Production Designer (remote, USA)

Who We Are

Join the dynamic team at Vacation®, the award-winning sunscreen company from Miami USA that’s on a mission to make sunscreen fun. Founded in summer 2021, Vacation® has swiftly gained acclaim among consumers, tastemakers, press, retailers, and dermatologists alike for the immersive brand world and "leisure-enhancing" products that transport you to paradise and back. Vacation’s steady growth is in large part thanks to the company’s focus on creativity and innovation, and the team’s shared mission to infuse a sense of fun into sunscreen aisles nationwide. You can discover Vacation's products at leading retailers including Ulta Beauty, Nordstrom, and Target, as well as www.vacation.inc.

Role Summary

Vacation® is looking for a Production Designer to join our design team and bring the brand’s vision to life across packaging, digital, retail, and marketing collateral. This role will work closely with the Vacation® Design Manager,  VP of Design and the rest of the Vaction® Design team to create pixel-perfect, print-ready files and to maintain them within the Vacation® filing systems. Please note that this role is 80% technical design creation, 20% creative.

Responsibilities

Production Design

• Execute final production files for primary and secondary packaging, ensuring all regulatory requirements are met. Optimize approved designs and set up print-ready dielines. 
• Prep and release high-quality mechanical files for packaging, print materials, point-of-sale fixtures, out-of-home campaigns, marketing mailers, event ephemera, and more
• Technically interpret dielines and be able to translate it to to-scale mockups
• Organize and maintain files within the established Vacation® Dropbox and Notion file structure, and maintain the Vacation® asset library
• Support creative Quality Assurance (QA) on proofs and samples (digital and physical);ensuring that art proofs and samples match the art provided to the vendor
• Build approved email designs in Klaviyo

Studio Design 

• Manage changes — including legal, regulatory, copy, and more — across existing artwork
• Assist in resizing, reformatting, and adapting creative assets across multiple platforms including email, social, paid media, and web
• Assist with low-lift concepting across a variety of media
• Complete ad hoc design work as needed

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design or closely related discipline
• 2-3 years of professional experience in production design, within an agency or in a corporate environment
• Extensive knowledge in current design practices, techniques, print production, and fixture design 
• Fluency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma and After Effects
• Experience in file system management (Dropbox and Notion)
• Experience with project management systems such as Asana
• Experience working as a part of a fully remote team
• Extremely organized and detail oriented in your work
• Additional consideration will be given to candidates with video editing experience
• Assertive in your communication style
• Excited to grow Vacation® into a household name and have fun in the process
• You use sunscreen

Compensation & Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision plans with 100% coverage for employees
• WFH stipend and an annual learning stipend
• 15 Days PTO
• Complimentary Vacation® Products

What We Value

Vacation® employees have a deep hunger and eagerness to go above and beyond in everything they do. They love to leave their mark in contributing to the company’s growth and, maybe most importantly, they are humble when they do so. No job is too small, and they see every task they do as an opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to the company’s overall success. Attention to detail, organization, proactivity, accountability, humility and a sense of humor are cardinal virtues for a Vacation® employee.

Vacation® is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We recognize that diverse teams make the strongest teams. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by contacting us at people@vacation.inc so we can do our best to accommodate you in applying for the role.