Production Designer

Our Company BrandActivespecializes in the financial analysis, strategy,and logistics of rebrand implementation. Since 1998,we’vehelped many of the world’s most valuable brands plan, budget, and implement brand change—optimizingspend, improving efficiency, and reducing complexity along the way. Our work combines industry-leading analytics with a provenmethodologyto help clients make smarter decisions, save time and money, and get more value from their brand investments—whetherthey’renavigating a major rebrand or managing their brand day to day. You can explore examples of our work inour case studies. At BrandActive, we’re committed to building an inclusive, supportive workplace where people can do their best work and grow together. We strive to set the global standard for excellence in our industry while fostering a culture rooted in trust, agility, and growth —guided by our North Star: great people, doing great work, and having a great time doing it. The Opportunity Reporting to the Senior Application Designer, the Production Designer (6 month contract) is responsible for the preparation of artwork, renderings and design documentation. The Production Designer has a comprehensive understanding of creative development and production processes to ensure design intent is preserved throughout the project. This knowledge includes but is not limited to design ideation processes, batch artwork production, commonplace final file output requirements, and digital file requirements for production. We are all committed to working together to achieve our North Star of a team of great people, doing great work and having a great timedoing it. As part of this, there is an expectation thatallofour team members will contribute to internal initiatives that advance our client and/or team member experience while challenging us to be smarter, faster, better in everything that we do We find that this allows us to be agile in our approach to the work andprovide growth opportunities for our team members. Responsibilities
- Create originalartworkfilesin Adobe Illustrator for signage, fleet, and other physical assets
- Collaborate with designleadto ensure design intent is accurately produced
- Review files forquality, accuracy, andprecision beforedelivery
- Support design lead in creating sample and prototype documentation
- Support design lead in translate design intent into technical specifications for RFP
- Create detailed, to-scale design documents and understand shop drawings
- Support review of shop drawings for specification and design element accuracy
- Support review of recommendation books for brand application
- Prepareartworkandlayoutfor designsas directed by design lead
- Create 2D and/or 3D renderings to visualize designs
- Execute and deliver solutions with qualityin a timely manner
- Work withstudio teammembersto set andmaintainproject schedules and proactively make changeswhereneeded
- Support design intent by gathering production information and collaboratewith studioteam members
- Interact with clients and external stakeholders in a professional manner Professional Development
- Own your growth by setting and updating development goals, actively seeking feedback, and aligning your aspirations with business goals.
- Contribute to internal initiatives that impact the client and/or team member experience such as our Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Advisory Committee, Community Impact Committee, or our Social Committee.
- Bring forward smarter, faster, better solutions to processes andidentifyopportunities to be more agile in day-to-day activities.
- Demonstrate inclusive and supportive behavior, contributing toBrandActive’score values of trust, agility, and growth, commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, (EDI), humanity, and wellbeing. Qualifications and experience
- 2-4years as production designer
- Experiencein environmental and/or wayfinding preferred
- Proficiencyin Mac OS & Microsoft suite tools
- Intermediate skills in Adobe Creative Suite: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator
- Experience creating photo renderings and production artwork that includes CAD tool dimensions
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Time management and organization skillsrequiredto meet deadlines
- Comfortable working on and prioritizing multiple projects
- Experience with prototyping and manufacturing
- Experience with material and structuralselection
- Enthusiastic to be in production
- Experience working with both internal and external stakeholders an asset
- Competency in 3D rendering software (e.g.
SketchUp, CAD, Adobe Dimensions, Keyshot, Rhino or Revit) is an asset
- Experience in industrialor experiencedesign is an asset
- Experience with cloud-basedfilemanagement systems andcollaborativeworkflows
- Proficient in leveraging AI tools to streamline and optimize workflows is preferred Compensation
- Competitive compensation: $52,500-$78,500 annual salary. Total compensation depends on