Associate Art Director - SPP

Staples is business to business. You're what binds us together.

While you may know Staples as the world's leading office supply company, Staples Promotional Products - a division of Staples - is a national leader in the promotional products and apparel industry, and a manufacturer and supplier of customer-branded caps, garments, and advertising specialty items.

Position Summary

We are searching for an individual who is passionate about design, branding, and creative strategy to join our in-house Creative Agency. We seek someone to help support our client services creative team in building and updating client e-stores and designing and producing marketing materials across multiple types of media.

What you'll be doing:

• Design, maintain and update e-commerce websites for clients that align with brand guidelines and objectives.
• Design branded flyers, direct-mail pieces, web banners, signage, e-mail communications and marketing collateral for multiple clients.
• Collaborate with Marketing Specialists and Account Managers to design marketing communications aligned with client promotion objectives.
• Retouch and process product images, using best practices for image quality and image compression, for use on client e-commerce websites and other digital or traditional marketing materials.

What you bring to the table:

• Ability to quickly learn and understand the systems and processes of the department, and work within them effectively and efficiently. These include our e-commerce platform, asset and project management platforms, and procedures for working with our in-house photo studio and processing product imagery.
• Ability to learn new and emerging web and e-commerce technologies
• Desire and ability to keep current on the latest versions of hardware and software, and design trends and techniques
• Strong organizational skills, able to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously
• A self-starter, able to understand and apply business objectives independently
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Knowledge of branding, creative, and marketing and how they impact a client's success
• Strong attention to detail

What's needed - Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Graphic Design, Web Design or related field
• 1-2 years of related work experience
• Knowledge of HTML, CSS and website production
• Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud in the Mac environment - predominantly Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign, and IIlustrator
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office programs (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint) and the Microsoft Teams collaboration platform

We Offer:

• Inclusive culture with associate-led Business Resource Groups
• Flexible PTO (22 days) and Holiday Schedule (7 observed paid holidays)
• Online and Retail Discounts, Company Match 401(k), Physical and Mental Health Wellness programs, and more perks and benefits