Tampa | Graphic Designer

Our client is a trusted leader in the commercial renewable energy industry. They offer their clients superior turn-key Solar solutions that deliver exceptional ROI.

Must be an enthusiastic team member comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. In order to contribute quickly, your creative skills should include 5+ years of print design and visual graphics work. Projects could include: sales collateral, logos, fliers, photo retouching, signage/large format, and point of sales marketing pieces. This is a design position taking projects from concept to completion. Need to feel comfortable with designing, production and have strong knowledge of printer requirements. 

Responsibilities:

·         Generate creative graphic concepts per direction from Design management and / or strategic criteria determined by Design, Marketing, and Executive management.

·         Render graphics for 2-D and 3-D preliminary models of complete product concepts for presentation to Design, Marketing, and Executive management; this includes working with the Designer/s, Patternmaker/s and Sample Maker/s, Model Maker/s, Engineer/s, and Development Designer/s.

·         Partner with Development Designer/s and Cost Engineering to insure adherence to cost / target profit margin goals.

·         Effectively participate in the early development phase of the product from Design Start through Executive Approval (EA); this includes providing certain information and tangible items required for the creation of Development Start Package/s.

·         Continue to support the ongoing development of the product as necessary from EA through Production Pilot (PP).

Requirements: 
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite 5 – Illustrator, Photoshop, and some InDesign 
• Print creative design and production 
• Comfortable generating unique creative solutions
• Ability to juggle and manage time while working on multiple projects simultaneously
• Excellent attention to detail
• Workload will be approximately 50% creative and 50% production
• Portfolio demonstrates excellent typography and simple, clean design using modern, vibrant colors

EDUCATION: 
• Bachelor’s in Graphic Design, Marketing, or similar field