- Professional
- Office in St Louis
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 Creative Leaders, 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 work experience in Graphic Design, Web Design or related field
- 1–2 years of experience in Graphic or Web Design
- Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud in the Mac environment – predominantly Photoshop, XD, Dreamweaver, InDesign, and Iilustrator
- Knowledge of HTML, CSS and website production
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office programs (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint)
- *Must submit creative portfolio to be considered for position. Please include URL to online portfolio or submit PDF for review.
Preferred
- Automotive industry or outdoor enthusiast brand experience preferred.
- Sustainability design experience.
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
