Get Ready to Run With Runnings
Runnings is looking for a creative, detail-oriented, and digitally minded E-Commerce Graphic Designer to join our team at our Retail Support Center in Marshall, Minnesota. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the online shopping experience for customers across the country through engaging, conversion-focused creative that drives traffic, increases sales, and strengthens the Runnings brand.
We're seeking a designer who thrives in a fast-paced, high-energy, collaborative environment and enjoys combining creativity with digital performance. From homepage features and promotional campaigns to email marketing and digital advertising, you'll create customer-focused experiences that help shoppers discover products and connect with our brand.
If you're passionate about digital design, e-commerce, user experience, and bringing products to life online, we'd love to hear from you.
Location: Onsite, Runnings Retail Support Center, Marshall, MN
Employment Type: Full-Time
Why This Role Is Special
Shape the Online Customer Experience
Your work will directly impact how customers shop, browse, and engage with Runnings.com across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.
Fast-Paced & Creative
Work on a variety of projects including homepage promotions, category launches, email campaigns, seasonal events, digital advertising, and website enhancements.
Career-Building Opportunity
Develop valuable skills in e-commerce, digital merchandising, user experience, design strategy, and online retail while working alongside experienced marketing and digital professionals.
Make an Immediate Impact
Your designs won't just look good. They'll help drive engagement, improve conversion, generate sales, and support business growth.
Collaborative Environment
Work closely with E-Commerce, Marketing, Digital Marketing, Buyers, IT, and external partners to bring digital campaigns and promotional strategies to life.
What You'll Do
Website Design & Digital Production
- Create digital assets and website creative that support promotional campaigns, merchandising initiatives, and business objectives.
- Design homepage graphics, category banners, collection imagery, landing pages, promotional tiles, and web content.
- Apply strong visual design principles including typography, layout, color, imagery, hierarchy, accessibility, and user experience.
- Optimize creative assets for desktop, mobile, and tablet experiences.
- Prepare production-ready digital files that meet platform and performance requirements.
Digital Merchandising & Product Promotion
- Create compelling promotional content that showcases products, pricing, offers, and calls to action.
- Collaborate with Buyers, Marketing, and E-Commerce teams to support promotional and seasonal campaigns.
- Help create engaging customer experiences that support product discovery and online sales.
- Ensure creative content aligns with merchandising priorities and business goals.
Campaigns, Email & Digital Marketing
- Design assets for email campaigns, paid advertising, social media, website promotions, and digital marketing initiatives.
- Create responsive graphics optimized for multiple digital platforms and devices.
- Support campaign launches with high-quality creative assets delivered accurately and on schedule.
- Develop image treatments, promotional modules, and marketing creative that capture customer attention.
Project Management & Quality Control
- Manage multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines in a fast-moving retail environment.
- Review and proof digital content for accuracy, spelling, pricing, links, offers, disclaimers, and branding.
- Test creative assets across desktop and mobile experiences.
- Ensure consistency in visual quality, performance, accessibility, and user experience.
- Communicate proactively regarding timelines, requirements, dependencies, and project status.
Brand & Digital Asset Management
- Maintain consistency with Runnings brand standards and website design guidelines.
- Organize and manage digital assets, templates, source files, images, and reusable creative resources.
- Ensure proper naming, version control, storage, and asset management practices.
- Recommend opportunities to improve creative processes, website consistency, conversion performance, and efficiency.
What We're Looking For
Digital Design Expertise
Strong understanding of digital design principles, responsive layouts, typography, user experience, accessibility, and e-commerce best practices.
- Adobe Creative Cloud Skills
Proficiency in:- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Bonus Experience
- Preferred experience with:
- Sigma
- Website design systems
- User interface design
- Content management systems
- E-commerce platforms
- Detail-Oriented Mindset
Ability to maintain accuracy across pricing, promotions, links, disclaimers, product information, and digital production specifications. - Project Management Skills
Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines while maintaining quality and consistency. - Communication & Collaboration
Ability to work effectively with Marketing, E-Commerce, Buyers, IT, vendors, and digital partners to execute projects successfully. - Problem-Solving Ability
Comfortable adapting to changing priorities, technical limitations, campaign updates, and time-sensitive business needs.
- Preferred experience with:
Preferred Qualifications
- Associate's or Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design, Digital Media, Visual Communications, Marketing, or a related field preferred.
- Two or more years of graphic design, e-commerce design, digital marketing, website design, or related experience preferred.
- Relevant internship experience may be considered.
- Portfolio demonstrating strong digital, e-commerce, website, promotional, and responsive design work required.
- Experience with retail, e-commerce, digital merchandising, email marketing, or multi-channel campaigns preferred.
- Microsoft Office proficiency, including Excel.
