Responsibilities
- Lead creative ideation and original graphic concept development for apparel.
- Conduct trend and market research to inform design direction and ensure relevance.
- Apply a consumer-focused approach to ensure designs resonate with target audiences.
- Translate concepts into production-ready graphics across apparel, headwear, and jersey categories.
- Roll-out designs across Fanatics’ license partners and create overviews for partner & buyer presentations.
- Managing the graphics adopted for the international market from the US market.
- Build out licensing sheets and related work in collaboration with the Licensing Team.
- Execute decoration changes involving any size or technique change.
- Support and partner with Design Managers/Leads to replicate apparel design templates.
- Responsible for creating computer generated and/or full colour graphics output.
Requirements
- Must have intermediate to advanced level experience with Adobe Creative Suite
- Functional computer skills and familiarity with MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Familiarity with Pantone Matching System
- Understanding fonts, typefaces, and ability to cross reference, match, and replicate
- Demonstrate some apparel embellishment knowledge
- Ability to thrive and deliver results in a fast paced, deadline driven environment
- Works well collaboratively with a team as well as individually
- Sports fan, a plus
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Hard Skills
- graphic design
- apparel design
- decoration techniques
- consumer-focused design
- apparel embellishment
- concept development
- trend research
- production-ready graphics
- color graphics output
- typeface matching
Soft Skills
- attention to detail
- communication skills
- collaboration
- ability to thrive in fast-paced environments
- results-driven
- creativity
- problem-solving
- adaptability
- teamwork
- independence
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Graphic Designer II – 12 Month FTC in Manchester employer: Fanatics, Inc.
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