Job Description
West Elm - Who we are
Born in Brooklyn. At home in the world. west elm has been helping customers express their personal style at home since the launch of our first catalog in 2002. Our home base is nestled down under the Manhattan Bridge in the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, right above our flagship store. We are a dynamic, fast-paced brand with an exciting growth strategy. We value imagination, diversity and giving people the opportunity to explore, grow and shape our future. We look for innovative, smart, and hard-working individuals who enjoy creative thinking and ingenuity. Help us carry out our mission of being a source of inspiration to our customers, creating a global community and tirelessly seeking ways to evolve our brand.
WSI Temp Graphic Designer Position Summary
The overall function of this role is to provide production support to the brand creative team. This Digital Production Designer works closely with designers and project managers to produce pixel-perfect digital collateral, based on pre-defined templates and style guides. These assets include emails, social marketing, and interior site pages.
Our model candidate appreciates design, photography, and type hierarchies, is comfortable working with precise technical specifications regarding image usage, media and file formats, file sizes, and copy styling. They are responsible for upholding strict specifications for file naming conventions and file organization. Lastly, this person thrives in a fast-moving environment balancing multiple projects simultaneously.
Essential Functions
- Prepare and deliver assets for email, paid marketing, social, web, and other digital channels
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with art directors, marketing managers, production manager, project managers and other cross-functional stakeholders
- Build and maintain organized production files. Work closely with the team to streamline and develop workflows to better work with other members of the creative team, and cross-functionally
- Maintain digital template libraries. Keep all team members up-to-date on any new templates or guidelines
- Problem-solve and think fast on your feet to deliver quick turnaround when required (often in 24 hours or less)
- Constantly strive for better, more innovative solutions across all media channels
Criteria
- Bachelor’s Degree in Digital/Graphic Design, or related field
- At least 2 years of digital production experience. Luxury or home experience a plus
- Meticulously organized and careful attention to detail & quality
- Ability to communicate clearly with peers and across disciplines
- Ability to manage multiple projects and deliverables simultaneously
- Ability to exercise initiative in a changing environment
- A dedication to delivering high-quality, organized final projects
- Ability to meet deadlines and can react to business needs and fluctuations in workload
- Proficient in Figma, Adobe XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Project management software
- Knowledge of HTML5 is a plus
- Ability to perform work onsite in the Brooklyn corporate office full-time.
Benefits
Once you are here, you can look forward to a wide variety of benefits designed to help you grow, personally and professionally, to keep you healthy, to prepare you for the unexpected, to care for your family and to build a secure future. Depending on your position and your location, here is a look at what you might be eligible for:
- A generous discount on all Williams Sonoma Inc. brands through multiple shopping channels
- A 401(k) plan and other investment opportunities
- Paid vacations, holidays and other time-off programs
- Health benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance; health and dependent care tax-free spending accounts; medical, family and bereavement leave; same-sex domestic partner benefits; short- and long-term disability programs; life and travel insurance; an employee assistance program
- Tax-free commuter benefits
- A wellness program that supports your physical, financial, and emotional health
- In-person and online learning opportunities through WSI University
- Cross-brand and cross-function career opportunities
- Location specific sample sales
- A business casual work environment
- San Francisco based bike share program
- Time off to volunteer
- Matching donations to qualifying nonprofit organizations
- Company-sponsored community involvement
- Various discounts on local businesses
The expected starting pay range for this position is $30.00 – 50.00 an hour. Applicable pay ranges may differ across markets. Actual pay will be determined based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law. In addition to competitive pay, compensation may include a variety of other components like benefits, paid time off, merit, and bonus opportunities.
WSI will not now or in the future commence an immigration case or "sponsor" an individual for this position (for example, H-1B or other employment-based immigration)
This role is not eligible for relocation assistance.
About Us
Our Company
Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of high-quality products for the kitchen and home in the United States. Our family of brands are Williams Sonoma, Williams Sonoma Home, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn teen, pottery barn kids, Rejuvenation, Mark & Graham, west elm, or Outward. These brands are among the best known and most respected in the industry. We offer beautifully-designed, stylish and functional products for every area of the home, including the kitchen, living room, bedroom, home office, closet, laundry room and even outdoor spaces. We've seen some big changes since our first brick-and-mortar store opened more than half of a century ago. What hasn't changed is our passion for high-quality products, functional design, outstanding customer service, and enhancing the lives of our customers and the communities where we operate. Today, we're a multi-brand, multi-channel, global enterprise supported by state-of-the-art technology and some of the most talented teams in retailing - and we're always looking for new energy and ideas.
