Sr. Digital Designer

Who We Are:

WHY Brands Inc., a parent company of Munchkin, Inc., focuses on creating, incubating, and growing the next generation of consumer lifestyle brands. Founded in 1990, Munchkin is the leading consumer product company and most loved baby lifestyle brand behind the innovative gear and products for children, mothers, and caregivers. Munchkin has sold billions of dollars of products through our key retail partners: Target, Walmart, and Amazon and has global distribution in over 50 countries. With over 375+ patents under our belt and over 250 international product and brand design awards, we continue to create solutions that leave our customers asking, "how did I ever live without this?" Innovation is the core of our company DNA and has been driving our designs for over 30 years!  Recognized as #8 on America’s Most Innovative Companies list by Fortune Magazine, innovation is the core of our company DNA and has been driving our designs for 30 years!

We lead with our core values and believe that investing in the community is our responsibility.  We create opportunities for every child’s potential and well-being through the Radiant Colors program, work to create a sustainable future, and in partnership with the International Fund for Animal Welfare have committed to animal conservation. 

What You’ll Do:

This is a temporary assignment. As a temporary Sr. Digital Designer, you have to know not only how to work within brand guidelines, but how to make them stretch without breaking them. You innately get responsive design and know that a great idea is nothing without great UX. You’ll work in digital, mobile and social (and occasionally print), with copywriters, web developers and graphic designers, making creative strategies into ideas that grab you by the eyeballs and won’t let go.

• Responsible for implementing the global creative digital vision for Munchkin in alignment with marketing and business objectives
• Create digital branding to ensure delivery of market-moving, breakthrough creative across all customer-facing touch points, including marketing collateral, digital, social media channels, public relations, and sales materials, among other things
• Work closely and build relationships with Global Marketing, Product Development, E-commerce, and Social Media teams to drive the creative strategy across the Company
• Ensure that brand and visual identity is consistently applied to all collateral and marketing materials across the company.  Drive creative consistency into global markets.  Ensure consistent application of the brand, internally and externally
• Conceptualize and lead the effort to design and deliver the brand style guide and creative assets for packaging and digital platforms
• Provide the vision for photography and direct photography efforts for use in digital, social media, and E-commerce
• Direct and ensure photography and video imagery are consistent with the Brand and Creative Vision
• Ensure execution of a thoughtful creative strategy and positive user interface across multiple digital platforms
• Deliver innovative creative solutions
• Create digital assets for email and home/landing pages, social media, banners, mobile, tablet, and new media used to generate traffic and online sales
• Oversee pre-planning, creative conceptions, set direction, video/animation direction, and production
• Translate creative strategy into the most effective way to get messages across in print and electronic media for assigned projects
• Coordinate and direct the design of banners, emails, home pages, etc. to fully direct a major campaign
• Ensure quality, consistency, and accuracy of creative elements of the advertising/marketing campaign
• Other duties may be assigned

Bring It!

• BS/BA or associate degree in Graphic Design/Commercial Art and/or 3-5 years of design experience in consumer products
• Must have a strong sense of typography, web design, graphic design, and motion design including 2D and 3D animation
• Experience producing content for social media platforms and websites is mandatory
• Expertise with Macintosh-based graphics programs, specifically Adobe Creative Suite (Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign).  Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel)
• Possess a good design "flair", a broad thinker, and able to offer a variety of design solutions
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Ability to juggle multiple projects and prioritize accordingly
• Great attitude - positive, collaborative, self-starter
• Effectively communicate with marketing department (both written and oral)
• Work well with tight deadlines in a team environment

Hourly Rate: $55-$65/hr.  This position is a temporary position. 

To learn more, visit us at www.munchkin.com.

Munchkin welcomes and values what makes everyone unique.  We’re proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All hires for our team are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We recruit, employ, train, and promote regardless of race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, genetic characteristic, or any other protected status.

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