Junior Designer (Brand)

Junior Designer (Brand) Location Hybrid remote in Secaucus, NJ :

Who We Are

Freshpet is the leading fresh food for dogs and cats in the US. At Freshpet, we believe our four-legged friends deserve the best, and we are on a mission to awaken the world to a better way of feeding our pets. In 2006, we were the first to challenge an industry that was the same for over 50 years. We set out to create the freshest and healthy food for pets; food that's closer to its natural state, that's delicious to eat and easier for pets to digest and absorb vital nutrients. Just fresh, whole ingredients, gently cooked without preservatives, and kept refrigerated where meats belong. Today we are available at grocery, mass and pet stores in Freshpet brand fridges across the US, Canada and Europe. We're also available through all major online fresh food retailers.

We started off with a mission to change the way pet parents feed dogs and cats, but we also wanted to be a company that had a thoughtful approach to how we operate. We wanted to do things differently, make great products but be gentle to the planet, good to the people who touch our business, and leave a positive impact with everything we do. We work hard every day to ensure that the original vision is met, starting with making the highest quality foods in our kitchens to running our business with integrity, transparency, and social and environmental responsibility. IT'S AMAZING WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU START COMPLETELY FRESH!

What You Will Do

Freshpet is looking for a junior designer to assist in creative services our team provides to the organization, which includes many ways to impact the business from advertising and social media development, to photoshoot planning, and on set art direction. This role will be an integral part in scaling our creative services, and building a stronger brand online and offline.

How You Will Make An Impact

• Collaborate with the digital and marketing team to brainstorm ideas and bring creative concepts to life across needs for organic social, retail, ecommerce, and offline. Work closely with internal teams to understand project requirements, specs, and deliver designs on time, on brand, and on budget
• Manage and support the creative team from a heavy production standpoint and help to resize assets for advertising needs, check against platform safe areas, and uphold high attention to detail
• Develop ideas and bring to life creative concepts and video ideas for social media from both an organic and paid perspective
• Be a brand steward, obsessing over the details to ensure 100% brand consistency
• Work with the creative team to develop mood boards as needed for photoshoots, and assist in person for ongoing photoshoots, pack product for shoots, pack props for shoots and assist in all planning and on set for video and photo shoots
• Help the team to organize all assets and deliver final assets to different teams across the organization
• Self-manage weekly workload, prioritizing work as needed across multiple projects and client teams simultaneously and meeting tight deadlines without compromising quality
• Work with the creative team to update brand guidelines

What You Will Bring

• Ability to work in the office 2 days a week (current location is Secaucus, NJ, however we will be relocating to Bedminster, NJ in Q2 2024)
• Bachelor's degree ideally in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, or related field and must have an available online portfolio
• Minimum 1-2+ years of professional experience at an agency or in-house creative environment
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator), Figma, and other relevant design software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google products)
• Mastery of type, color, and composition, and a demonstrable interest in advertising, design, and digital trends
• Someone who loves pets, and is comfortable around dogs
• A passion for design and creative work
• Highly organized and methodical with eye for detail
• Possess great communication skills

Bonus points

• Proficiency with video and editing, after effects
• Working knowledge of figma
• Experience with e-commerce (amazon), CMS website and email editing tools

What We Offer

At Freshpet, we offer a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package, including medical, dental and vision insurance, basic and optional life insurance, short- and long-term disability protection, flexible spending accounts, and a 401(k) plan with company match, paid parental leave, pet insurance, tuition assistance, a generous PTO plan and so much more!

Our Commitment to a Diverse Workforce:

At Freshpet, we embrace and encourage our employees' differences in age, sex, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.

Freshpet aims to foster, cultivate and preserve a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our employees are our most valuable assets. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture, but our reputation and company's achievement as well. Freshpet is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Disclaimers

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.

Freshpet is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Freshpet via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Freshpet. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Freshpet as a result of the referral or through other means.