Senior Designer
Chipotle Mexican Grill, New York City
Are you searching for New York Design jobs? Are you passionate about good food made with good ingredients? Chipotle is bringing its creative in-house and looking for a senor designer!
We are looking for a senior designer in our New York City office located in the Meatpacking District. We have recently moved most of our creative development in-house and are building a creative team from scratch. You will work closely with the design lead, copywriter and production director to help communicate Food With Integrity to our customers.
Graphic Design Job Description:
The job will include the concept and design of a variety of marketing materials including in-store POP displays, gift cards, signage, event materials and activations, packaging, corporate presentations, marketing emails, web and social media marketing, web design and advertising. This position is not just about advertising. We are looking for someone who wants to work on all aspects of the brand.
Here are some things that might mean you are right for this position:
- You are a thoughtful, highly skilled designer
- You believe that design is a powerful component of cultural change
- You have a minimum of five years professional design experience
- You probably have agency experience
- You are a strategic problem solver
- You’re interested in food and sustainability
- You love technology and use a Mac
- You know Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign like the back of your hand
- You know other useful programs like the front of your hand
- You have a sense of humor
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Getty Images just released an interesting multimedia visual trend report called The Curve: Technology and Telecommunications.
In a multi-part series, The Curve explores three key themes around the world’s visual transformation and the changing role of photography, powered by the marriage of technology and telecommunications. The first issue of The Curve centered on social photography is now live, and the second issue, slated to go live in May, will examine connectivity, identity and creativity providing insight on the cloud, content management, the personal information economy and more. The June issue is the final component of The Curve: Technology and Telecommunications, and will analyze content by digesting trends for distinct demographic segments, geographies, education uses and more.
Photography: The Killer App and The Photographic Datascape
Social photography is altering the meaning of photography, and greatly affects how brands have utilized imagery to develop impactful, engaging campaigns. In 2011, 491.4 million smartphones were sold, up 58 percent from the previous year according to Gartner Research thus exponentially boosting the number of phones with instant photo-sharing capabilities. Nicholas Mirzoeff, Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University, believes that photography is the ‘killer app’ of web 2.0. Mirzoeff wrote in FOAM magazine that new social sharing of personal photographs heralds a new age of the self-image—“photografitti.” Mirzoeff underlines that photography for creators, consumers, sharers and buyers has become the prime vehicle in social sharing because it’s an expression of self that is the most valued form of connection—the exact reason brands and advertisers look to engage with photo communities such as Flickr.
How does your paycheck stack up to other graphic designer salaries? Take a look at our design salaries infographic (scroll to the bottom of the page) to find out, then take our design salary survey to help us provide you with the most up-to-date salary information in HOW’s November/December issue.
(The survey will close at the end of the day on May 31, 2012. All responses will be held in strict confidence. Information reported on this survey will only be used in conjunction with other survey respondents as a whole. Depending on your responses, you will be asked somewhere between 18 and 24 multiple-choice questions and they will take a total of 4 to 6 minutes to answer. If you’d like to enter our drawing (at the end) to possibly win a one-year membership to Design Insider (a $194.39 value), please provide your contact information when prompted.)
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Lead Designer
Method Inc., San Francisco, CA
Looking for graphic design jobs in San Francisco? Method Inc. is hiring a lead designer.
Method is a brand experience agency with offices based in San Francisco, New York and London. Our clients are best described as owners of progressive, era defining brands, and include Google, Comcast, Nordstrom, Sony, Samsung, Nokia, Microsoft, Time Warner, Intel, and BBC. Collaboratively, we help them create products, services and businesses that are smart, beautiful and extendable.
The Lead Designer is responsible for the development, and direction of creative deliverables for the projects they are assigned to. Consulting with the Creative Director, the Lead Designer will ensure that the design team and other production specialists (developers, animators, etc) are successful in: developing concepts, implementing design strategies, and producing interactive and brand-design solutions. He or she will balance creative thinking, interpersonal skills, and client expectations to successfully translate concepts into functional design deliverables.
Graphic Design Job Description:
- Acting as team lead, create, as well as direct, junior designers in the development of strategic design deliverables that elevate, differentiate, and function on-brand and on-strategy.
- Exemplify the ability to challenge yourself and the design team to create progressive, inspiring, and relevant visual design solutions.
- Ensure quality control of all creative deliverables.
- Work closely with strategists, user experience designers, and technologists – playing the role of “design advocate” for the voice of the design.
- Work closely with other leads to resolve issues and maintain the quality of Method’s creative deliverables.
- Provide design-mentorship to junior and designers by exposing them to new challenges, decisions, and meetings.
- Lead the development of internal and client facing presentations in conjunction with other team members.
