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Summary

This Public Relations Manager position will have a primary focus on the firm’s largest practice group – Corporate & Finance. This includes a number of different practice areas including M&A, Capital Markets, Private Equity. The role will also focus on profile for a number of our Americas office, in particular the profile for the Washington D.C. office in the D.C. market, one of the firm’s headquarters. They will also take responsibility for PR for a couple of our key sectors in the U.S. – Life Sciences & Healthcare, and Sports, Media & Entertainment.

This position is in the global PR team, which operates as a single team, and is part of the global Corporate Communications team, which is part of the global Marketing & Business Development (M&BD) team. The direct reporting line for the role is to the Americas Public Relations Senior Manager, who is based in New York and who in turn reports to the Head of Communications. The PR Manager will have some support from the firm’s PR Coordinator, also based in Washington, and our PR Specialist based in Louisville, Kentucky. The U.S. PR team also has a significant amount of support from a PR agency.

Hogan Lovells is a leading global law firm. Our distinctive market position is founded on the exceptional breadth of our practice, on deep industry knowledge, and on our ‘one team’ worldwide approach. Our 2,600 lawyers work together with clients to solve the toughest legal issues in major industries and commercial centers around the world. Whether they are expanding into new markets, considering capital from new sources, or dealing with increasingly complex regulation or disputes, we help them stay on top of risks and opportunities, operating at the intersection of business and government.

Our people are the key to our success, and that is why we recruit and retain the most talented individuals in all parts of our firm.

OBJECTIVES

• Develop the profile of the Corporate & Finance practice – this includes M&A, Private Equity, Capital Markets, Real Estate, REITs, Tax and Pensions. The firm is known in the market for some of the largest deals and a reasonable portion of the Manager’s time will be focused on drafting deals releases and getting profile for our transactions team.
• Develop the profile of the firm’s Washington D.C. office, with local D.C. press and stakeholders.
• Take responsibility for profile raising for a number of our key sectors in the U.S. – Life Sciences & Healthcare, and Sports, Media & Entertainment.
• Develop the profile of a number of our other offices in the Americas – we have 14 offices in the U.S, and the PR team each take responsibility for building a relationship with different offices.

Job Description

• Take responsibility for profile raising for the firm’s Corporate & Finance practice, Washington D.C. office, Life Sciences & Healthcare and Sports, Media & Entertainment sectors, and a couple of other Americas offices (e.g. Northern Virginia, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Denver)
• Work closely with M&BD colleagues in relevant practice groups/sectors and around the world on developing and supporting profile raising.
• Support the firm’s lateral hire announcements, particularly for Corporate & Finance in the U.S.
• Support other firmwide announcements e.g. promotions, financial results, etc – these larger communications projects are shared amongst the global PR team.
• Build strong relationships with key internal stakeholders – partners, MBD team, management, People team, Knowledge team, etc.
• Demonstrate strong relationships with local, national, and trade press, and implement a media contacts program for relevant practices/sectors – help them and other spokespeople build and maintain relationships, and prepare them for interviews.
• Identify potential news, topics, and comment opportunities. Responsible for driving the quantity and quality of media coverage for the firm and the region.
• Draft and distribute briefing notes and press releases, set up journalist round tables and briefings, and commission articles (and write/edit articles when required).
• Work with other M&BD colleagues in managing the quality of and preparing submissions for awards entries – these are mostly managed by our PR Specialist in Louisville but the PR Manager will be involved in sometimes reviewing entries or coordinating ideas for entry.
• Act as an ambassador of the firm, and of the communications team, both internally and externally.
• Develop, contribute to, and oversee production of marketing communications materials relevant to PR activities both regionally and industry-focused.
• Work alongside other members of the M&BD team to monitor competitor activity and brief stakeholders on profile raising activities of competitors.
• Report on PR activity to practice area heads, M&BD team, and Americas Public Relations Senior Manager.
• Coordinate with the Americas Public Relations Senior Manager and PR Coordinator in Washington on PR agency support – including supporting the agency with identify key topics, partners to work with, target publications, setting them KPIs, and ensuring we have high quality and regular reporting.

