, age, religion, and sexual orientation.