Graphic Designer - Contract

Job description

DESCRIPTION

At Kindle, our vision is to offer every book, ever written, in any language, in print or out of print, all available in less than 60 seconds. We work every day on behalf of customers and readers to solve complex technical and business problems with ingenuity, simplicity and the spirit of innovation that is part of our DNA—and we want you to help Kindle in our continuing mission to reinvent reading. We're making history, and we've only just begun. We are looking for a driven, talented, and experienced graphic designer to join our team, someone who is comfortable with all elements of ideation, graphic and visual design, and branding. In addition to strong graphic design skills, the candidate must have strong strategic and systems thinking, organizational skills, experience working on a design team, and acute attention to detail. They must have excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills and the ability to present and defend their design decisions to leadership. Key Responsibilities • Develop and strengthen brand assets including style and brand guidelines • Deliver high-quality, on-brand graphics to support a superior customer experience. • Maintain a set of design best practices and guidelines to reduce and minimize production efforts • Produce creative assets including graphics, templates, and layouts and visual standards for marketing activities across multiple channels. These include web, social media, events, email campaigns, and other activations. • Support your design work using insights from quantitative data and site metrics, segmentation and customer feedback • Quality control to ensure accuracy and a high creative bar. • Present work to team and key stakeholders for review, feedback, and approval. • Digital platform design experience and understanding for cross platform design guidelines.

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Required skills
Basic Qualifications • 4+ years of industry experience in graphics and visual design. • Bachelor's degree in design/relevant disciplines or equivalent work experience. • Proficiency with full Adobe creative suite • Extensive knowledge of Graphic Design, Print Design/Layout, Web Design and Development, with experience in design/development for both mobile and desktop applications. • Ability to drive the design process by independently defining requirements, scoping projects and prioritizing tasks. • Demonstrated strong visual design expertise with ability to produce fresh, simple, elegant and exceedingly usable layouts and interactions and iconography.