Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. BDA, LLC is a top global Merchandise Agency looking to connect with talented freelance creative designers. The role involves supporting the team with various creative deliverables, including merchandise concepts, product packaging, and visual storytelling to enhance brand experiences.
Responsibilities
- Stay aware of current trends, collectibles, retail merchandise, fan culture, and consumer product moments
- Understand how to design for different audiences, brand voices, and customer experiences
- Concept creative merchandise that feels fresh, intentional, and brand-right
- Think big while still designing with the final product, production process, and business need in mind
- Move quickly, juggle multiple creative priorities, and adapt as needs shift
- Design across a variety of product categories, including apparel, hard goods, collectibles, packaging, displays, and promotional merchandise
- Create visuals and presentations that help clients clearly understand and get excited about an idea
- Prepare organized, production-ready files when needed
- Trend Research & Inspiration Boards Researching and compiling trend boards that highlight emerging design, merchandise, collectible, and consumer trends relevant to the client, audience, and industry
- Creative Concept Development Developing fresh, compelling creative concepts that align with a client’s brand while bringing forward new ideas that can surprise, delight, and inspire purchase
- Product & Merchandise Design Concepting and designing custom products, promotional merchandise, apparel, hard goods, collectibles, packaging, and seasonal or audience-specific product ideas. Experience with 3D files is a plus
- Product Decks & Visual Storytelling Creating visually engaging, organized, client-ready concept decks that clearly communicate the idea, product story, design direction, and customer experience
- Production File Preparation Preparing vendor-ready design files that meet production and decoration specifications, including file formats, color profiles, dielines, resolution, and production guidelines
- File Organization & Collaboration Maintaining organized design files, naming conventions, folder structures, and version control so internal teams and vendor partners can collaborate efficiently
- Client Presentation Support Presenting or helping communicate design concepts in a clear, thoughtful, and persuasive way, including explaining design decisions and incorporating feedback
Skills
- Stay aware of current trends, collectibles, retail merchandise, fan culture, and consumer product moments
- Understand how to design for different audiences, brand voices, and customer experiences
- Concept creative merchandise that feels fresh, intentional, and brand-right
- Think big while still designing with the final product, production process, and business need in mind
- Move quickly, juggle multiple creative priorities, and adapt as needs shift
- Design across a variety of product categories, including apparel, hard goods, collectibles, packaging, displays, and promotional merchandise
- Create visuals and presentations that help clients clearly understand and get excited about an idea
- Prepare organized, production-ready files when needed
- Are comfortable with work that is not guaranteed or consistent
- Are open to being contacted when project needs arise
- Can be clear about availability and turnaround times
- Can jump into fast-moving work when timing aligns
- Are comfortable with projects that may vary in scope, timeline, and direction
- Can work independently while staying collaborative, responsive, and organized
- Experience with 3D files is a plus
- Strong freelance partners may bring experience in one or more of the following areas: Merchandise design, product design, graphic design, or retail creative
- Apparel design, print production, packaging, promotional products, or hard goods
- QSR (Quick Serve Restaurant), restaurant, entertainment, sports, lifestyle, retail, or consumer brand work
- Collectibles, fan merchandise, limited-edition product drops, or promotional activations
- Adobe Creative Suite and presentation design
- Preparing production-ready files for vendors
- 3D product visualization or 3D file experience, a plus
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