Senior Designer
Our Opportunity:
Chewy is looking for a Senior Designer with a strong background in digital design and social media to join our Chewy Studios Team based in Plantation, FL. This is an incredible opportunity to be a pivotal part of a growing in-house creative department with potential to evolve and elevate the visual design practice at one of the fastest growing online retailers in the country. The role will serve as a core member of our Social and Programmatic marketing team, responsible for leading content development for Chewy’s social media pages including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and performance marketing channels.
Our ideal candidate will possess strong fundamental design skills, creative intelligence and a consumer-first, digital-first approach to design. You’re a self-starting designer with the ability to perform at a high level within a fast-paced, collaborative, ever-changing environment. In this role, you’ll support our social media and creative content, follow trends and look to permeate culture. The successful candidate is motivated to make an impact, highly creative, engaged, curious and passionate about social media and pop culture. This role will report into the Creative Director, Social & Programmatic in Plantation, FL.
What You'll Do:
- Execute various creative digital projects for Chewy’s social media pages, including TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other social platforms.
- Deliver stellar, pixel-perfect design that exhibits your creative abilities and mastery of fundamentals for digital media.
- Work cross-functionally and within the Social and Programmatic team to participate in all stages of the design process, communicate timelines and status, ensure the appropriate concepts, themes and messages are represented to align to stakeholders briefs and Chewy Brand Guidelines.
- Bring value to brainstorming and idea generating sessions through your contributions
- Proactively identify areas for improvement in existing design assets, share ideas with creative leadership and implement across design projects.
What You'll Need:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Communications or a related field.
- 5+ years of design experience within an external or in-house creative department; photo and video art direction and selection experience a plus.
- Ability to weave a narrative in presenting and communicating your concepts.
- Maintain best practices for file and server management, including the consistent application of naming conventions, file/folder organization, versioning control, and production specifications.
- Maintain Chewy brand guidelines and design standards.
- A keen eye for typography, composition and layout hierarchy to develop fresh and innovative designs; illustration skills a plus.
- Possess a positive attitude when working with colleagues, peers, and internal clients. Be solutions-oriented, and supportive in finding solutions to unexpected challenges.
- Experience with social media platforms and trends in social.
- Ability to self-manage; strong time management skills and pacing to meet deadlines.
- Ability to present ideas at the executive level, filter feedback with diplomacy and understanding.
- Ability to thrive under pressure in a busy, fast-paced environment balancing tight deadlines with great design while managing multiple projects simultaneously.
- Demonstrate proficiency in full Adobe Creative Suite required on a Mac OSX platform.
- A strong portfolio, a great attitude and work ethic, with a hunger to deliver exceptional creative.
- Portfolio and CV is a must. Along with your resume and cover letter, please submit links to your work with your application.
- Travel expectation – 10%
About Chewy Studios
We are the ultimate one-stop shop for creative at chewy.com. We concept, design, and create original brands and packaging and online assets. We concept social campaigns, banners and lead the design for all internal and external marketing efforts. We also shoot and style all of our own photography, video and television commercials. If you saw it out in the wild and it had the Chewy logo on it, Chewy Studios was there – from start to finish. With positions ranging from entry-level script writing and production graphic design work to senior creative concepting, producing and photography, Chewy Studios does it all, in-house, with pride from 3 locations in Boston MA, Dallas TX, and the mothership in Plantation, FL. If you love pets and crave working in an ultra-creative environment, give us a shout. We’re always interested in meeting new people – and their pets.
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