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

• Educate the partnership in media relations best practice and deliver in-house media relations training to lawyers as and when required.
• Deputize for the Americas Public Relations Senior Manager when required.
• All members of the firm are encouraged to participate in our Global Citizenship program.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum 4-5 years of public relations experience required.
• Law firm experience a bonus. PR agency and journalism background a plus.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent relationships with relevant journalists.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential matters with discretion.
• Proactive approach to media relations, utilizing strategy, planning, and execution skills.
• Proven sound judgment for media relations issues.
• Strong organizational skills and an ability to prioritize and complete simultaneous projects with minimal supervision.
• Effective interpersonal and team working skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines and work well under pressure.
• Understanding of legal and business concepts or the ability to learn them quickly.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Preferred Qualifications

• BA or BS in a related field is helpful.
• Master’s degree a plus.

HOURS

Core Hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Must be flexible to work additional hours.

This job description sets forth the authorities and responsibilities of this position and may be changed from time to time as shall be determined.

Hogan Lovells is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or other factors protected by law.

Hogan Lovells is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information or protected Veteran status.

HLUS requires all new hires to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or receive a legally required exemption from HLUS, as a condition of employment. HLUS will ask candidates to verify their vaccination status only after a conditional offer of employment is made. Applicants should not provide information about their vaccination status or need for exemption prior to receiving a conditional offer of employment from HLUS.

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Hogan Lovells

£50-55K – One of London’s larger lifestyle PR agencies of choice are, due to a number of exciting new business wins, seeking to expand with a strong Account Director to join their amazing Food & Restaurant team. Working across a variety of luxury food, hospitality brands and locations/venues, all of which you’ll be lucky enough to experience yourself.

Your clients will be some of the most well known, up and coming brands and venues across London and Europe, you’ll have the opportunity to entertain journalists to develop contacts as well as attend and support high profile events and parties in the fashion, music and film worlds.

The Candidate

• PR experience agency side in food or hospitality sector at Account Director level or very experienced at Senior Account Manager level.
• Excellent network of food, consumer, lifestyle press contacts.
• Strong time management skills.
• Dynamic, confident personality.
• Ability to manage and mentor junior colleagues.
• A passion for food, and hospitality along with a hunger to grow and develop a career in one of London’s most dynamic creative brand development agencies.

The offering

• Base salary of £50-55K.
• Flexible working and work from home options.
• Stake in the company bonus scheme.
• 10% commission on new fees brought into the company.
• 50% of phone bill costs paid – AM and above.
• The opportunity to dine and drink for free in some of London’s best restaurants and bars.
• Regular events and openings to attend – The Brits, LFW, V&A FiM.
• Weekly training sessions led internally and externally.
• Regular team and company socials.
• Lovely Office Space in desirable part of London.

To Apply

Please apply online, or send your CV and cover note to [email protected]. Alternatively, you can call Justyne on 07971 361206 to chat through the role.

PRFutures

We are growing and looking to hire a Full time Assistant Beauty copy writer to our growing team and company.

In the role you will research, write, and edit beauty and style articles for our new e-zine Beauty. Reporting to the Editor in Charge of content, the ideal candidate is passionate about beauty and fashion and write compelling copy for a variety of brand needs. This role will be an amazing opportunity to help build our empowering and inspiring beauty and style platform as a contributor.

Job Description:

• Pitch, write, and edit original content, including evergreen articles, ecommerce and on trend news
• Create content that engages and empowers with lively headlines and on-trend topics.
• Source industry experts to provide background information and excerpts for roundups, reviews, and how-to articles
• Research and write educational and inspirational beauty articles, including service-driven how-to’s, brand features, buying guides, and more
• Write compelling copy for a variety of brand needs: packaging, retail signage, in-store and educational collateral, web product page content for brand site, FAQ, paid media, video/film scripts, social media, press mailers, and emails
• Use your knowledge of SEO and content development to maximize discoverability for organic search, social media and other platforms
• Detail-oriented with the ability to meet deadlines

Qualifications

• Strong passion and knowledge of beauty products
• Familiarity with digital publishing
• Excellent writing, proofreading, fact-checking, and editing skills
• Ability to tell stories through engaging copy
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines
• Familiarity with SEO best practices
• Experience with content management platforms; WordPress preferred.
• Bachelors in Journalism, Advertising, Marketing, or related field
• Ability to communicate a brand voice
• Can work both independently and collaboratively
• 2-3 years writing experience at an online publisher, ideally in the beauty space

Resumes to : [email protected]

Engage Partners Inc.

