Mid-Weight/ Senior Graphic Designer

Our Company & Job Purpose:
Olivia Burton is a British accessories brand that stands for celebrating originality and embracing individuality. Creating covetable watches and jewellery, the Olivia Burton designs are inspired by everything from contemporary fashion trends to vintage finds and all things nature.
In July 2017 Olivia Burton was acquired by Movado Group, a $500m global watch group with watch licenses including Hugo Boss, Tommy Hilfiger, Coach and Lacoste. This acquisition positions Olivia Burton for accelerated global growth and today our mission is to become one of leading fashion ladies brand.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create and maintain a high-end commercial brand visual identity for Olivia Burton
• Responsible for creating impactful elevated designs which work across a variety of touch-points; digital, print, windows, seasonal campaigns, brochures, OOH, social media content
• Manage the design & development of brand guidelines, new product lookbooks, and key seasonal campaign toolkits to ensure consistency across global roll-outs
• Develop the concept mood boards & explorative creative ideas for new watch & jewellery launches
• Designs for digital elements to include video editing, gif creation & animation
• Commercially focused and able to actively consider how the creative input can translate to sales
• Research and stay on top of visual & market trends and produce conceptual designs and decks to present to the wider teams and management
• Present ideas & gain buy-in for the designs with Senior Management
• The ability to take on feedback regarding concepts/ ideation
• Working closely with internal Retail VM, Marketing, Product Development & Digital Teams
• Work proactively and use own initiative to ensure all jobs are completed on time and any critical dates and tight deadlines are met & communicated clearly
• Supporting the Senior Creative Designer on photoshoots, overseeing model and still life crops & supporting on 5* imagery

Skills:

• A self-starter with a can-do attitude to make things happen and who can adapt to new situations and offer creative solutions
• Out-standing Team Player, demonstrating excellent interpersonal & collaboration skills, with the ability to think creatively and to communicate effectively at all levels
• Highly organised, detail oriented who can multitask, working on several projects at once, under pressure and often with tight deadlines
• Flawless attention to detail
• Strong layout, typographic, visualising skills
• Ability to communicate graphic design concepts to internal teams
• Strong problem solving skills and the ability to think critically & analytically
• Exceptional file and asset management
• Willingness to learn new skills and assist and grow within the design team
• Flexible and adaptable to deal with change
• Strong ability to work autonomously

Requirements:

• 6+ years’ in a fashion retail design environment, with a solid understanding of commercial requirements
• Significant, demonstratable experience being part of a creative team, for watch & jewellery, accessories, fashion, retail or beauty Brands (in-house or agency)
• Strong portfolio demonstrating a diverse range of design projects & a high level of creativity and innovation
• Experience creating and managing Brand guidelines and toolkits
• Expert in Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign
• Strong Knowledge in other Adobe software especially After Effects & Premiere Pro
• Experience and knowledge of Figma and project managing tools such as Trello and Asana a bonus
• Experience in setting up and exporting print and digital assets correctly
• Giff creation & video editing
• Illustrative skills for new prints and designs a bonus
• Knowledge of current design trends, industry best practices & emerging technologies
• Fashion forward, strong creative eye for detail and new trends, colour palettes

What we offer:

• Competitive salary package
• 25 days annual leave
• Private Health care, life insurance and Income Protection
• Company pension scheme

Movado Group, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. It prohibits discrimination based on age, color, disability, marital or parental status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status or any other legally protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.