THE POSITION

Are you a Graphic Designer extraordinaire looking to make a powerful impact with your creative skills? Look no further! Essential Oxygen, a beloved, triple bottom line, certified B Corp, natural CPG brand is excited to find a talented GRAPHIC DESIGN LEAD to join our team. You will be a key player in our marketing and creative team, shaping our brand identity and ensuring our products stand out on the shelves and online. Your creative flair will be integral in translating our mission into stunning visual concepts. This is a part-time position with potential to become full-time.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• The Graphic Designer will be responsible for conceptualizing, creating, and updating packaging, print material and digital assets. 

• Design and illustrate graphics, layouts, logos, across multiple applications: promotional material, packaging, social/web graphics, e-blasts, digital and print advertising, POS, sales support, trade show materials as well as B2B or B2C presentations, templates, etc.

• You will lead and collaborate on numerous creative projects from brief to concept and through production/print-ready artwork.

• Support the design and production of digital assets: Compose highly organized, detailed and accurate mechanicals for all final goods.

• Finalize and deliver clean production design files for all request types.

• Translate and utilize the brand style guide as a north star in all creative and execute performance assets.

• Refine processes to increase productivity and accuracy of execution.

• Manage our team production artist.

• All other duties as assigned.

MANDATORY SKILL

• Experience in digital and print design

• High proficiency with the Adobe Creative Suite: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign

• High proficiency in Canva and Adobe Express for the creation on social media assets

• Strong typography and hierarchy skills

• Deep understanding of our brand, its audiences to create and implement graphic design strategies to appeal to target consumers

• Creative with strong design and style sensibilities and versed in current graphic trends

• Detail oriented, meticulous, and excellent proofreading ability

WORKING STYLE

Adaptability: Comfortable taking direction and working within a team but can also work with minimal direction to complete projects

• Organized and flexible: can prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously and pivot readily as business needs shift

• Proactive about obstacles and accountable for results

• Creative and effective problem-solving

• Strong verbal and communication Collaborate with cross-functional teams to brainstorm and develop innovative design solutions

BONUS SKILLS

• Rendering expertise

• Photography skills

• Working knowledge of AI

• Work experience with similar CPG brands

• Shares passion for making the planet a better place

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Must be based in the U.S.

Must be available for meetings as needed between 9am - 5pm PST

ABOUT ESSENTIAL OXYGEN

As a purpose-driven, B-Corp certified company, Essential Oxygen sees this planet and its people beaming with optimal health and promotes this vision by creating truly effective and clean natural products. We have the #1 selling Natural Mouthwash and Topical First Aid Products on the market that is sold in natural food markets nationwide and beyond. Our social entrepreneurial project, called Planet Positive Initiatives, features an impactful environmental non-profit and donates to them each month. Bottom line, we want to use our company as a force for good.

COMPENSATION

Full Time: $35-45/hour DOE

Freelance: DOE

BENEFITS FOR FULL-TIME

• Excellent Healthcare (100% of premium covered)

• 10 days PTO first year

• 12 paid holidays

• Many more benefits aligned with B-Corp!

TO APPLY

Submit the following to kate@essentialoxygen.com 

• Resume

• Link to your portfolio or examples of your CPG work

• A paragraph about why you are a good fit for this position

• Contact info

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Essential Oxygen is committed to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization–from how we hire and support our employees to how we engage with suppliers, customers, and our community. We believe this commitment begins with our culture and internal workplace practices. These practices include, but are not limited to: hiring and recruiting, compensation and benefits, professional development and training, terminations and layoffs, and company programs and events. The objective of this policy is to create a safe and inclusive workplace for our employees and a welcoming, safe environment for our extended community. 

Anti-Racism Statement

At Essential Oxygen, we understand that we cannot achieve our vision of a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization without also doing our part to eliminate racism within our practices and relationships. Essential Oxygen is committed to actively creating an anti-racist company culture and prohibits any form of prejudice, discrimination, and marginalization of prospective and current employees, clients, vendors, and community members. Essential Oxygen is committed to continuous learning and improvement, and we will update this policy as we learn more.