Senior Designer
Rue Gilt Groupeabout 1 year ago
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Hybrid
Full-time
Junior Level (1-3 years)
Job Description
Position Overview
The Senior Graphic Designer: Luxury Fashion Ecom is a rare opportunity to lead and inspire an established design team at a premium, luxury flash sale e-commerce brand. This role is central to crafting world-class visual storytelling and digital assets that drive the brand’s creative vision and help elevate its position in the market.
Key Responsibilities
- Design engaging, high-performing digital assets for the website, digital marketing, and social campaigns.
- Optimize designs for performance and user experience, continually evolving work based on customer insights.
- Create and implement scalable templates, systems, and innovative design treatments across channels.
- Retouch, color correct, and modify in-house fashion editorial imagery to support visual merchandising needs.
- Lead, mentor, and manage Designers and Associate Designers while reviewing work and providing constructive feedback.
- Design, maintain, and enforce visual brand guidelines ensuring consistency across all touchpoints.
- Collaborate with Copywriters, Merchants, Marketers, and Creative Operations to drive projects from concept to delivery.
- Stay current on luxury, fashion, and e-commerce design trends and champion innovative best practices.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of design experience, preferably in fashion, beauty, or lifestyle e-commerce.
- A robust portfolio showcasing exceptional digital design, typography, image selection, motion design, and retouching skills.
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite.
- Strong leadership skills with proven experience in managing and mentoring creative teams.
- Excellent multitasking, prioritizing, and cross-functional communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Figma and motion/video/animation tools.
- A passion for visual storytelling and innovative design approaches.
- Prior experience in luxury fashion e-commerce environments.
Benefits & Perks
- An inspiring creative environment that encourages experimentation, inclusion, and fun.
- The opportunity to shape the future of a growing e-commerce brand and enhance your professional portfolio.
- Competitive salary and benefits including a base salary range of $80,000 - $90,000, bonus/commission, stock options, 401(k) participation, paid time off, as well as comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- A commitment to equal pay for equal work and a diverse, inclusive company culture.
Required Skills
Digital Asset Creation
Typography
Adobe Creative Suite
Retouching and Color Correction
Figma
Fashion and E-commerce Design
Graphic Design
Team Leadership
Motion Design
Visual Storytelling