Note: This is a freelance, remote position. We will only be considering full-time applicants.

CBR is looking for a dedicated Lead Editor to oversee the TV Features related coverage on our team. Are you a pop-culture enthusiast dedicated to staying up-to-date with the latest TV shows?

If so, then we need you!

CBR offers a unique opportunity for team members to grow and connect with other freelancers from all over the world. As a TV Lead Features Editor for CBR, you will work with a dedicated remote editorial team to create original and informative articles that our discriminating audience demands, with the eye-catching aesthetic they crave.

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Responsibilities:

• Edit and publish a minimum of 25 TV Features articles weekly on the Features team
• Manage weekly publication scheduling for CBR’s TV Features section
• Oversee all Junior Editors and writers as well as help them develop their skills and adapt to CBR’s standards
• Communicate expectations effectively, along with deadlines and quotas
• Work with new writers to develop their skills and help them adapt to CBR’s standards
• Work with existing writers by providing general guidance to develop those suitable for internal development (staff writing, self-publishing, editing)
• Spearhead planning of coverage for the respective teams, in conjunction with the Senior Features Editor
• Update the corresponding planning
• Craft headlines, blurbs, and peripheral text to capture new and existing traffic optimize SEO traffic for various avenues of dissemination
• Idea Generation
• Help generate a steady stream of feature ideas to ensure writers have articles to write
• Develop content plans
• Use Google Analytics to help identify topics that provide opportunities for expansion of coverage and category growth
• Weekly meetings
• Come prepared with notes and analyses

Requirements:

• Relevant experience in senior writing and editing roles (digital publications, entertainment content)
• Broad working knowledge of current TV shows, as well as past TV
• Quick learner with strong sense of urgency
• Excellent command of the English language
• Ability to write articles free of typos and grammatical errors

Applicants with experience in the following areas will be given favorable consideration:

• Image editing
• Google Analytics
• SEO
• Analytics (GA)
• Freelance writer management
• Proven track record of growing a team, expanding coverage, and driving traffic

Only applicants who possess the necessary skills and experience will be contacted, and only applications containing a resume and cover letter will be considered. You will not be considered for the role if this information is not included.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Valnet

Summary

Brand Agency London, the home of Ciaté London, Lottie London and Skin Proud,

are looking for a full time Public Relations Assistant Manager to work across the three brands as part of the marketing department. This is a fundamental role within marketing department working closely with the PR Manager and being responsible for brand awareness across press.

The Role:

• Responsible in supporting the running of all day-to-day activities related to media and press across brand and markets
• Responsible for managing external partners across brands and marketing including global hub management of three regions and four PR agencies (US, AUS/NZ, UK)
• Support in creation and implementation of global PR strategy to increase brand awareness and storytelling
• Responsible for global awards calendar and entry process
• Responsible for all press send outs and mailers as well as global stock levels leading by example with the PR Assistant
• Responsible for delivering on agreed earned reach KPIs, working on creative approaches to achieve targets and meet business goals
• Responsible in leading the day-to-day management of media outreach through creative weekly pitches and e-blasts
• Responsible for cultivating relationships with key media targets to ensure consistent conversation and conversion
• Responsible for upskilling junior team

Reporting

• Manage creation of daily coverage monitoring and monthly report working closely with PR Assistant to ensure all content is to the highest standard for PR manager to review
• Manages day-to-day activity of PR Assistant, guiding and teaching skills to enhance PR skill levels

Profile:

● Ciaté London, Lottie London and Skin Proud are looking for someone who can communicate well and work intuitively; the individual must be hands on and good at timekeeping

● A good knowledge of beauty industry in the UK, particularly beauty media (print, online and digital media) and the Gen Z beauty market

● Strong organisational skills with the ability to multitask

● A passion for beauty and interest in the beauty and fashion industries

● A creative flair

What you will learn/ What we will teach you:

● You will gain experience in the beauty industry

● You will learn about beauty PR and agency management

● You will learn about global brand campaigns and product launches

● You will learn how to create and implement a global strategy

● You will learn how to manage relationships both internally and externally

● You will learn how to work within the marketing department and how 360 campaigns with other disciplines work in hand

You will report to the PR Manager

Brand Agency London

Communications Director

Are you obsessed with Beauty and interested in leading conversations for the world’s most exciting roster of beauty clients? Are you visionary in your approach, with strong publicist skills and like to be on the cutting edge of the latest trends? If so, this opportunity to work with some of the leading experts in our industry could just be for you!

