Graphic Designer

You will:

• Create visual assets using ingenuity, passion, and restraint to bring beautiful and impactful design to life, primarily across digital channels (social, email and paid ad marketing, website, etc.)
• Apply Blue Bottle style guidelines consistently across all of your projects to maintain a cohesive brand experience
• Report to the Senior Design Director and collaborate with fellow designers, writers, art directors, and internal stakeholders to deliver assets on time and of high quality
• Partner with Brand Marketing and E-Commerce teams to plan and deliver strategic marketing campaign assets from concept through execution
• Approach design projects from both brand-centric and user-experience perspectives
• Handle minor retouching for product photography to meet digital specs and sizing requirements
• Take on projects of all sizes, from day-to-day design updates and spanning to campaign concepting
• Contribute to the development of best practices, techniques, and tools to optimize team efficiency

You are:

• A passionate advocate for simplicity, restraint, and elegance as a design aesthetic
• Inspired by collaboration: you work best in a participatory team environment
• Deeply empathetic, always taking the viewpoint of our guests and how to delight them while upholding brand standards
• A professional: you are serious about your work without taking yourself too seriously
• Invigorated by feedback: you seek it out, receive it gracefully, and incorporate it into your process to create ever-more beautiful design work
• Delightful to work with, always bringing a sense of humor and infectious ‘can-do’ attitude
• Comfortable with ambiguity and adept at pivoting on direction and priorities for projects
• Skilled at managing multiple projects of varying levels of complexity and scope at once

You have:

• A link to your portfolio (including password on resume if applicable), a cover letter, and a resume that includes three professional references
• 5+ years of digital design experience, focused on one or more of the following: Brand systems, responsive design for web (mobile and desktop), E-Commerce web design, UX/UI, paid and organic social, email design
• Bachelor’s and/or graduate degree in a design discipline (e.g. Graphic, UI/UX) or related field
• An understanding of digital trends and best practices for responsive web design, with a familiarity of HTML and CSS (base understanding of possibilities and limitations)
• Proficiency using Adobe Creative Suite (namely Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, After Effects)
• Proficiency designing web pages in Figma
• Experience with minor retouching to tailor images for digital executions
• Experience with motion graphics
• An expert eye for color and typography
• Experience with CPG industry/projects is a plus
• Last but not least, a deep love for great coffee, food, and exceptional guest experiences

Physical Requirements:

• The following is a list of the physical activity, requirements, and environmental factors related to this role. Blue Bottle is committed to partnering with all candidates and employees to ensure reasonable accommodations are made to meet the following:
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word;
• Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication.
• Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal and written documentation
• Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Occasionally walking, climbing stairs, and standing occur in this role.
• Environment: this role is protected within a building, but may be exposed to mild changes in temperature with heating or air conditioning.
• With addition for traveling roles: This role requires travel up to 15%. Additional walking, stooping, sitting, and mobility may be required. Exposure to outside environmental elements may be experienced due to travel through airports, airplanes, and in between facilities.

A few benefits we offer:

• Health, dental, and vision coverage for eligible employees starting on your first day
• 401(k) plan
• Paid time off
• Free drinks at any of our cafes and a complimentary bag of beans to take home each week
• Discounts on any Blue Bottle food items and merchandise
• This position has a minimum salary of $80,000. This salary is a good-faith estimate for this position. The final salary offer will be determined after reviewing relevant factors, which include a candidate's qualifications and experience, where appropriate.