Senior Custom Graphic Designer - Apparel Job at Sportiqe in Phoenix

We’re looking for an innovative, self-starter who can come in and make an immediate impact with our custom graphic design team. The ideal candidate will be able to create a range of customized high quality unique graphics for apparel, including t-shirts, hoodies, hats, and other wearable products. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of fashion and graphic design, combined with the technical expertise needed to create designs that look great both on screen and in production.

Sportiqe is one of the fastest growing premium apparel brands in the world; in business since 2006 and still growing steadily. Creativity and brand elevation is integral in expanding Sportiqe’s reach and we’re currently looking for our next motivated, entrepreneurial, and results-driven teammate to join the team.

We are only accepting applicants with a minimum of 5 years of apparel graphic design. Preferably, someone with diverse experience who has designed apparel across industries ranging from music, professional sports, premium destinations, corporate, and lifestyle brands.

* Portfolio of recent work must be submitted for consideration* (please ensure portfolio link is active and working to be considered)

This role reports to and works in conjunction with the Director of Creative Services to ensure the quality, integrity, and execution of graphic design projects. To succeed in this role, you will be able to recreate logos and other designs in vector format from rasterized source images and work across the entire design process, including but not limited to conceptualizing from a design brief, creation of several viable options, gathering feedback, performing revisions, and producing production ready art files of approved designs.  No travel is required for this role. 

Our office is located in Tempe, AZ, but we are open to remote work if you live out of state. The role is full-time, but we are open to contract/part-time roles for the right candidate. 

WHO YOU ARE FOR THE TEAM

• You have 5 years of experience in graphic design with a strong portfolio demonstrating your skills in apparel or fashion graphics, with a focus on t-shirts, hoodies, and other wearable items. 

• Experience with garment printing techniques such as screen printing, sublimation, and embroidery.

• You can take general information from a client and come up with a handful of ideas/concepts that you can also execute at a high level. Therefore comfortable with art boards, variations, and reimagining concepts to meet client requests. 

• High proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop with strong typography Skills. Illustration skills are preferred.

• You have experience with the custom design process to be able to execute screen print ready designs. Basic knowledge of garments, fabrics, construction, and fit and how different printing methods affect designs.

• You can work independently with high output balancing multiple projects at a time while still engaging with the team. 

• You are innovative and pride yourself on being up to date on current trends, creating with confidence, and raising the bar for the Creative Department. 

• You can balance creativity with organization and time management to be able to nimbly react to change requests and new orders without sacrificing quality. 

• You seek out feedback and input from others using it to grow as a designer and deliver the best possible outcome for clients.

• Must be able to work in a fast paced environment.

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE

• Design custom graphics, illustrations, patterns, and typography specifically for clothing, ensuring the artwork is suitable for print or embroidery on various types of apparel.

• Create mood boards, design sketches, and mockups to brainstorm and develop design directions for apparel graphics.

• Revise designs based on client / Creative Directors feedback.

• Stay up-to-date with the latest fashion, graphic design, and streetwear trends to ensure designs remain fresh, innovative, and relevant to the target market.

• Ensure Art requests are facilitated on time and kicked out with great quality, communicating on status updates, and driving new levels of performance, efficiency and quality for the team.

• Help Sportiqe grow through re-orders (i.e. deliver awesome artwork that makes customers want to come back again and again) and through new business (i.e. being known for awesome artwork delivering art to prospects when they need it)

• Create apparel graphics for some of the biggest brands in the country from sports teams and bands to lifestyle brands including our own D2C Sportiqe brand.

• Communicate effectively with clients, sales, and operations teams to execute and deliver on our 100% comfort guarantee. 

WHY YOU’LL BE EXCITED TO WORK HERE

In addition to offering a community of awesome people you will get to spend time with every day, you'll also receive the following:

• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, HSA and 401K match 

• Generous PTO and sick time

• 12 paid holidays annually including your birthday

• Company learning, wellness, and team building events

• Annual apparel credit for Sportiqe items and quarterly clothing purges (free clothes anyone?) 

• The opportunity to make a difference with teammates who believe in our core values of teamwork, can-do attitude, integrity, respect, fun, and evolve

• This role has an opportunity to grow and evolve for the person who embraces our core values, has a strong drive for results, and desire to take on new challenges
   

ABOUT US

Sportiqe, established in Arizona in 2006, is a full-service lifestyle apparel brand delivering unique products backed by our 100% comfort guarantee. We serve as a trusted partner to premium corporate brands, resorts, professional sports, music and entertainment markets as well as selling our own brand directly to consumers. We work in a relaxed environment but quickly and with agility. We own comfort inside and outside the organization!

Our people are our passion and we incorporate our core values of teamwork, can-do attitude, integrity, respect, evolve and fun into everything we do. We are all building together, each of us owning and growing our pieces of the business. Since we’ve started, we’ve been able to help over 4 million people feel comfortable and work with some pretty awesome people and brands along the way.

Building a diverse and inclusive workplace is paramount to our success. We welcome people of all different backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and abilities.

Whether you apply with us or not, please be mindful during your career search. Sportiqe will never contact you via text to set up an interview or provide an offer letter. We will never extend an offer without conducting in-person or virtual face-to-face interviews. If you're unsure if you've received a legitimate request, please contact us directly to verify.