SEEN Group Values:

• Creativity

• Inclusivity

• Positivity

• Excellence

The Opportunity

The Communications Director is a true PR expert & inspiration to the account team. With a minimum of 8-10 years’ experience, this role is instrumental in supporting the MD in overseeing the client portfolio, strategy and financial insight and capacity, as well as acting as a an ambassador to elevate SEEN in the US market, embodying the agency’s values on daily basis. They are a true leader who thrives to achieve brilliant results through their team and foster their growth. The Communications Director is a strategic pillar as well as a people person.

The Role

• Senior leader for account portfolio with strong client relations and maintained excellence in client counsel at all times
• Develop and execute engaging campaign activity relevant to the clients brief and key objectives, ensuring you are thinking outside of the box and demonstrating the SEEN way of thought leadership
• Lead in the management and handling of potential issues/crisis situations, ensuring all communication is delivered in a calm and professional manner
• Drive new media angles and proactively create new ideas, and feature placement opportunities for your clients beyond the day-to-day coverage asks
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of client’s business in order to deliver strategic and creative campaigns against briefs
• Proactively pitch new ideas to the client – ensure concepts are aligned with overall business/PR objectives and strategy
• Inspiring and motivating team manager and Senior team peer for wider agency
• Lead in the management and handling of potential issues/crisis situations, ensuring all communication is delivered in a calm and professional manner
• Exceptional industry relationships (including media, influencers, KOLs, artists & experts and retailers), taking a proactive approach to building new relationships for the benefit of in role specialism
• Manage team capacity planning and resource allocation
• Identify incremental opportunities to organically grow existing client business by proactively pitching more PR or SEEN Group integrated ideas

To succeed in this role you will:

• Be a strategic and creative thinker across written and verbal work, ensuring exceptional execution and delivery
• Have excellent media landscape awareness (in and outside of the industry) to support senior level media pitching, to secure BIC feature placements
• Excellent influencer landscape awareness to support earned and paid influencer strategies on behalf of clients, including ability to manage complex partnerships and negotiate contracts and SOW
• Have excellent industry relationships (including media, influencers, KOLs, artists & experts and retailers), taking a proactive approach to building new relationships for the benefit of in role specialism
• Demonstrate understanding of financial health of accounts and billing, as well as ownership of PL alongside VP
• Work on new business opportunities from research, development, and to pitch, giving strategic insight and counsel
• Senior business gravitas demonstrated to your peers and wider agency
• Excellent industry (beauty and wellbeing) awareness to support in role specialism and expertise across your portfolio and cross agency

To learn more about SEEN Group visit seengroup.com* or follow us on Instagram *@seen_group

Benefits:

• 18 vacation days per year
• Sick days
• Hybrid Working – 2 office days a week
• 3 Wellness Days
• Mental health support – including chat and video therapy
• Enhanced Paid Family leave

SEEN Group

About the Role

Ariat is looking for an eComm Photography Art Director with creative passion! The person in this role will have an amazing eye and years of experience creating exceptional on-figure and product photography in a studio setting. The eComm Photography Art Director will understand how to translate a brand into striking yet shoppable imagery. The person in this role will love being part of a team of creatives and have an infectious enthusiasm for all things photography.

This role requires a gift for getting the best out of models, photographers, stylists and the rest of the studio crew. You are part of a team, but you are also the creative driving force—responsible for bringing the brand alive through studio photography. You share your excitement and passion for the work with the whole team.

To be successful in this role, you need to be able to art direct for different targets across our Western, English, Work and Outdoor businesses. This means researching and having a full command of the nuances inherent to those different groups.

The creative team at Ariat is highly collaborative and hands on. We work closely with product and eComm teams as well as our marketing teammates. The eComm Art Director should be comfortable developing and presenting seasonal strategies to these teams. You will work very closely on these strategies with the Design Director, Sr. Photography Manager and Sr. Stylist.

