Associate Designer

Vollzeit
Boston, MA, USA
vor 9 Monate

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, hands-on group, we are focused on producing high-quality, 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.

The Role.Wayfair is seeking a Designer to help us expand our brands - Wayfair, All Modern, Joss & Main, Birch Lane and Perigold - in the physical retail space. On day one, you’ll 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. In addition to signage, you’ll 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 You’ll 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.
  • Values 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 cross-functional collaboration.
  • Work cross-functionally 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, or equivalent training.
  • 2 + years of experience designing in a creative environment. In-house, publisher, or agency.
  • Demonstrated design experience in retail, interior design and/or lifestyle categories.
  • Highly organized, proactive, and collaborative, capable of juggling multiple project types, topics, and deadlines with ease.
  • Excellent at brainstorming and generating creative ideas.
  • Ability to see things from both a creative and business point of view. 
  • Experience designing for a variety of mediums, including print and digital. 
  • 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 high-tolerance for calculated risk.
  • Endlessly curious about the customer – their passions, needs, and pain points. 
  • Forward-thinking and passionate.

Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities

Wayfair is fully committed to providing equal opportunities for all individuals, including individuals with disabilities. As part of this commitment, Wayfair will make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on business operations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please let us know by completing our Accomodations for Applicants form.

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About Wayfair Inc.Wayfair is one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston or Berlin, or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world, we’re reinventing the way people shop for their homes. Through our commitment to industry-leading technology and creative problem-solving, we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most rewarding work of your career. If you’re looking for rapid growth, constant learning, and dynamic challenges, then you’ll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking.

No matter who you are, Wayfair is a place you can call home. We’re a community of innovators, risk-takers, and trailblazers who celebrate our differences, and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger, smarter, and well-positioned 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. That’s why we’re 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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