Full-Time
Graphic Design Manager
Retrofête
Compensation Overview
$100k - $115k/yr
New York, NY, USA
In Person
Category
 Art, Graphics & Animation (1) |
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Required Skills
Adobe Creative Suite
Social Media
Marketing
Graphic Design
Requirements
- The candidate must have 5-8+ years of graphic design experience, preferably within fashion, luxury, or lifestyle brands.
- The candidate must have previous management experience leading creative or graphic design teams.
- The candidate must have a strong portfolio demonstrating excellence in branding, digital design, campaign creative, and visual storytelling.
- The candidate must have expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite.
- The candidate must have experience designing for eCommerce, email marketing, social media, and digital advertising.
- The candidate must have a strong understanding of print production and asset development.
- The candidate must have excellent project management and organizational skills.
- The candidate must be able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- The candidate must have strong communication and collaboration skills.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the development and execution of all graphic design assets for Retrofête and Seroya.
- Ensure consistent brand identity and visual standards across all customer touchpoints.
- Translate creative direction from the Art Director into compelling and effective design solutions.
- Maintain and evolve brand guidelines and visual systems.
- Review and approve creative work to ensure quality, consistency, and alignment with brand standards.
- Manage, mentor, and develop the Graphic Design team.
- Prioritize workload and allocate resources across projects and brands.
- Establish processes and workflows that improve efficiency and creative output.
- Provide constructive feedback and support ongoing professional development.
- Foster collaboration across creative, marketing, merchandising, social, and cross-functional teams.
- Lead design execution for seasonal campaigns, product launches, promotional initiatives, and brand storytelling.
- Oversee creation of email marketing assets, digital advertising creative, social media content, and website graphics.
- Partner with Marketing and eCommerce teams to optimize creative performance and customer engagement.
- Support campaign concepting and execution from initial brief through final delivery.
- Oversee creative updates, homepage refreshes, landing pages, promotional assets, and merchandising graphics.
- Partner with eCommerce, creative, and merchandising teams to ensure a cohesive and elevated customer experience across all digital channels.
- Develop assets that support conversion, customer acquisition, and retention initiatives.
- Ensure all digital assets are optimized for platform requirements and best practices.
- Develop creative materials supporting retail stores, wholesale presentations, trade shows, and showroom initiatives.
- Create visual assets for events, activations, runway, and special projects.
- Partner with Retail and Sales teams on in-store marketing materials and customer-facing collateral.
- Support visual storytelling across experiential and customer engagement initiatives.
- Manage design production timelines from concept through final delivery.
- Maintain organized creative asset libraries and file management systems.
- Coordinate with external partners and vendors as needed.
- Ensure all deliverables meet production specifications and deadlines.
- Leverage AI tools to enhance creative development, efficiency, content generation, and workflow optimization.
- Evaluate emerging design technologies and identify opportunities to improve team productivity.
- Partner with the Art Director to integrate innovative creative solutions while maintaining brand integrity.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience within fashion, luxury, or lifestyle brands.
- Experience leveraging AI tools within creative workflows.