Please Note: Ariat’s corporate headquarters will be relocating from Union City, CA to San Leandro, CA spring of 2023.

You’ll Make a Difference By

• Art direct in-studio photo and video shoots including lay down and on-figure
• Collaborating with other art directors, photographers and stylists bring the brand to life through eComm photography
• Building the eComm photography vision with input from marketing managers, product specialists and the web team.
• Reviewing work with leadership demonstrating excellent presentation skills and natural assurance.
• Bringing the latest industry trends, new ideas, inspiration, and creativity to all areas of your work.

About You

• 8+ years working as a photography/eComm Art Director in a creative agency or consumer goods company
• Strong communicator and people person
• Expertise in Adobe Creative suite applications
• Experience managing large projects; ability to art direct according to business and technical requirements and comfort with ambiguity and changes in direction
• Portfolio of beautiful, compelling work that shows best-in-class art direction
• Degree in art, design or photography
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment

About Ariat

Ariat is an innovative, outdoor global brand with roots in equestrian performance. We develop high quality footwear and apparel for people who ride, work and play outdoors, and care about performance, quality, comfort, and style.

The salary range for this position is $140,000 – $150,000 per year.

The salary is determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data for geographic locations. Ariat in good faith believes that this posted compensation range is accurate for this role at this location at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

Ariat International

Canyon Ranch inspires your well way of life.  Since 1979, Canyon Ranch has been a trailblazer and leader of the integrative wellness lifestyle through immersive, life-changing destinations in Tucson, Arizona and Lenox, Massachusetts, a wellness retreat in Woodside, California and the largest day spa in North America at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas.  Canyon Ranch guests experience lasting transformation through curated pathways that answer their wellness intentions.  We deliver personal guidance from world-class experts in health & performance, food & nutrition, spa & beauty, fitness & movement, and mind & spirit that inspire proven, lasting impact on Canyon Ranch members as they pursue their well path.

The Multimedia Design Manager oversees static and motion visuals for all destinations at Canyon Ranch.  Manages video and graphic designers—full time and contractors. Oversees all visual project requests, including intake through the project management system, assigning roles, developing/reviewing creative briefs, identifying production schedules, press checks, and addresses questions or potential problems with clients and vendors. Coordinates and manages visual production vendors from estimates to completed projects and assists in the creation of multimedia projects for all properties.

Oversees compliance to resort brand guidelines ensuring the “look” is consistent, creative, on-brand and of high quality at all times working with direction from the Associate Creative Director, Video and Director of Content. Instructs cross-functional teams on how to use design tools. Develops and approves visual content for print; emails and on-property collateral; web site; mobile app; advertorials; and outbound local sales and marketing collateral. Collaborating with cross-functional teams that include sales, marketing, digital and corporation communications.

The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic and Visual Design, or at a minimum an Associate’s Degree in Art and Video Creation – and over four years of experience creating high-end visuals for luxury brands, and knows how to co-lead a team of creatives to produce their best work.  Understands the ever-evolving complexities of traditional and current visual storytelling and uses multimedia design to facilitate consumer-facing messaging about our robust wellness experiences.

Meticulous in creating a finished product, pays attention to all details of design, understands pre-press and overall production, is an expert communicator and collaborator, works great under pressure, has patience to coach and mentor others, and is able to handle multiple deadlines.

Canyon Ranch

About Us

MMGY Grifco is a leading public relations firm specialising in international luxury travel and lifestyle PR. It is a creative, boutique, PR company which nurtures the needs of its travel, spa and beauty clients. As part of the MMGY Global family, Grifco’s clients have access to an international communications practice across all marketing channels – providing a holistic and fully integrated solution to marketing needs.

Based in London, we currently have a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious, curious and creative PR Account Manager to join our team and act as a senior contact for clients. Reporting into an Account Director, the Account Manager is the key day to day contact for clients and ensures PR activities are carried out seamlessly on a daily basis. Commercially minded and creative in nature, we are looking for someone who is adept at building relationships with key commentators, industry spokespeople and senior journalists.