What Success Looks Like
Successful E-Commerce Graphic Designers at Runnings:
- Deliver engaging, customer-focused digital creative on time.
- Create responsive assets that perform across desktop and mobile platforms.
- Maintain high standards for visual design, accuracy, accessibility, and brand consistency.
- Support conversion-focused merchandising and promotional initiatives.
- Complete revisions efficiently while meeting project deadlines.
- Build strong partnerships across departments and contribute to continuous improvement efforts.
Work Environment
- Professional office environment located at the Runnings Retail Support Center in Marshall, MN.
- Frequent use of Adobe Creative Cloud, content management systems, Microsoft Office, project management software, and digital design tools.
- Regular collaboration with E-Commerce, Marketing, Buyers, Digital Marketing, IT, vendors, and agency partners.
- Fast-paced workload driven by promotional events, website launches, campaign deadlines, seasonal initiatives, and retail priorities.
Physical Requirements
- Extended periods working at a computer and reviewing digital creative across desktop and mobile platforms.
- Ability to communicate effectively in person, virtually, and through written communication.
- Occasional standing, walking, reaching, and lifting up to 10 pounds.
- Ability to occasionally work a flexible schedule to support website launches, promotional updates, campaign deployments, and business needs.
Benefits
- Competitive Pay
- Employee Discount
- Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- 401(k) with Company Match
- Professional Development Opportunities
- Career Growth & Advancement Potential
- Collaborative Team Environment
About Runnings
For more than 75 years, Runnings has been committed to providing quality products and exceptional customer service throughout the Midwest and Northeast. As a family-owned retailer with more than 90 store locations and over 3,500 team members, we proudly serve customers with products for homes, farms, ranches, pets, hunting, fishing, outdoor recreation, hardware, and rural lifestyles.
At Runnings, we believe in hard work, integrity, innovation, and community involvement. If you're looking for an opportunity to combine creativity, technology, and business impact while helping shape the future of our online customer experience, Get Ready to Run With Runnings.
Runnings is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Equal Opportunity EmployerThis employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.
Skills Required
- Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe InDesign
- Portfolio demonstrating strong digital, e-commerce, website, promotional, and responsive design work
- Strong understanding of digital design principles, responsive layouts, typography, user experience, accessibility, and e-commerce best practices
- Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines while maintaining quality and consistency
- Ability to collaborate effectively with Marketing, E-Commerce, Buyers, IT, vendors, and digital partners
- Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Digital Media, Visual Communications, Marketing, or a related field
- Two or more years of graphic design, e-commerce design, digital marketing, website design, or related experience
- Experience with Sigma, website design systems, user interface design, content management systems, or e-commerce platforms
- Experience with retail, e-commerce, digital merchandising, email marketing, or multi-channel campaigns
- Microsoft Office proficiency, including Excel
- Relevant internship experience
Runnings Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Runnings and has not been reviewed or approved by Runnings.
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Flexible Benefits — Scheduling flexibility and the employee discount are occasionally highlighted as positives even when other aspects of compensation are viewed as average. Feedback suggests these elements can make roles more workable for students or part-time workers.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan is listed among offerings. Feedback suggests this forms part of a standard package for eligible full-time employees.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Employee discounts of up to 25% are available to team members and immediate family. Feedback suggests the discount is appreciated but not sufficient to offset concerns about base pay.
Runnings Insights
What We Do
We are Runnings, your home, farm and outdoor store, with 57 stores and over 2700 employees. To view job opportunities currently open across our company, visit www.runnings.com/careers. We are a highly successful, rapidly growing family-owned, general merchandise retail company. And, we want you to join our team. The Runnings story begins on December 5th, 1947, when founder Norman “Red” Running opened the first store in downtown Marshall, Minnesota. Runnings started as an automotive supply store, but quickly expanded its product mix to sell farm and fleet equipment and supplies. The company would continue on a slow path of growth until 1988 when a group involving Dennis and Adele Reed purchased the company. Under the Reed’s leadership, Runnings has grown from 8 stores in 2 states to 56 stores in 8 states including Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa, Connecticut, North Dakota, Montana, New York and New Hampshire. Over the past 6 decades, Runnings has not only changed in store count, but the selection of products our stores sell. We work very hard to offer a fair price on quality, durable and trusted merchandise including clothing, footwear, automotive, sporting goods, farm supplies, lawn and garden, toys, housewares, tools, pet and animal supplies and more. The Runnings team is now over 2,700 strong and the company continues to call Marshall home to its corporate office and flagship store. The company has undergone incredible change over the years, but one thing that will never be compromised is owner Dennis and Adele Reed’s commitment to serving the needs of our customers. We are Runnings, your home, farm and outdoor store.
