Graphic / Packaging Designer

About the jobWe are looking for a creative Graphic / Packaging Designer who is passionate about educational toys to join our team!Viahart was founded in 2010. We are an innovative educational toy company. We design, manufacture, and distribute plush, active play products, and building toys. Our company's goal is to inspire capability and confidence in children. Our brands include the building toy Brain Flakes, the plush line TigerHart Toys, the racket game Goodminton, and the Aquapella brand of swimming products. Our products have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, on television (CNBC and NBC), and in the New York Times. We are a growing company and we hope to continue that growth with you joining our team!If you think you would be a great candidate, apply by taking this test (it takes 5 minutes; make sure to use a working e-mail): https://assessment.predictiveindex.com/6R70/78064473-1186-47e3-bb04-b327d1437071?type=candidatebaJob TitleGraphic / Packaging DesignerJob responsibilitiesPrimary responsibilities

• Graphic design
• Packaging artwork design (boxes, booklets, instructions)
• Logo design
• Designing Artwork for Online marketing (social media, email, website, etc.)
• Managing photographers who will take photos of our products
• Creating marketing images with simple text and product photos
• Doing market research to understand how other companies communicate customer benefits and what aesthetics or designs are succeeding in the market
• Organizing files, images, folders, etc. so we can find our work later

Secondary responsibilities

• (Experience not required as long as you are passionate and eager to learn)
• Designing stuffed animals and other plush
• DIY Product photography
• Filming videos
• Editing video for social media (vertical) or advertisement/product explainer videos (horizontal)
• Online marketing (Taking simple photos and filming/editing simple videos for our social media and website, email campaigns, etc.)

Job requirements

• High integrity
• You should be passionate about plush animals and building toys
• Pragmatic; for example, while design is important, our products must sell, and should be designed as such
• Clear written and spoken English communication
• You must be able to understand each of our brands’ aesthetics
• You must be able to recreate those aesthetics with your own work
• You must appreciate our mission to educate children through our toy products!

Location

• This is a work-from-home (or a work-from-a-coworking-office-space) position
• You must be able to join our 9 AM Texas time semi-weekly meeting (lasts not more than 30 minutes)

Skill requirements

• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• Familiarity with using AI tools
• Attention to detail
• Time management

Compensation and benefits

• This job will start at $40,000 a year, but is negotiable
• You will be paid $1534 every 2 weeks
• You will be paid in US Dollars
• This is a full-time job with 40 hours of good work per week on average
• Bonuses are given at the beginning of every February BASED ON MERIT. These range from 0% to 15% of yearly salary.
• 10 working days of paid time off (aka 2 weeks) will be offered. You will get your vacation after a 3 month probationary period.
• The US holidays of Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Years Day are paid holidays. They are not deducted from your vacation.
• You will need to work on Black Friday, Christmas Eve (you leave early), and New Years Eve (you leave early).
• Our company’s employment philosophy is we never want good people to quit. We will design a job that is an overlap of what you like, what you’re good at and what we need.
• We believe that the best workers MUST EARN MORE
• We do not offer health insurance
• You are responsible for paying taxes in your home country

Why you’ll love working with us:

• Company is financially strong
• We have big dreams to be an internationally renowned company AND one with a mission that you can be proud of. That means growing opportunities for you!
• We are innovative. We do things that no one else does and that’s really cool. We don’t want to be like everyone else, we want to be unique and do stuff that no one else has done before!
• Whenever we hire, our goal isn’t just to fill the position; it is to raise the bar with a new hire who inspires everyone else to work harder and be better
• We pay our employees above market and we give raises and bonuses.
• We write “direct communication” and this job post is direct, but we believe in training our people.
• We want to work with you for your entire career.
• We have open communication and you can disagree with your superiors. Management will not always agree with you but they promise to listen.
• I tried to think of some joke to write here but couldn’t think of anything funny...but I will say we are a happy company with a sense of humor :)
• Google our company. Do your research. I think you will like what you find!

*Everyone who applies using the link above will get serious consideration from our hiring team*We check 3 work references (must be your supervisor or manager) and do background checks to make sure that we ONLY hire good honest, hardworking, smart people*We do not hire anyone before RESEARCHING that person, administering SKILL CHECKS, and CHECKING 3 REFERENCES This is a Remote (work from home) position.Powered by JazzHR