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Omnichannel Brand & Visual Graphic Designer

Brand Design Systems e-Commerce Packaging 3D Rendering Motion AI-Accelerated Creative Workflows

[Temporary position with opportunity for long term]

About the Role

We are seeking a highly creative, technically fluent, and strategically minded mid to senior Omnichannel Brand & Visual Designer to help shape and scale a cohesive brand presence across digital, retail, packaging, product visualization, and motion-based touchpoints. This role merges brand identity systems, e-commerce creative, physical packaging, 3D product rendering, motion/animation, and AI-accelerated workflows into one comprehensive creative position.

The ideal candidate is both a hands-on maker and a systems thinker: someone who can develop polished campaign visuals, extend and establish brand guidelines / design systems, create conversion-focused e-commerce assets/ads/content, prepare production-ready packaging files, render products in 3D, animate key brand moments, and has ambitious and curious experience using emerging AI tools responsibly to accelerate concepting, iteration, and execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Brand systems and visual identity: Establish a scalable brand identity system, including typography, color, layout, iconography, photography / image direction, design standards, brand tone of voice, and usage guidelines across channels.
• Omnichannel creative execution: Design cohesive assets for e-commerce, retail, social, paid media, email, landing pages, merchandising, sales materials, events, and internal brand communications, including retouching assets for final production.
• E-commerce, Social Media, and marketplace design: Create conversion-focused product imagery, PDP assets, comparison graphics, promotional modules, A+ content, banners, and digital merchandising visuals that balance brand expression with performance goals, including version key art to 360 program assets.
• Physical packaging and print production: Develop and adapt packaging concepts, dielines, labels, inserts, and print-ready mechanicals while ensuring brand consistency, production accuracy, and regulatory or claims compliance where applicable.
• Motion and animation: Produce lightweight motion graphics, animated product moments, social videos, digital ads, UI-style animations, and brand storytelling assets for modern marketing channels.
• AI-accelerated workflows: Use AI tools to support ideation, mood-boarding, visual exploration, image generation, retouching, prototyping, resizing, versioning, and production efficiency while maintaining brand integrity and human creative judgment.
• Creative collaboration: Partner closely with marketing, e-commerce, product, copywriting, sales, operations, external vendors, photographers, 3D artists, and leadership to translate business needs into high-quality creative solutions.
• Design quality and consistency: Review assets for polish, accuracy, accessibility, hierarchy, production readiness, and alignment with brand standards before delivery.
• Process improvement: Help organize creative libraries, templates, asset systems, naming conventions, and repeatable workflows that make omnichannel design faster, clearer, and more scalable.

Nice to Have Capabilities

• 3D product rendering and visualization: Build, art direct, or refine photorealistic product renderings for digital shelves, launch campaigns, packaging previews, concept exploration, and sales enablement.
• Package Design: Build, art direct, or refine photorealistic product renderings for digital shelves, launch campaigns, packaging previews, concept exploration, and sales enablement.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in brand design, visual design, graphic design, packaging design, e-commerce creative, or a closely related creative discipline.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating brand systems, omnichannel campaign work, digital commerce assets, packaging or print design, and polished visual execution.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, especially Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and After Effects or Premiere Pro.
• Strong working knowledge of Figma or comparable collaborative design tools.
• Experience designing for e-commerce environments, including product detail pages, digital merchandising, paid media, marketplace assets, and promotional creative.
• Solid understanding of packaging production, dielines, print specifications, file preparation, color management, and vendor handoff requirements.
• Experience with 3D product visualization tools or workflows such as Blender, Adobe Substance, KeyShot, Dimension, or comparable platforms.
• Ability to create or direct motion graphics and short-form animated assets for social, digital advertising, product storytelling, or brand campaigns.
• Comfort using AI-enabled creative tools for creative development, concepting, image exploration, retouching, resizing, production acceleration, and workflow experimentation.
• Strong understanding of typography, photography, layout, composition, color, hierarchy, accessibility, and brand consistency.
• Excellent communication, presentation, organization, and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• Experience with Digital Asset Management Programs

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree or certification in graphic arts / design, visual communication, or fine arts.
• Comfort using AI-enabled creative tools for concepting, image exploration, retouching, resizing, production acceleration, and workflow experimentation.
• Experience developing AI-enabled creative with a passion for how this is evolving the design space at a rapid pace, through the lens of traditional approach and need for human touch.
• Experience with consumer products, retail, CPG, beauty, wellness, lifestyle, apparel, food and beverage, or another product-driven category.
• Experience in a fast paced, hyper growth, speedy culture.
• Experience on Shopify DTC and Amazon.com brands.
• Experience art directing photography (digital or physical), 3D rendering, retouching, animation, or production partners.
• Familiarity with Amazon, Shopify, retailer portals, marketplace content standards, or omnichannel merchandising requirements.
• Knowledge of basic UX/UI principles for landing pages, email, digital commerce, and conversion-focused visual communication.
• Experience building templates, design systems, component libraries, or brand toolkits for cross-functional teams.
• Interest in emerging creative technology, generative AI, automation, and scalable production systems.
• Experience with Nano Banana, ChatGPT and interest in emerging creative technology, generative AI, automation, and scalable production systems.
• Experience with Asana (our program) or other project management tools.
• Experience with Nano Banana, Higgsfield, Gemini, Veo, ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI creative tools is a huge plus.
• Experience with writing copy a plus across multi-channel.
• Experience with 3D programs; Blender, Adobe, Cinema 4D or other.

What Success Looks Like

• Brand visuals feel consistent, elevated, and recognizable across every consumer and business touchpoint.
• E-commerce and marketplace creative improves clarity, conversion potential, and product storytelling.
• Packaging and product visuals are accurate, production-ready, and aligned with brand strategy.
• 3D, motion, and AI-enabled workflows expand the team’s creative capabilities without sacrificing quality or brand control.
• Creative processes become more organized, repeatable, and efficient across campaigns and launches.
• We work fast and efficiently to produce creative for today’s marketing ecosystem demands.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• You are a multidisciplinary designer who can move fluidly between strategy and production, digital and physical touchpoints, static and motion assets, and traditional and AI-assisted workflows.
• You bring strong creative instincts, excellent craft, practical production knowledge, and a collaborative mindset.
• You are comfortable taking ownership of projects, presenting design rationale, incorporating feedback, and building creative systems that help a brand scale with consistency and impact.

Application Materials

• Resume or LinkedIn profile.
• Portfolio showing your previous work, brand systems, e-commerce assets, packaging, product visualization, motion, and/or AI-assisted creative workflows.
• Brief description of your role, process, and impact on selected portfolio projects. (In cover letter, if not outlined in portfolio)

Location: Preferred in office in Monroe, CT, open to remote work for the right candidate

The anticipated hiring range is $73,185–$85,000, depending on candidate’s experience, qualifications, and overall alignment with the role. Compensation above the anticipated hiring range may be considered for exceptionally qualified candidates with directly relevant senior-level experience.

This position is open to candidates currently residing in the United States who are legally authorized to work in the U.S. Due to employment, payroll, tax, and regulatory requirements, we are unable to consider candidates based outside the United States or provide employment visa sponsorship at this time

Pay: $73,185.00 - $85,000.00 per year

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Monroe, CT 06468