Digital Designer (Hybrid)

About This Role

As the Digital Designer, you are responsible for the creative execution of concepts and designs for a wide range of marketing materials, including email, social media, website, and more. You will work alongside your design and copy peers and will produce visually compelling concepts that are on brand, execute to the creative strategy, and ensure that projects are completed on established scheduled targets. You have a growth mindset, can operate in a fast-paced environment, and are comfortable navigating in the gray. Above all, you’re a problem solver who is highly motivated to see the impact and potential in given projects for the Ace brand overall.

What You’ll Do

• Responsible for the concept and design of various omni-channel communications, from intake through to delivery

• Collaborates with Creative Manager, Sr. Designers, peers, and partners to identify project needs, produce compelling concepts, and deliver finished product to support the brand objective

• Demonstrates the ability to push ideas, innovate, evolve the brand, and make suggestions pertaining to the identification of critical elements and alternatives to implement the most appropriate solution

• Manage your own workload, keep projects tasks on time and keeping Creative Manager and project managers up to date on project statuses

• Strong organizational skills and an ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects. Adheres to all standards and SOPs, including processes, file naming conventions, artwork release methods, appropriate electronic filing of artwork on server, and working effectively in our project management system

• Applies broad knowledge of workflows, digital asset management, problem solving, designing and quality control to handle assigned projects with minimal supervision

• Works on projects that are moderately complex to high concept and non-routine but can also jump in to support peers and help move along production jobs

• Stay abreast of the latest trends, cultural movements, and creative expressions in the digital market

Who You Are

You have a creative drive with a marketing mindset and a goal to be the most helpful hardware store on the planet. You know how to visually tell a story in digital mediums that help build the brand, increase conversion to purchase, and grow loyalty for the Ace Brand.

Required Skills

• Bachelor degree in discipline related to functional work OR demonstrated ability to meet the job requirements through a comparable number of years of applicable work experience.

• Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience.

• In-house creative agency work with a knowledge of marketing best practices is preferred, but not mandatory.

• Ability to solve moderate to more complex problems by analyzing variables and applying appropriate solutions learned through experience and proficiency in understanding the job.

• Ability to provide creative concepts and understand a high-level of retail advertising.

• Positive, motivated, collaborative team player.

• Ability to manage multiple projects at a time while paying close attention to detail.

• Requires good communication skills with ability to state messages in a clear manner by using language that is easy for others to understand.

• Must be able to proactively listen to others to understand issues and situations. Must be able to comprehend and clearly articulate business needs.

• Comfortable in fast-paced, high-pressure situations with quick, real-time problem-solving skills.

• Must be very well versed on Macintosh platform (OSX) and industry standard applications: Figma, Illustrator and Photoshop; with a working knowledge of InDesign, Office applications: PowerPoint, Word and Excel.

• Must have knowledge of prepress methods in order to produce printable artwork.

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Compensation Details:

$73000 - $90000

Why should you join our team?

We live our values - W.E.L.I.G.H.T (Winning, Excellence, Love, Integrity, Gratitude, Humility, and Teamwork). Gratitude. Humility. Love. You don’t often see values like these in most corporate statements, but Ace is different. These things are important to us. They represent our commitment to the company, our employees, to Ace retailers and to the Ace brand.

In addition to providing our employees a great culture, Ace also offers competitive benefits* that address life’s necessities and perks, many of which expand and improve year after year, including:

• Incentive opportunities, based on role/grade level (rapid company growth over the past 5 years resulted in incentives being paid out at an average of 126% of your target opportunity!)
• Generous 401(k) retirement savings plan with company contributions, averaging 9.6% per year of eligible earnings over the past 5 years
• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision and disability – up to 26 weeks short-term disability and long-term disability) & life insurance benefits for you and your dependents
• 21 days of vacation immediately available (prorated in the first year) and up to 6 paid holidays depending on the month of hire
• Company Car, phone and fuel card are provided for field-based positions
• Your career at Ace is more than just a job. It’s a chance to be part of something meaningful. We help locally-owned businesses thrive and make an impact in their communities – and we support our employees in doing the same by offering an annual Ace Cares Week, 20 hours off work per year to volunteer at an organization of your choice, opportunities to help Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and the Ace Helpful Fund through the Ace Foundation
• Ace invests in every employee we hire, with a key focus on development and coaching. We offer on-site classes, facilitator-led courses, and a generous tuition assistance program, plus a performance management approach that goes beyond the typical annual review
• We know the work environment matters. That’s why Ace holds frequent campus events like Employee Appreciation Week, vendor demos, cookouts, and merchandise sales
• We bring them to you! Services such as mobile spas, auto maintenance, car wash and detailing, dry cleaning, dentists, eye doctors, flu shots, recycling and more!
• Employee discounts on Ace merchandise (including top brands like Weber, Traeger, Yeti, Craftsman, DeWalt and more), travel, fitness, computers and thousands more
• Birth/Adoption bonding paid time off
• Adoption cost reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – access to free visits to therapists and lawyers, guidance on financial matters, elder and childcare, and assistance with tickets to entertainment events
• Identity theft protection

* Benefits are provided in compliance with applicable policies.

We want to hear from you!
When most people think of career opportunities with Ace Hardware, they often think of the helpful cashiers and sales associates at their local store. However, have you also considered the people behind the scenes who select, promote, ship and process the invoices for more than 75,000 products? Maybe you haven't, but we'd like you to. Because together we help our customers take care of their homes. Come find out why a career with the Ace Hardware Corporation is one of America's best kept secrets.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Ace Hardware Corporation and its subsidiaries are committed to a policy of promoting equal employment opportunities. The company recognizes the importance of diversity and leveraging the skills and talents of all people to the mutual advantage of each individual and the organization. The company is committed to the prevention of employment discrimination related to race, religion, color, sex (including sexual harassment), gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, disability and military or veteran status, sexual orientation or any other action covered by federal or applicable state/local laws.

Disclaimer

The pay range for this position starts as listed in the job posting, but could be higher based on education and experience. Please note, compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each opening. We take into consideration the minimum requirements outlined in the job description, such as an individual’s education, training and experience, the position’s work location, required travel (if any), and external market conditions when determining the final salary for potential new hires.

Be aware that salary estimates published via alternate online job boards may not be a true representation of the actual pay range offered for this position. Please refer to the Ace position description for the accurate starting pay range information and feel free to discuss this with a Talent Acquisition professional if you are chosen to move forward with an interview.

This written “Position Description” is not intended to cover all aspects of the position listed. It is meant to cover the basic/general essential job functions of a particular position. Ace Hardware Corporation reserves the right to change job duties, including essential job functions, according to business necessity.