- Juggle several projects simultaneously.
- Stay abreast of current design trends and technologies and continually share this knowledge.
Looking to hire a designer? Post your job listing on HOWdesign.com.
With so many sessions going on at one time at HOW Design Live, it’s really REALLY hard to choose how to spend those 75 minutes. [We're sorry to create that kind of problem for you.] And here’s to further complicate things: We’ve been adding a whole lineup of technology-related sessions throughout the HOW Design Conference, including a new one confirmed last week.
Starting on Saturday, June 23, you’ll have opportunities to learn about type, project management, design for tablet readers and more. Think of HOW as your one-stop, all-in-one-place source for continuing education. Here’s a quick rundown of these sessions and the companies presenting them:
Saturday, June 23
9:00–10:15 a.m.—Color Management for Designers, presented by John Scott Thorburn, senior color analyst with Canon USA. Learn tips for making sure the color you spec on-screen is the color you get off-press.
10:45 a.m.–noon—Designers, the Book and the Opportunities that Multiple Platforms Present, presented by Ben Clemens, director of user experience with Blurb. This session will explore new creative opportunities in e-book design.
2:00–3:15 p.m.—Add Another Dimension to Your Design Work, presented by Barton Damer of Already Been Chewed, sponsored by Maxon. This talented illustrator and motion designer will show his creative process for creating 3D images using Cinema 4D.
3:45–5:00 p.m.—Selling Time the Best Way Possible, presented by Phillip Sunderland, creative director with Streamtime. At the end of the day, what designers are really selling is their time; learn how to use time-management software to maximize profit and client service.
6:30–7:30 p.m.—The Standard 5: Special Effects, presented by Kit Hinrichs, founder of Studio Hinrichs and Gerald Richards, CEO of the nonprofit literacy group 826 National, sponsored by Sappi Fine Paper North America. Hear one of the country’s masters of design, Kit Hinrichs, as he takes you behind the scenes of his work on The Standard, which showcases specialized printing and production techniques. Then learn more about 826, Dave Eggers’s design-savvy nonprofit that helps students with their writing skills.
Sunday, June 24
9:00–10:15 a.m.—Typographic Hat Trick, presented by Dan Rhatigan, Jim Wasco and Steve Matteson; sponsored by Monotype Imaging. Get a detailed look at the creation of three different typefaces: Sodachrome, Rhatigan’s experimental typeface; Elegy and Aachen, Wasco’s elegant script and his heavy display face; and E-Text, Matteson’s work in new typefaces for on-screen reading.
10:45 a.m.–noon—Tablet Design in 30 Minutes or Less, presented by Matt Cokeley, creative director with Mag+. Pre-register for this session and send your files to Matt by May 30, and he will demonstrate how to translate your creative into the digital landscape.
2:00–3:15 p.m.—Can Great Design Be Templated? presented by Chris Korbey, creative director with Emma. Chris will talk about his company’s recent foray into design templates for e-mail newsletters, and how that affects designers.
3:45–5:00 p.m.—Decorative Effects for Your Brand, presented by Richard Ainge, creative director of Color Logic. Richard will demo his company’s plug-ins, which create dimensional decorative effects.
Visit the HOW Design Conference session page to get all the details on these technology presentations. And while you’re there, be sure to register for HOW Design Live.
Designer Ryan Enn Hughes taught himself how to make animated GIFs and he just sent me his first completed one. It is A-mazing! Hughs also created a behind-the-scenes video detailing the technical process behind the project.
Creative Group Manager
Horizon Hobby, Champaign, IL
Looking for a design manager job? Horizon Hobby needs a creative group manager to help them package and sell their “big boy toys.”
We’re the global leader in radio control, and we’re all about fun. We develop, distribute and retail the most innovative and exciting RC cars, trucks, planes, helis and boats in the industry. But you won’t find them at your local discount mart– these are technologically advanced “big boy toys”– designed for a growing consumer market worldwide. We’re talking serious fun.
We’ve got a spot for a Creative Group Manager who loves to do the hands-on work but can also drive a team to greatness. We’re looking for a creative leader who lives for great ideas, has expertise across traditional and new mediums, and who thinks that ground-breaking, results-driven design is, well, the only design there is.
But enough about us. Let’s talk about what’s in it for you. You’ll get the opportunity to shape and drive the Horizon Hobby corporate brand as well as 20 additional category brands. You’ll be leading a team of talented designers and copywriters in pursuit of best-in-class creative. And, you’ll work on just about every kind of deliverable out there– packaging, advertising, web, interactive– and anything else you can dream up.
