Junior Designer

In Fiji, where the vibe is chill and smiles flow freely, the word Yalo means soul. To us, soul is the core essence and passion. Ours is rooted in the experiences that connect and move us all: film, art, music, and sports. These realms are our inspiration for creating marketing that rocks.

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At Yalo, we elevate our client’s vibe.

Straightforward, right? We are a team of strategists, creatives, and technologists with the chops to develop thoughtful, agile business solutions for our clients and their customers.

Yalo is seeking a Junior Designer to drive and participate in creative execution for our clients and the Yalo brand.

Essential Responsibilities and Expectations:

• Collaborate with and support our amazing team of senior Yalo creative directors, designers, content creators, copywriters, videographers, and our trusted network of creative contractors. Contribute to team success by creating a wide range of client and internal deliverables: websites, mobile apps, digital/print campaigns, print collateral, experiential elements (trade show booths, retail signage, etc.), and promotional items. 
• Contribute to Yalo’s creative thinking and solutions during business development pursuits. Engage with the Executive, BD, and Creative teams to ideate concepts; execute and deliver stellar creative to knock the socks off potential clients.
• Contribute to operational protocol improvements to ensure creative considerations are considered.
• Be able to work within a budget and project timelines. Consistently deliver on time.
• Wear short sleeves or be prepared to roll up your long ones to contribute to this fast-paced agency with a wide range of clients.

­Skills Required to Succeed:

• • 3 years experience as a Designer in an agency setting.
• Creative, insightful, detailed, and action-oriented.
   
• Must be able to work within and take direction from business goals, a creative brief, and internal leadership, culminating with stunning, purposeful design that “wows.”
   
• Be a “self-starter” and not be afraid to ask questions, come up with additional ideas, and conduct appropriate research to better the end deliverable.
   
• Organizational/time management skills. Effective oral, written, and verbal communication skills. We are as creative as we are deadline-oriented.
   
• Mastery of the Adobe Creative Suite. MS Office Suite. Experience with Figma is extra credit.
   
• Understanding of design methodology in relation to print production and web development and the drive to stay current on best practices and new skills. Package and prepare well-organized, "clean" design files according to final output.
   
• Demonstrated understanding of customer experience methodology, brand management, marketing, advertising, and e-commerce.
   
• Experience across creative expression: analog, digital and experiential.
   
• Must embody the work hard, play hard mentality.
   
• The position is Atlanta or Cleveland based; You Must possess the ability to be productive from a remote home office that serves as a primary workspace; the expectation to travel to various clients and team meetings in ATL and beyond a few times per year.
   
• Must love live music, a great charcuterie board, and the sound of a bat cracking on a summer night.
   
• A portfolio showcasing your excellent work.