A global beauty company is looking for a Production Designer as a W2 Hourly Employee of Aquent in a full-time schedule (Mon-Fri). This position is responsible for supporting the global design team with the design of  2-D consumer communication materials, regional graphic visual merchandising  guidelines, and digital social media assets. 

Key responsibilities: 
• Collaborate and assist team in execution of design and layout development  (advertising, visual merchandising graphic guidelines and collateral) including  revisions, mechanical production and creation of image strikes and retouching  mark-ups. 
• Collaborate and assist team in execution of digital social media asset creation.  Including creating GIFs, regional variants of assets, and re-cropping for various  formats. 
• Assist in preparation for internal meetings, and creation of presentation materials for  those meetings. 
• Assist in creative content sharing process with digital, editorial, visual merchandising,  and social teams. 
• Participate in weekly Creative department status meetings and coordinate on a daily  basis with other members of the Creative and Creative Operations teams as needed. 

Qualifications: 
• 2+ years of design experience with strong production design skills,  including typography and layout, and digital asset creation skills 
(GIFs, reducing file size, etc.) 
• Organized and on-task 
• Extremely detail-oriented. 
• Ability manage multiple projects and to meet deadlines. 
• Knowledge of Adobe creative suite computer design technology. 
• Ability to be flexible and work in a fast paced environment. 
• BA/BS/BFA degree or equivalent.