Sr. Graphic Designer

At Colibri Group, culture is a critical part of our collective success, and we live our values everyday: Love, Joy, Boldness, Teamwork, and Curiosity.  These values guide our interactions with each other, our customers, and the community.

Position Overview:

The Sr. Graphic Designer will collaborate closely with the business team to produce top-tier digital designs for various platforms, including social media ads/banners, lead magnets, landing pages, short graphic videos, motion graphics, animated GIFs, eBooks, print collateral, and other materials relevant to an ecommerce-centric setting. Additionally, they may undertake brand-related tasks, such as transitioning specified brands within the Colibri umbrella. Updating brand styles guides and documentation of the work.

The Sr. Graphic Designer is a strategic thinker who recognizes the business impact of design and develops engaging solutions that effectively convey messages in alignment with objectives and brand guidelines. The Sr. Graphic Designer has the confidence to present to clients, articulate concepts, and possesses a keen aptitude for branding, identity creation, creative focus, and technical proficiency. As a collaborative team player, the Sr. Graphic Designer excels in deadline-oriented environments, understanding the dynamics of internal critiques and team meetings.

• Create superior, original designs for digital ads, banners, web site design (front end), landing pages, short graphic video’s, motion graphics, animated/static GIF’s, and print collateral. 
• Advise Sr Creative Manager on design considerations and liaise with internal creative team including designers to share ideas, techniques, and best practices. 
• Maintain positive working relationships with internal customers and internal creative team. 
• Proactively manage project schedule to avoid last-minute projects and rush points; keep Project owners apprised of status.
• Proactively seek out ways to improve consistency and effectiveness of visual communications for the company. Identify relevant media, technologies, and production processes that offer significant improvements in cost-effectiveness, production time, or communications impact. 
• Stay informed about company products, current graphic design trends and tools, and industry developments that may lead to future visual communications opportunities. 
• Collaborate and work individually to solve problems and offer creative visual design solutions
• Assists OTHER designers and the creative MANAGER in fulfilling the Creative Department’s design directives and deliverables, including corporate initiatives.
• Assists Creative Service Manager in defining goals, deliverables, and standards for design group.

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in the creative industry function as lead digital designer. 
• Bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent work experience (multimedia, graphic design. Interactive design, etc.,) 
• Online portfolio with engaging digital design work is required. 
• A solid academic background in graphic design techniques, theory, color palettes, and solid understanding of branding and style guides.
• EXCELLENT SKILLS in Adobe Suite products: Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Premier, After Effects, and other mainstream graphics and multimedia programs.
• Solid understanding of creative development for digital design; front-end development in Flash, HTML, CSS, or other front-end development technologies is a plus. 
• Thought leadership: A strong point of view; ability to contribute to the strategic development of an assignment; creative ideas and the ability to promote conceptual thinking among the team. 

Colibri Group welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, and we understand that not every candidate will meet every requirement listed in the job description. Research has shown that women and people of color may be less likely to apply to jobs unless they feel they meet every qualification, and we want to actively combat this bias in our hiring process. If you're excited about the role and believe you have the skills and experience to contribute to our team, we encourage you to apply, even if your background doesn't align perfectly with every qualification listed. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we believe that diversity of perspectives and experiences is essential to our success. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another position within our organization. Don't hesitate to take the leap and apply today!

Colibri Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Colibri Group prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.