Position: Graphic Artist/Web Designer

Founded in 1976, Capriotti’s Sandwich Company is a multiple award-winning specialty sandwich retailer with more than 70 company-owned and franchise locations in eleven states across the U.S. This is an excellent opportunity to work for a rapidly expanding company.

Overview

The graphic artist is responsible for providing system-wide production design services (both internal and external) for a wide range of Capriotti’s branded products, services, and company communications.  The graphic artist is expected to generate their own original ideas in the form of logo design, ad design, web content, signage, and branded merchandizing as well as to translate and transform the creative ideas of others into Capriotti’s branded deliverables.  The graphic artist is also responsible for providing general marketing support as needed.

Responsibilities:

• Generates creative design for all Capriotti’s branded marketing materials: signs and banners, emails, direct mail, brochures, flyers, web pages, and other media.
• Designs graphics & layouts for Capriotti’s online marketing and web-based materials, including banners, landing pages, Facebook pages etc…
• Provides general marketing and graphic design support to franchise system as well as internal corporate staff. Works closely with franchisees, managers and internal staff with managing requests for new artwork.
• Maintains in-house design files, marketing libraries, photo/image libraries and regularly maintains and updates website information as needed.
• Completes projects by coordinating with outside agencies, art services, photo and video subscription services, local and web-based printers, etc.
• Assists marketing manager with broad range of marketing duties to include: communication and coordination of various projects and artwork requests from vendors, franchisees and support center staff.
• Consistently delivers on daily and weekly assigned responsibilities and meets departmental deadlines.
• Perform additional duties as assigned and provides back-up support to the IT and marketing departments when needed.
• Contributes to team effort by adapting to shifting priorities and accomplishing a broad range of tasks as needed.
• Maintains a positive attitude and takes initiative to complete projects on or before deadline.

Required Skills:

• 3-5 years recent experience in a graphic/web design role.
• Advanced Photoshop CS4, Illustrator CS4 and InDesign CS4 experience..
• Intermediate to advanced HTML 5, CSS and XML skills and JavaScript a plus.
• Intermediate to advanced Dreamweaver and Flash experience.
• Experience with CMS.
• Strong portfolio that shows a broad range of design knowledge and web design knowledge.
• Understanding of the fundamentals and principals of good design and experience creating impactful graphic communications.
• Detail oriented and works independently with limited supervision.
• Strong work ethic and good attitude.

Your resume and information will be kept completely confidential.