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At Brooks Running, we believe in the transformative power of the run. Let's Run There.
The Role
The Digital Designer will create digital content and assets, collaborate with UX and copywriting teams, and manage multiple projects to engage the running community.
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Who We Are:
At Brooks, we believe movement is the key to feeling more alive. That’s why we’re driven to create gear and experiences that take people to the place that makes them feel more alive — whether it’s a headspace, a feeling, or a finish line.
Everyone who works at Brooks is propelled by a company culture that sparks excitement, fuels collaboration, inspires creativity, and ignites innovation.
Our brand values help bond us together and drive our success:
· Runner First
We act in the best interest of the runner
· Word is Bond
We do what we say we’ll do
· Champion Heart
We give our all in everything we do
· There is no “I” in Run
We stay generous with our humanity
· Keep Moving
We find ways to move every day, because joy is kinetic!
We welcome everyone from every walk of life looking to inspire others through the power of movement — because we’re all moving towards something. Let’s run there.
Your Job:
The Brooks Creative team imagines/designs/curates/manifests creative concepts, campaigns, and assets that define and express the Brooks brand. Web, digital, events, print, retail, packaging – even porta potties – are our canvas and runners are our inspiration. Our growing team seeks a Digital Designer to develop digital marketing creative to support eCommerce, articles, CRM, social, and more.
As the Digital Designer at Brooks, you will bring your creative vision, energy, and runner insight to make Brooks the brand runners love. You must be ready to drive any project that comes your way, from concept development, layout, designing final assets, and collaborating with partners in copywriting, art direction, UX, and developers that inspires runners and the run community.
The ideal Digital Designer is curious, collaborative, has a keen design eye, and geeks out on user data to inform design decisions. You are all about pixel-perfect design that is knee-deep in the Brooks brand, you build desire for Brooks gear and are honed to attract new runners to Brooks.
Your Responsibilities
- Create exceptional digital designs for brand and product content (which includes display visuals, page content, display advertising, social content, motion/animation work) for brooksrunning.com, vendors, interactive retail experiences, and future Brooks digital products.
- Create designs in Figma for internal presentation of concept directions in mobile and desktop environments.
- Create static and motion content to drive product conversion and brand engagement on brooksrunning.com, CRM, vendor, and social channels.
- Ability to problem solve the business needs with multiple designs and concepts, with revisions happening under short timelines.
- Continually develop your design presentation and strategic skills; push your thinking beyond current projects with an understanding of how digital design solutions made today can affect future applications.
- Partner with UX designers for exceptional user interactions.
- Partner with copywriters to develop content for all digital channels.
- Work on multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
- Gain and maintain a current and deep understanding of the product, target audience, and competitor activities in the market.
- Actively contribute to workflow improvements that enable the team to develop best in class digital creative.
- Take initiative and have ownership in project tasks, utilize creative problem solving, talk shop, ask questions, speak up, have a point of view, think strategically, champion the importance of detail, have fun, wear many hats, roll up your sleeves, and cultivate optimism.
Qualifications:
- An online design portfolio demonstrating best-in-class layout, typography, and conceptual skills; please add your online portfolio link at the top of your resume when applying
- Bachelor’s degree in related field; equivalent years of experience can be considered in lieu of degree(s)
- 3+ years of experience as a graphic designer, digital designer, or visual designer
- Ability to illustrate a plus!
- Must have a working understanding of the digital design spaces
- Proficient in Figma, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and After Effects
- Experience in mobile-first, responsive web environments
- Experience in Motion graphics and/or relevant animation experience
- Experience building wireframes that are informed by research, user stories, and content strategy
- Ability to communicate design choices in HTML/CSS as relevant with the ability to prototype is a big plus!
- Excellent interpersonal skills that inspire and build trust and effective working relationships
- Fast and efficient, with proven project/time management skills; committed to meeting deadlines
- Able to work both independently within a team environment, and collaboratively with diverse teams to achieve necessary results
- Embraces and lives the Brooks values!
Compensation: The pay range for this position, based out of the Brooks Seattle HQ, is $70,007 - $105,064 per year. Base pay offered will vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Other: Brooks is proud to offer a robust benefits package to our employees and their families!
Benefits- including medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance, HSA and employer contribution, FSA, family & fertility assistance, 401K Savings Plan and match, employee assistance program, and transportation assistance.
Paid Time Off- Brooks offers generous time off including three to five weeks of paid time off, eleven paid holidays, paid sick and parental leave.
Bonus- in addition to base pay, Brooks employees may also be offered an annual bonus based on company performance.
Perks- including product discounts, employee recognition, fitness discounts, volunteer and donation benefits.
Location- You will spend 3 days per week in our Seattle offices, as we believe our organization flourishes when connections, collaboration, creativity, problem-solving, and celebrations happen in person.
At Brooks, we celebrate diversity & equity. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment, and encourage people of all backgrounds, perspectives, experiences, and skills to apply. Brooks is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, two-spirit identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, the presence of a physical, mental, or sensory disability, marital status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), caste, citizenship or immigration status, honorably discharged veteran or military status, actual or perceived victims of domestic violence, harassment, sexual assault or stalking, HIV or Hepatitis C infection, political ideology, use of a trained service animal by a person with a disability, or on any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law, or any other non-merit based factors.
Top Skills
Adobe Photoshop
After Effects
CSS
Figma
HTML
Illustrator
Indesign
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The Company
What We Do
Brooks’ purpose is to inspire everyone to run their path by creating the best performance gear and experiences in the world while taking responsibility for our impact on people and the planet. Since 1914, we’ve been propelled by a never-ending curiosity with how humans move. Because, to us, movement is the key to feeling more alive. We’re all moving towards something. Whether it’s a headspace, a feeling, or a finish line.
Why Work With Us
Everyone at Brooks is propelled by a company culture that sparks excitement, fuels collaboration, inspires creativity, and ignites innovation. Our brand values bond us together to drive our success. This means we solve for the runner, do what we say we will, give it our all, are generous with our humanity, and find a way to keep moving every day.
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