Design Manager
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Job Description
Who We Are. The Wayfair Experiential Creative team is a dynamic group of innovative thinkers across many disciplines partnering closely with strategic leaders to catapult Wayfair into the leading destination for all things home. As a collaborative handson group we are focused on amplifying our brand voice in the physical design space. Working in partnership with key stakeholders and leaders on the Brand and Physical Retail teams the Experiential Creative team provides direction on store and experiential marketing design concepts that leverage the brand story to create engaging signature experiences.
Wayfair is seeking a Senior Designer to help us expand our brands Wayfair All Modern Joss & Main Birch Lane and Perigold in the physical retail space. On day one youll dive into our collaborative work environment helping to build and scale our signage and retail assets in close partnership with creative directors visual communications partners and our copy and marketing leaders. Youll be involved in producing highquality branded assets to be used in retail signage collateral packaging marketing corporate communications and internal materials of all kinds including digital print and video channels. In addition to signage youll also partner with other creatives of various backgrounds including visual merchandising store design and marketing to concept and execute on a range of experiential creative projects. You will help bring a consistent creative vision to our consumer facing channels bringing our brands to life.
This role reports to our Head of Signage within Experiential Creative which is part of our diverse creative department. Candidates must submit a portfolio of work in order to be considered.
What Youll Do:
- Bring an impeccable design eye high taste level strategic thinking and ability to capture our brand voices to reach new and existing audiences.
- Combine a design background with an affinity for home design.
Package original design ideas and solutions that result in the creation of compelling design assets. - Value style as well as substance.
- Uphold the integrity of our brands visual voices through high output branded asset creation.
- Partner with art directors and copy to create assets across a range of projects including retail/environmental signage seasonal campaigns new store activations consumer education programs event design etc.
- Manage multiple projects requiring crossfunctional collaboration.
- Work crossfunctionally and partner with other business groups at Wayfair as needed.
- Seek and develop ways of helping the team work smarter faster and easier. Develop align on and implement processes when and where necessary.
Who You Are:
BFA in Graphic Design or related creative field.
- 5 years of experience designing in a professional creative environment (inhouse or agency).
- Demonstrated design experience in retail interior design and/or lifestyle categories.
- Love typography and graphic design and enjoy getting into those little details of a project.
- Interested in the 3D side of brand design including store collateral (i.e. shopping bags) instore activations and event design.
- Highly organized proactive and collaborative capable of juggling multiple project types topics and deadlines with ease.
- Excellent at brainstorming and generating creative ideas.
- Excited to mentor and inspire junior designers on the team.
- Ability to self lead and see things from both a creative and business point of view.
- Experience designing for a variety of mediums with an eye for different printing techniques.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to successfully interact with all levels of the organization. Embodies and promotes a successful attitude a positive work environment confidence in leadership and teamwork to achieve business results.
- A wealth of curiosity and a hightolerance for calculated risk.
- Endlessly curious about the customer their passions needs and pain points.
- Forwardthinking and passionate.
About Wayfair Inc.
Wayfair is one of the worlds largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world were reinventing the way people shop for their homes. Through our commitment to industryleading technology and creative problemsolving we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most rewarding work of your career. If youre looking for rapid growth constant learning and dynamic challenges then youll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking.
No matter who you are Wayfair is a place you can call home. Were a community of innovators risktakers and trailblazers who celebrate our differences and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger smarter and wellpositioned for success. We value and rely on the collective voices of our employees customers community and suppliers to help guide us as we build a better Wayfair and world for all. Every voice every perspective matters. Thats why were proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color ethnicity ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship status marital status disability gender identity gender expression veteran status genetic information or any other legally protected characteristic.
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Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
