Marketing Graphic Designer

Company Description

True Food Kitchen is the chef-driven culinary destination rooted in nutritional science. Through wholesome, intentionally-sourced ingredients, we transform super foods to comfort foods that make you feel better with every bite.

Our Purpose:  Inspire people to eat better, feel better, and live better.

Job Description

The True Food Kitchen Graphic Designer is responsible for creating engaging and on-brand creative for a variety of visual mediums – including print and digital advertising, website, email, packaging, promotional collateral, environmental and more.  As the primary digital graphic designer within the marketing function, the goal is to inspire, capture the attention of and attract consumers with the right creative and the right message.  The graphic designer needs to have a creative flair and strong ability to translate direction and objectives into original designs with a strong attention to detail; must communicate well and work methodically as part of a team.  We’re looking for a flawless executor who is passionate about creating original, meaningful and effective designs. This designer must be comfortable creating social content and will be involved in ensuring our social platforms are relevant and strongly connect with our guests. The ideal portfolio will showcase experience in digital executions – conceptual design, advertising, email, website, and social.  This is a full-time position in the True Food Kitchen home office in Phoenix, AZ, reporting to the Creative Director. 

Principal Accountabilities:  

• Manage the brand identity, standards, and style through flawless design execution. Projects will focus on email, social, digital advertising and web but could also include in-store promotional collateral, exterior signage design; invitation design; training procedures and documents, hiring materials, etc. 

• Capture and edit content that is designed for social first. 

• Study and understand creative briefs and execute original designs with key objectives in mind. Must understand big picture strategy and recognize how design executions ladder up to the overarching creative strategy. 

• Execute projects from strategy and conceptual phase to production execution, interacting effectively with printers and other outside vendors. 

• Ability to work on larger ongoing projects and time-sensitive requests simultaneously; pivots quickly when necessary; and maintains an upbeat and positive attitude. 

• Champion the brand/creative development process as the brand continues to grow and evolve, and for any new extensions of the brand, new stores, etc. 

• Work with the marketing team to brainstorm creative ideas for small- and large-scale promotional marketing campaigns.  

• Work directly with project management team to manage incoming production requests and project timelines. 

• Effectively manage multiple projects, meet deadlines, and works well under pressure and within budget, consistently and efficiently. 

• Contribute creatively to strategic branding initiatives with the True Food Kitchen leadership team and across all departments.  

• Assist with developing brand guidelines, promotional templates, and provide support to other departments with design requests when needed.  

• Ensures all brand standards and processes are applied to every design and all production work. 

• Interact with a variety of teams/functions and accept feedback and requested changes. 

• Work with project manager to oversee the print process and vendor requirements to correctly prepare files for print. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, or related field. 

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience as a graphic designer, restaurant or agency experience preferred. 

• Expertise in current graphic design practices and software (Mac platforms and current Adobe Creative Suite). 

• Must have current social media examples and capture social content in restaurants, in kitchens, etc.  

• Solid understanding of deliverables, and the ability to take responsibility for them. 

• Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment and flexible when it comes to re-prioritizing tasks due to business demands. 

• Ability to receive design feedback, apply direction and work well under pressure and within budget. 

Additional Information

• Competitive Compensation Package with annual bonus
• Health and Wellness Benefits (medical, dental, eye & more)
• Pet Insurance for your fur babies
• 401K and TRUE Matching
• True Gold dining allowance
• Work-life balance with flexible PTO and 8 paid holidays
• Additional perks and discounts through Perkspot

Travel Requirements 0 – 10% 

If you’re excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we’re looking for, please go ahead and apply. You could be just what we need! We believe strongly in  creating supportive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, True Food Kitchen is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics under federal, state or local law.

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