Job Opening: Creative Lead

Name Brand Promotions in Boise has an opening for what they’re calling a Creative Lead. This is primarily a designer role that could ultimately lead to an art director role.

From the job description on their website:

We’ve grown quickly; frankly we intend to keep growing… quickly. Much of our growth has revolved around creativity. Great ideas, functional, well-received concepts. Innovative product. We have arrived at a moment, where we need a full-time designer.

We won’t promise the applicant a role that confines you to logo or brochure design. Instead, we’ll promise you an incredibly fast paced & varied role. From concept work on: marketing goods, product development, merchandise lines, head-ware design, sports merchandise, web-site development, e-retail store themes, pitch boards, as well as our own marketing initiatives; and of course, the aforementioned standard graphical duties. Creativity is intrinsic to our business plan, future growth and success. We are looking forward to having you on-board

Qualifications

  • Requires design degree and or 3 years experience in a design/studio environment.
  • Multi-skilled creative, who is as proficient with InDesign as they word-press. And just as importantly, a willingness to adapt and learn new software as the situation demands.
  • Excellent time-management & prioritization skills.
  • Willingness to ‘dive-in’ to other duties, should they arise.
  • Understanding of brand guidelines and how to still achieve uniqueness in and around them.

Full details about the position and how to apply can be found here.

Job Opening: Art Director at Oliver Russell

Oliver Russell in Boise is looking to add a full-time or freelance Art Director to their team. From the job listing on their website:

You love design—branding, packaging, interactive, etc. And because you love design, you’re prolific. You know what the word “prolific” means because you read books. And because you read books, you know there’s a lot more to the world than just marketing. You’d like to devote your talent to promote people and products that make life a little more interesting and a lot more sustainable—because the clients you’re working on today are slowly crushing your soul.

We’re Oliver Russell, a Boise Certified B Corp. that builds brands for purpose-driven companies. We’re growing and looking for a great designer with at least a few years of experience and a solid portfolio of branding, packaging, interactive and illustration work. We offer good pay and benefits like health insurance, wellness allowance, matching IRA contributions, paid volunteer time, and four-day weekends over Memorial Day and Labor Day. As a bicycle-friendly business, we’ll pay you to leave your car at home. Not so coincidentally, we were just selected as “Best in World for Workers 2015” by B Lab, the nonprofit organization that certifies B Corporations.

This is a full-time position, but we’re open to freelancers too. If this sounds like your cup of tea, please send your resume and work samples to info@oliverrussell.com. Show us you’re good. Show us you get it.

Desired skills:

  • CS Suite, MS Office
  • Coding for email blasts
  • Strong presentation skills
  • Decent writing skills
  • Motion graphics a plus
  • Experience in categories of food & beverage, sustainable technology, health & well-being a plus

Compensation DOE.

And in related news, they are still looking to add a PR Professional to their staff.

Job Openings at Drake Cooper

Drake Cooper is adding to their team again, this time on the digital side. They have openings for a Junior Developer and Interactive Designer. A little more detail on each:

Junior Developer

We are looking for a Junior WordPress/PHP developer who is dedicated to their craft, writes code that they are proud of, and can hit the ground running. We need this person to write beautiful code in a timely and scalable way that improves the code-base of our products in meaningful ways. This person will be a part of a digital team that is responsible for all aspects of the ongoing development from the initial specification, through developing, testing and deployment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Write “clean,” well designed scalable code
  • Troubleshoot, test and maintain the core product and databases to ensure strong optimization and functionality
  • Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle
  • Follow industry best practices

Interactive Designer

DESCRIPTION
We are looking for a talented Interactive Designer to create amazing user experiences. The ideal candidate should have an eye for clean and artful design, possess superior user interface design skills and be able to translate high-level requirements into interaction flows and artifacts, and transform them into beautiful, intuitive, and functional designs.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Execute all visual design stages from concept to markup
  • Conceptualize original ideas that bring simplicity and user friendliness to complex design roadblocks
  • Create wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows and site maps to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas
  • Present and defend designs and key milestone deliverables to peers and executive level stakeholders
  • Establish and promote design guidelines, best practices and standards

Full details and how to apply can be found in the respective job descriptions.