Senior Designer, Ninja
Marketing is one of the largest teams at SharkNinja. The team includes Digital, Brand, D2C, Media, PR and Creative. Each team focusing on how we give our consumers the ultimate product experience. Marketing is for the person that is not afraid to dive deep and show a genuine interest into the world of Consumer Goods. These are the people that are consistently asking themselves what can we do to we make things even easier for our consumers. Marketing at SharkNinja is for the person who is never satisfied with creating anything less than the best product on the market.
Sr. Designer, Ninja
We're looking for a Sr. Designer to join SharkNinja’s Creative Team. The ideal candidate should be versatile and able to design, think, and work across all platforms, print and digital.
The ideal candidate is curious, conceptual, driven, and versatile. As a member of the Creative Department, the Sr. Designer will develop conceptual ideas and designs for New Product Development (NPD), including all in-store instances (packaging and displays) and online presence (retail storytelling pages, email, social). Experience and a passion for bringing product stories to life is a must. Our Creative Department is involved in every step of product development and marketing, so being able to tell stories collaboratively and iteratively from prototype to on-shelf is a must.
Responsibilities:
· Collaborate with Brand Marketing, Product, Digital, and Creative team members from beginning stages through testing and iteration to final execution for NPD story-telling
· Design packaging, product concepts/manifestos, marketing campaigns with senior creative oversight
· Present product concepts and mocked-up visuals to cross-functional team; iterate with direct feedback.
· Ensure creative consistency across brand/category/channels
· Support department when needed across a range of projects (while primary focus is product creative, there may be times when they need to roll up their sleeves and help with things like presentations and internal initiatives)
Required Skills, Mindset, and Functional Expertise:
· A portfolio with a demonstration of creative problem-solving skills across a range of mediums, a focus on packaging and in-store display preferred.
· Experience with pre-production, offset and digital printing.
· Entrepreneurial mindset and comfort level with fast-paced, highly iterative environment, with a passion for constantly driving for better answers
· Team player with strong communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to drive action in the face of ambiguity
· Open to being challenged and believes constructive feedback drives better results and outcomes
· Comfort level presenting to, directly communicating with and being challenged by senior leadership
Qualifications:
· 5-7 years agency or creative department experience
· Depth of printing experience and current with latest techniques and best-practices
· Knowledge of current digital trends
· Proficient with the Adobe CS family of programs
· Understanding of PowerPoint and other presentation applications
Who is SharkNinja?
At SharkNinja, our purpose is to positively impact people’s lives every day in every home around the world. We work very hard to provide our consumers with high quality, exciting 5-star products that make life easier. We thrive on passion and innovation, and are looking for great people, with great ideas, who want to create the next big thing. We take a team approach to our projects, where everyone has a voice. We want individuals to push limits, look outside the box and think the unthinkable. With the explosive growth we have been experiencing, we’re looking for motivated individuals to join us on our exciting journey. People need to think big, move fast and want to make a significant impact. Are you ready?