Senior Graphic Designer

National Co+op Grocers

About NCG:

National Co+op Grocers (NCG), founded in 1999, is a business services cooperative for retail food co-ops located throughout the United States. We represent 147 food co-ops operating over 200 stores in 37 states with combined annual sales over $2 billion and over 1.3 million consumer-owners. NCG helps unify natural food co-ops in order to optimize operational and marketing resources, strengthen purchasing power, and ultimately offer more value to natural food co-op owners and shoppers everywhere. By providing a variety of purchasing, management, development, marketing and other services, our co-ops are able to gain many of the advantages large grocery chains enjoy, while still reflecting the unique qualities of their local communities.

https://www.ncg.coop


Position Details

Senior Graphic Designer
Job
Full-time
1/19/2018
Twin Cities Metro
Saint Paul, MN

Looking a great creative opportunity? Want to make a positive social impact?

National Co+op Grocers (NCG) is a member-owned business service cooperative providing a variety of services to retail food co-ops in 37 states. NCG helps unify food co-ops in order to optimize operational and marketing resources, strengthen purchasing power, and offer more value to food co-op shoppers everywhere.

We are seeking an energetic and creative individual to help us craft well-designed communications that make a solid case in support of food co-ops.

This is an ideal position for an experienced graphic designer interested in having a direct impact on the success of food co-ops, their suppliers, and the communities they serve. This position will be based in NCG's St. Paul, MN office. Relocation assistance is available for this opportunity!

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Help us spread the word about why co-ops matter by producing a host of marketing support materials such as flyers, brochures, social media graphics, point of sale posters, ads and other collateral. 
  • Help us strengthen NCG by supporting staff through design, layout and production of training materials, sell sheets and other forms of communication. 
  • Help NCG co-op stores directly by assisting with specific projects or providing counsel on graphic design issues.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent with an emphasis in design 
  • 8 years graphic design experience; 2-4 years in a lead or senior designer role. 
  • Demonstrated skill in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat). 
  • Strong Interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills. 
  • Natural food, grocery or retail design experience a plus

Our people are our assets; we offer a generous salary and benefits package including 4 weeks PTO at hire, medical, dental, vision, company paid Life/ Disability/ Long Term Care insurance, HSA/FSA with company contribution, a matching 401K plan with profit sharing and much more.



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