Freelance Designer

DESCRIPTION

Finch Brands, a branding agency based in Old City, is inviting a Freelance Designer to work with our core creative team on an as-needed basis with the possibility to extend into something more. This person will touch a spectrum of creative projects from marketing collateral to brand identity to digital design.

In this role, the Freelance Designer will need to be comfortable starting with a strategic directive and advancing design to the point where s/he is leading the brand vision across multiple deliverables. This role is mid-level (a minimum of 3-5 years of professional design experience) and is ideal for someone with a design background who is seeking flexibility and thrives in smaller studio environments where ordinary boundaries don’t apply.

YOU MUST BE ABLE TO

• Develop and envision concepts that suit the business needs of a healthy range of clients
• Show creative muscle inside the Adobe Creative Suite
• Rely upon typographic sensibilities that can create ownable typography for our clients
• Be able to both interpret and create brand guidelines, with passion for consistency and originality
• Establish a strong personal sense of loyalty and ownership with the projects
• Participate as a positive, productive part of a team but also be comfortable pursuing self-directed independent work
• Nurture a natural curiosity regarding brands and business

YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO

• Draw upon experience from more than one creative atmosphere, with flexibility and openness to change
• Demonstrate familiarity with Sketch, Squarespace
• Manage project milestones and estimate time required to achieve deliverables

ABOUT FINCH BRANDS

Finch Brands is a real-world branding agency. Headquartered in historic Old City Philadelphia, we work with clients of all shapes and sizes to help them activate the full potential of their brands. This means research-driven brand strategy, intelligent and evocative brand design, demand-generating marketing planning/execution, and all of the above.

Founded in 1998 by the pioneering minds instrumental in the ascent of David’s Bridal and IKEA, the Finch Brands team has extensive experience building, running and growing successful brands. Along with years of agency service, this includes important tenures at Campbell Soup, Kimberly-Clark, Urban Outfitters, Lilly Pulitzer, Target, and Unilever.

Recent Finch Brands clients include Conair, Fathead, Jack Daniel’s, Nutrisystem, Samsung, the Philadelphia 76’ers, & ThinkGeek. Proud generalists, we work across consumer/B2B/non-profit sectors.

Interested candidates should submit an online portfolio, resume and cover letter with a range of salary expectations to info@finchbrands.com.