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Account Manager
We are an established creative design and branding agency located just outside of Baltimore. We are looking for our newest team member, an Account Manager with a little bit of experience that we - and our clients - will fall in love with.
The right person must have:
- A 4-year degree in marketing, advertising or related field
- 1-3 years experience in an advertising or design agency
- Project management experience
- Client management experience
- A creative and analytical mind
- An outgoing and confident personality
- The ability to effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Great attention to detail, solid time management skills
- A sense of entrepreneurship; the desire and the ability to get stuff done
- Solid problem-solving skills
- Dynamic presentation skills
- The ability to work independently, as well as in a team
- Knowledge of the Microsoft family of programs (Excel, Power Point Word, Outlook, etc.)
- Flexibility, patience, common sense, and a love for dogs
The right person will be responsible for:
- Ensuring that client projects are executed on strategy, with accuracy, within budget and by deadline
- Managing multiple projects at one time
- Managing client budgets and projections
- Estimating jobs and issuing work starters/briefs
- Building and maintaining solid relationships between the agency and our clients.
In addition, while experience in the CPG industry is a plus, it's not necessarily a deal-breaker. However, a passion for fashion, cosmetics, design and shopping are must haves. That, and a love of dogs...
For consideration, please send a cover letter, résumé, and portfolio (PDF or link) to careers@hd-branding.com.
On-Site Freelance Designer
H&D Branding is an award-winning shopper marketing consultancy, specializing in shopper-based design, packaging, branding and all other forms of marketing communication materials. We are currently looking for passionate and dependable freelance designers to add to our creative talent pool.
Our freelance designers work independently on assigned projects. Our freelance designers work up concepts and fulfill layout assignments according to supplied strategic and creative input. Our freelance designers may, on occasion, work directly with account services, or with production artists to complete design requirements but more typically works under the direction of the design director or creative director.
Required Skills and Experience:
- Strong design portfolio with 4+ years of education and at least 1+ year of professional experience.
- Candidate must exemplify a passion for design and an eagerness to collaborate with other creative people and a team.
- Candidate must be self-motivated, organized and accountable.
- Ability to multi-task and work efficiently to meet deadlines with careful attention to detail.
- Must have knowledge of the production process and specifications, ink specification, and paper specification.
- Proficient in Mac OS and the Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
- Must have reasonable sketching skills.
- Candidate is familiar with typestyles, type design, and type specifications.
- Experience with stock photography, computer retouching and image manipulation, art direction of original photography, and traditional paste-up is desired.
For consideration, please send a cover letter, résumé, and portfolio (PDF or link) to careers@hd-branding.com.
Graphic and Packaging Design Intern
H&D Branding is looking for a highly talented design intern to join our creative team. If you are passionate about branding, packaging and strategic thinking, this is the place for you.
Specific skills should include:
- Proficiency in Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
- Conceptualization of ideas, realization of concepts, and finalization for presentation
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment and thrive under pressure
- Print production knowledge
- Sketching ability to quickly communicate ideas
- Employ creative, strategic thinking to create design solutions
- Must understand packaging structures and dielines
- Must be a Junior or Senior in college
- Must be able to work 2 full days (16 hours) a week.
- Must have reliable transportation
About H&D Branding:
H&D Branding develops end-to-end retail activation and brand-building solutions for leading consumer brands across the country. H&D Branding combines over 25 years of in-store marketing expertise and integrated brand management programs to provide maximum value and marketing ROI for its clients.
H&D Branding's clients include Fortune 500 and regional consumer package goods companies such as Procter & Gamble, McCormick & Co., Phillips Foods, Manischewitz, Black & Decker, H&S Bakery, U.S. Foodservice, and Turkey Hill. The privately held company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Sparks, MD.
For consideration, please send a cover letter, résumé, and portfolio (PDF or link) to careers@hd-branding.com.
Designer / Junior Designer
The Designer/Graphic Designer is a support member/entry level position in the design department. The designer works independently on assigned projects, or as a member of a project team. The designer concepts and fulfills layout assignments according to supplied strategic and creative input. The designer may, on occasion, work directly with account service, or with production artists and outside contractors (freelancers and vendors) to complete design requirements or supervise in-house production.
Knowledge of production processes, including skills in digital illustration and layout software; reasonable drawing skills; printing processes and specification; paper specification; ink specification; familiarity with typestyles, type design and type specification; stock photography; computer retouching and image manipulation; art direction of original photography; and traditional pasteup is desirable.
Reports to the creative director; or to a designated sr. designer or art director.
Duties:
- Provides design and illustration (digital and/or traditional) from conception to completion as required.
- Works with art director/copywriter teams to concept and complete assigned projects and campaigns.
- Assists account teams with presentations for creative and new business pitches.
- Works with independent contractors (freelance illustrators, photographers, etc.) as required per assignment, under supervision of designated art director/senior designer /creative director, and in conjunction with production manager to meet assigned deadlines.
- Maintains high skill levels in computer software programs required to perform assigned job functions; takes training in the use of new design and illustration software as the agency requires.
- Archives and maintains digital files, hard copy, photography, illustrations, logo art, typestyles, historical collateral samples, etc., of client materials and resources, and maintains a log of said archives to assist other department members in locating necessary files and references for the creative team.
- Maintains assigned computer work station; notifies designated purchasing personnel or creative director when hardware/software requires updating or servicing.
- Maintains internal and off-site digital file backups for in-progress jobs; uploads completed project files to agency Digital Asset Management archive system for the creative department.
- Performs additional duties as deemed appropriate by the creative director.
For consideration, please send a cover letter, résumé, and portfolio (PDF or link) to careers@hd-branding.com.