Assistant Surface Pattern Designer at Punch Studio in Culver City, CA

Punch Studio is a leading Home, Gift & Stationery product supplier for thousands of specialty retailers worldwide. We create high-quality, beautifully designed and giftable products that bring delight to people's everyday lives and homes. We are a privately held company headquartered in Culver City, CA looking for passionate leaders to join our growing, vibrant team!

Supports all senior Design staff. Answers to Creative Director (CD) and Art Director (AD) and is supervised by the Lead Designer (LD) of their Design Team. The Assistant Designer position is entry-level into the Art Department and works on projects as assigned by senior Design staff to support the Art Department workflow and creating designs with custom or proprietary projects.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Follow all art direction and critique from the CD/AD, with guidance from the LD, completing all projects in a timely manner adhering to assigned deadlines, department processes, and procedures.
• Contribute creative input and conceptual development following the overall design direction from the AD/LD on various programs and accounts to create new, unique designs that support their target market, ensuring quality and consistency as it related to seasonal trend inspiration.
• Expand upon existing artwork provided by AD/LD to build-out original production-ready designs to apply to various products and templates as assigned.
• Critical attention to detail and specifications in the design and development of prints and products until ready for production while ensuring quality and consistency as it related to each item or collection.
• Responsible for all aspects of a product, including digital files, embellishment specifications, and tracking product to final sample stage.
• Follow product to completion with a strong sense of urgency by reviewing samples and updating documents with accurate and detailed information, and following up with LD regarding revisions and product comments.
• Make clean, neat, product mock-ups with the highest quality standard possible.
• Uphold the highest standard of organization in personal workspace and in digital workspace/files.
• Daily check-ins, providing updates on progress, approval status and alerting of any foreseeable risks and manages up where necessary.
• Follow Art Department protocol and guidelines set forth by the CD.
• Contribute positively to the Design Team dynamic by performing all tasks with a willing attitude, a strong sense of urgency, and showing dedication to the company by creatively designing into the brand aesthetic.
• The goal of the Assistant Designer should be to support the design staff and should be considered as a training program for ascending to the position of Designer.
• Other tasks as needed or assigned.