You’ll also be a part of an employee-owned company headquartered in Champaign, Illinois, but with other offices in the US, as well as the UK, Germany, France and China. Over 700 people who are passionate about what they do and dedicated to one thing: helping the world have fun with hobbies.
So if you’re a Senior Designer or Art Director with leadership experience (3+ years minimum) and a portfolio that shows it, let’s talk…now.
Graphic Design Job Description:
- BS/BA or BFA in a Graphic Design or other relevant field preferred.
- Five years of creative experience– 3+ in a leadership role– in an agency or design studio setting.
- Demonstrated conceptual/creative ability and understanding of the visual, content and copy needs of branded marketing.
- Broad understanding of traditional and digital media, package design, collateral/catalog design, web and interactive design, social media and mobile.
- Must have demonstrated strong leadership abilities and excellent communications skills.
- Experience leading strategic brainstorming sessions, campaign development, creative brief development and directing creative execution.
- Leadership and mentoring abilities that drive excellence among team members.
Looking to hire a designer? Post your job listing on HOWdesign.com.
Trish Witkowski of FoldFactory.com (@foldingfanatic) and Design TV present our first ever, original folding series, That’s Fold-tastic.
In each episode, you’ll get a hands-on approach, containing several real-world examples, folding terminology, and cost-saving tips to help you find the technique you want within your budget! Here’s a clip from Episode 1 to introduce you to the series:
Catch the entire original folding series, That’s Fold-tastic! You’ll learn 10 high impact tips and ways to save on your next folding project.
Think of it like Netflix for designers: Design TV brings you new videos and webcasts every week with real advice from design experts. Design TV’s library of webcasts, design tutorials and workshops are all available on-demand—when you need them most. You can subscribe to watch all our videos for a one-, six- or 12-month period.
Want to know what will get a couple thousand graphic designers out of bed at 7:00 or so on a Sunday morning?
A HOW Design Live presentation hosted by Adobe, that’s what. We’re talking 7 a.m., after a night of Boston pub crawls. [Better grab a tall coffee.]
Adobe is presenting three bonus sessions at HOW Design Live in Boston, to give you a sneak peek at their latest tools and technologies. If you want to learn about the newest tools in the designer’s arsenal, there’s no better time or place to be. (Hint: If you’re still trying to convince your boss to send you to HOW, you’ll want to mention this bonus design software training.)
Here’s what’s on the Adobe agenda:
Saturday, June 23, 12:15 p.m.
Design Websites Without Writing Code With Adobe Muse
Adobe senior worldwide design evangelist Rufus Deuchler will present the brand-new Adobe Muse application, which lets designers create and publish HTML websites without writing code. He’ll demo how to create a website from scratch using tools similar to what you’re used to using for print page production. Muse lets creative pros focus on design rather than technology, and it includes the TypeKit web font collection so you can work beyond the standard web fonts. Preview and testing functions let you finesse the design before releasing it to the web.
Sunday, June 24, 7:30 a.m.
Discover Adobe Creative Cloud and See What’s New in Creative Suite 6
Senior worldwide design evangelist Rufus Deuchler will walk you through the company’s new digital hub that lets you download and install every Creative Suite application and uses cloud-based storage to house files for sharing, collaboration and publishing. This morning session is notorious for delivering tons of deep user tricks and tips for Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. You’ll also get a walkthrough of Adobe Muse, which allows designers to create HTML websites without writing code.
Sunday, June 25, 12:15 p.m.
Learn to Create a Digital Publication for the iPad Without Writing Code
Designers can seamlessly translate their work for the Apple iPad using InDesign CS6 and Adobe Digital Publishing Suite. You’ll see how to put your existing InDesign skills to use (including new interactive tools in CS6) to create highly interactive content—magazines, books, annual reports, even your own design portfolio—for publication on the iPad. Adobe tools can manage the concept-to-completion workflow and create a branded app that can be distributed or sold via the iTunes store.
Register now for HOW Design Live—if you haven’t already—and mark your calendar with these bonus technology sessions presented by Adobe.
Guapa is a lovely serif display font designed by Laura Meseguer. (See more of her work.) It’s available in a single weight but includes alternate characters and other goodies.
It was first born from a personal experiment: transforming a geometric sans serif “à la Futura” into a charming postmodern deco design. It was applied in a poster specially designed for a typography exhibition called Pimp the Type. Later it became a well-suited typeface for the word: from titles for magazines to book & record covers and packaging. The family consists in one single weight, which is provided with Discretionary Ligatures, Alternative Characters, Swashes Forms, Initials and some Stylistic Sets. The Ornaments Series will be designed in the future, as well as a Cyrillic update, developed with the help of Irina Smirnova.
For more resources about typography, visit My Design Shop.
Type Idea Index by Jim Krause |
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