The Account Manager enjoys building relationships, and their main duties would include;
 

• The Account Manager is the day to day contact for their clients, fielding all requests and carrying them out in a timely manner or delegating to their team to action.
• Leading press release writing, delegating releases to other members of your team where needed, outsourcing where needed, and proof-reading all releases for your clients before they are sent to the client or to senior members at the agency first if you need a second opinion.
• You will frequently pro-actively pitch story ideas to journalists whether over the phone, by email or in person.
• You will also be expected to attend events– a great way of networking and meeting new journalists.
• Overseeing and facilitating the organisation of press trips to your all of your clients.
• Building good relationships with tour operator, tourist board and airline PRs to assist with press trip creation.
• Assisting the Account Director and senior management on the creation of PR plans for your clients where requested.
• Assisting with creative idea generation, target media lists, and time-lines.
• Ensuring your team are active on social media for your clients at all times. Working with JAEs to ensure constant stream of information and activity on all of our social media outlets. 

About you

At MMGY Global we believe that to go places as a company, we must give others the opportunity to shine. We strive to create a vibrant, open, collaborative work environment where people can be and bring their best selves to work.

We are looking for a candidate with relevant experience (at least 3 years in a PR setting). You will have a curiosity and understanding of the UK media and social media landscapes with excellent writing and organisational skills. You will also have to demonstrate an ability to work on your own initiative as well as being a team player.

• Previous knowledge or experience in the travel industry would be beneficial
• Ability to build strong relationships
• Organised with the ability to work to strict deadlines and capable of managing and prioritising the workload
• Ability to work and thrive in a fast-paced environment

Our industry-leading benefits

• A flexible hybrid work schedule of 3 days in office and 2 days at home
• Generous annual holiday package including 25 days of annual leave, birthday day off (can be taken any day during your month of birth), 2 floating holidays and year-end holiday break over the Christmas period.
• 16 weeks fully paid maternity leave / 4 weeks fully paid caregiver leave
• Private medical, life and income protection insurance and pension scheme contribution from the company
• Lively social calendar with numerous activities and events to take part in.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season Ticket Loan
• Industry-exclusive travel perks
• Work from Anywhere / Work from Any Office
• Go Explore! Global Travel Reward Programme: we offer exciting anniversary travel benefits that kick in after 2 years. We want our employees to go see the world – and help pay for it.

MMGY Global

Senior Production Designer

Planet Technology is looking to add an exceptional Sr. Production Designer to assist our iconic tech client with their daily production. In this role, you will be a hands-on production designer creating static and animated assets for their TV platform. The ideal candidate for the role relishes in the details of the production design process, and understands how to deal with daily art production at a high volume and can work across vendors and producers with ease.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for processing large volumes of music photography, graphics, and motion graphics for use within multiple platforms
• Processing of these photos and graphics may include cropping, retouching, and uploading into a CMS system
• Leading vendors in daily art direction for both motion and still assets.
• Familiarity with TV content and new media is a must.
• Group communication on a micro and macro level is one of the biggest components of this role
• Proficiency in slack is desired but not required.
• Must have experience working in an iterative process, as well as experience in high volume QC/QA in a daily workflow.

Key Qualifications:

• Exceptional design skills
• Proficiency with Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Keynote
• Expert in presentation layout
• Passion for art & pop culture
• Extreme attention to detail
• Clear and concise communication skills
• Self-starter and able to ask questions when necessary
• Deep understanding of typography for the web
• Understanding of template usage and batching processes for image exports
• Diligence in file-naming structures and file organization
• Ability to work quickly and with multiple points of feedback and changes
• Prior experience in a time-sensitive production environment
• A keen ability to create work under minimal supervision, as well as package and present solutions to the wider creative team. Quickly and beautifully
• Expert level photo retouching skills
• Expert level image compositing skills
• Deep understanding of grid systems, design systems and layouts
• Understanding of actions and batch processing image assets
• Ability to work independently to troubleshoot technical and process related issues
• Knowledge of sports graphics and photography
• Ability to adhere to design guidelines and specifications for a given project
• Knowledge of photo composition

Education & Requirements:

• Portfolio demonstrating modern design with a creative edge
• Must be software savvy
• 5+ years of experience in design, graphic design
• 2+ years of production design experience
• Expert Knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, and other image optimizing applications
• Experience naming files according to production specifications
• Experience working in multiple CMS environment
• Candidates should possess exceptional graphic design skills
• Prior experience in a time sensitive production environment
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills

Planet Technology