Graphic Designer II – 12 Month FTC in Manchester

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, Power Point)
• 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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