Graphic Designer

Job Description

Acne Studios is a progressive luxury house and through collaboration and curiosity, we set high aspirations and strive for excellence. We value everyone’s contribution and embrace feedback to develop ourselves and others. We aim to minimize our environmental impact across all our operations and to address societal challenges in the way we conduct our business.

As Graphic Designer at our Shanghai office you will be responsible for a broad range of collateral, such as content tied in with special projects, branding, social media, digital campaigns and final artworks. You will be part of the local marketing team and under the guidance of the Global Creative Studio of several other designers and art directors with varied experience across art direction and graphic design. You are expected to deliver at the highest creative standard and able to manages multiple projects.

CULTURE OF COLLABORATION

We firmly believe that when you feel supported, included, and trusted, it enables you to enjoy your work and thrive in it. You will be a part of a team of colleagues with diverse roles and backgrounds, each with their unique skills and experiences.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Work closely with local and global team to develop and design assets for events, social communications, special projects, marketing, and anything else that needs graphic design work to communicate the brand’s visual style.
• Assist marketing team and global creative team on all tasks, including finalizing artworks, creating new concepts for special branding projects, content production, etc.
• Understand the local needs and overall market direction to ensure all graphic designed for the regions are brand relevant.
• Support other functions (E-Commerce, retail, VM, CRM, Retail Development) for certain local requests including marketplace campaigns, OOH, hoarding, etc.
• Oversee new store shooting across Greater China and APAC region, including photographer commissioning, creative briefing and post-production management.
• Work with production agencies to ensure the qualitive deliverables.

WHO YOU ARE

You have high aspirations and focus on details that create substantial impact. You enjoy working as a team and you embrace feedback to develop yourself and others. You are curious and thrive in a dynamic environment. Cooperation, respect, and clear communication are important, along with your ambition to learn and grow. If these qualities speak to you, we would love to have you on our team.

Specific personal qualities for this role:

• Strong understanding of and curiosity for the luxury landscape, visual culture, fashion photography, art, and contemporary creative practices.
• Excellent attention to detail with a solid grasp of core design principles.
• Able to clearly communicate ideas and concepts, identify challenges, and develop thoughtful, solution-oriented responses.
• Strong team communicator, proactive in flagging issue and collaborating effectively.

Specific experience and knowledge for this role:

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related area
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in graphic design digital and print
• Expert in the Adobe Suite(Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, Premiere), Keynote, and any other relevant tools needed.
• Fluent English and Chinese

What matters most to us is not whether you master all the listed knowledge and skills. We are dedicated to recognising the potential in each individual. We embrace diversity of people as well as ideas and viewpoints and encourage everyone's individual expression of their own identity.