Digital Production Artist - eCommerce

Crate & Barrel

About Crate & Barrel:

We curate inspiration for the home, connecting the creative work of artisans and designers to people and places around the world.

Crate and Barrel Holdings is a member of the Otto Group and employs 7,500 associates across Crate and Barrel and CB2. With over 100 stores and franchise partners in 9 countries, we are an international destination for contemporary and modern furniture, housewares and decor that help people Welcome Life In.

Our lifestyle brands offer inspired living through high-quality products, exclusive designs, and timeless style - all powered by digital design and visualization tools that provide seamless shopping solutions in-store and online.

With a distinct architectural aesthetic, experiential store environment, and online community, we engage with our customers through social media, mobile shopping, design services, gift registry, and more.

https://www.crateandbarrel.com

Position Details

Digital Production Artist - eCommerce
Job
Full-time
2/27/2019
Northern Illinois
Northbrook, IL

With over 130 store and warehouse locations and more than 7,500 associates across the U.S. and Canada, Crate and Barrel is a dynamic and growing multi-channel furniture and housewares retailer. So we can continue to help others love how they live in moments that matter, the iconic brand is looking for a driven and passionate professional to raise the bar and join our eCommerce department as a Digital Production Artist-eCommerce, located in our Northbrook, IL corporate office.

Responsibilities:

  • Assist Production and cross-channel teams on new digital initiatives. 
  • Manipulate, size and curate photography for web from multiple sources seasonally and ensure all files are managed and archived according to production standards. 
  • Work with outside vendors and 3D partners, ensuring the same internal production standards and procedures are implemented. 
  • Standardize production procedures and implement improvements. 
  • Create and maintain electronic and physical archives. 
  • Implement production solutions to support the direction and focus for projects. 
  • Create computer generated fabric texture mapping by using Scene7 Image Authoring and Photoshop software. 
  • Act as a member of the direct support team for all in-house brand hi-resolution asset photography. 
  • Train full-time and freelance production associates in production procedures and standards, when required.

Required Skills:

  • Link to samples of work required (before and after digital retouching/manipulation samples need to be included. No layout samples desired) 
  • 3 years of related work experience 
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent training required 
  • Proficient in Macintosh OSX platform software including Photoshop, Illustrator, In-Design, Bridge, Google web applications 
  • Ability to accurately communicate a visual language via email and verbal messages 
  • Detailed oriented, with a keen eye for aesthetic quality to successfully guide and move forward multiple projects at one time 
  • Possess organizational, problem solving, and time management skills 
  • Troubleshoot and fix back-end web server maintenance issues for CBH brand websites 
  • Experience working with CMS / DAM tools 
  • Proficient in Google Mail, Docs, and Drive as well as Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
  • Experience working with Wacom tablets 
  • Good reading, written and verbal language skills (English)

The job description and other aspects of the job listed on this job posting should not be construed to contain every function/responsibility that may be required to be performed by an associate in this job. Associates are required to perform other related functions as assigned.


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