Senior Graphic Designer at Little
Costa Mesa, CA Posted 12/6/11

Background:
Little, nationally recognized as a “Best Firm to Work For” and one of the nation’s most progressive design firms, is seeking a Senior Graphic Designer with a passion for high quality design and a positive, collaborative work style, in our Costa Mesa, CA Office. Our culture is energetic, collaborative and open. We value people who are fun to work with and who have a positive impact on everyone around them. We are proud to offer outstanding benefits, compensation, and growth opportunities.

The individual selected for this opportunity will work directly with the Design Director, Art-Director & Studio Principals to develop breakthrough ideas and creative solutions to strategically driven projects. He/she will provide design leadership and inspiration through individual talent and work ethic. This person will serve as lead designer on some projects and clearly communicate concepts to internal and external audiences.

Responsibilities:
- Providing creative expertise to clients and team members.
- Delivering hands-on creative leadership (strong emphasis on visual communications) and providing direction to a multi-disciplinary creative team;
- Developing visual communications programs to meet the strategic design, functional and budgetary criteria as established by the client and project team;
- Effectively managing creative project scope to meet client established deadlines, budgets and expectations;
- Fostering a strong mentoring environment for new designers;
- Consulting with clients in a professional manner when providing innovative ideas, concepts and designs that meet their strategic needs;
- Ability to take a concept through to finished artwork; and
- Serve as liaison to regional and international offices, both within the retail practice group and others (community, workplace, consulting specialties).
- Strong creative lead with proven design ability in specialist field. Ability to undertake brand audits, review competitors, study consumer profiles, behaviors and mindsets, etc;
- Ability to work as a creative member of a project team and as a productive member among the staff in their discipline;
- A solid understanding of printing/signage materials, processes and details;
- Staying current on market trends and research as it relates to retail design, and communicates it to other team members;
- Solid understanding and experiences in the design of retail branded environments, signage and way-finding systems, branding and logo/identity design, packaging, POS, exhibition, uniforms, identity and implementation guidelines;
- Availability to travel for client presentations, company sponsored events and industry related meetings; and
- Spoken/written Spanish or Mandarin would be advantageous.

Requirements:
- A bachelor’s degree in Visual Communications or Graphic Design;
- Minimum of 6 years Graphic Design experience. Similar Consultancy / Agency experience a plus.
- A strong creative portfolio;
- Excellent Mac computer skills (Microsoft Office & Adobe Creative Suite);
- An ability to communicate concepts and ideas to others through strong written, drawn, and verbal means particularly to design staff and project managers across disciplines ;
- Strong communication /presentation skills (will present internally and externally); and
- Good listener, self-motivated with ability to follow direction.

To Apply to this Position:
Apply online: https://home.eease.adp.com/recruit/?id=1075891
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