Designer

Combine your passion for food and design in a fun, fast-paced environment. From building new brands, products and services, solving complex marketing and UX challenges, to art directing food photo shoots, concepting seasonal campaigns, this job offers a diverse set of opportunities to put your mark on our in-house creative department at Whole Foods Market.

The Senior Designer will report directly to the Digital Design Director. This individual will be responsible for designing print and digital deliverables from concept to completion as well as art directing photoshoots. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker and problem solver with experience designing for all channels, who understands the opportunities and limitations of channels to best tailor design and messaging to the placement.
The ideal candidate is a strong communicator who’s receptive to feedback, adaptable, proactive, and comfortable with changing priorities. This individual should be able to take direction and thrive in a collaborative environment. Beyond that, we are looking for someone who can not only surface great ideas, but who can sell those ideas up and defend them across the department.
This role is based in Austin TX, within the Whole Foods Market corporate offices. We are a people-first company, and big egos don’t work out here. We thrive on collaboration and have a laid-back but hard-working culture. Check out our work at www.wholefoodscreative.com.

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Key job responsibilities

• Designing large scale, business critical projects from concept to completion with minimal supervision.
• Creating assets for in-store, digital and social media environments.
• Implementing a strong working knowledge of visual design, brand, interaction design, user-centered experience design and the creative process
• Helping mentor and lead creative staff to maintain consistent creative quality and brand execution.
• Art directing photoshoots.
• Confidently presenting creative to stakeholders.

Skills:

• Strong work ethic, organization and time management—ability to prioritize work well.
• Strong conceptual and problem-solving skills.
• Experience art directing photoshoots.
• Ability to learn and be comfortable with multiple projects across media.
• Ability to communicate well— sharing your ideas, presenting to leadership, leading photoshoots, sharing feedback with other designers, etc.
• Strong illustration skills. This job requires quick visualization of ideas.
• Excels in collaboration.
• Passion for food.

About the team
Our in-house creative team at Whole Foods Market is a dynamic collective of writers, designers, and strategic thinkers who thrive on turning ideas into impactful brand experiences. Working directly under the VP of Creative and Design, we’re the imaginative force behind both Whole Foods Market and Amazon Fresh brands.
What makes us unique? We're:

• Food-obsessed and supportive by nature
• Fast-paced and collaborative
• Focused on building brand love through creative excellence
• Multi-disciplinary, handling copy and design across every customer touchpoint

Our work spans:

• Brand and product development
• Marketing campaigns, in-store signage and design, packaging design
• UI design
• Video/TV campaigns
• Food photography
• Social media and email
• Strategic creative solutions

If you're looking to combine your passion for food and design while making a significant impact on two major retail brands, you'll find yourself right at home here.