Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Sunday Riley is seeking a highly organized and technically skilled Production Designer to support the Creative team in developing production-ready assets across visual merchandising, marketing, digital, print, and brand initiatives. The role involves preparing final production files, retouching imagery, and collaborating with various teams to ensure high-quality creative work is delivered across all channels.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a primary production design resource for the Creative team, supporting a wide variety of print, digital, retail, visual merchandising, event, and marketing deliverables
- Prepare, package, and finalize production-ready files for creative projects across multiple channels while maintaining Sunday Riley brand standards and technical accuracy
- Retouch photography, clean up assets, upscale imagery, perform color correction, and optimize creative files for print, digital, retail, and presentation use
- Resize, adapt, and version creative assets for multiple retailers, channels, formats, campaigns, markets, and marketing needs
- Assist the Creative team with production support for campaigns, presentations, social assets, email graphics, packaging updates, sales materials, event assets, and other creative initiatives as needed
- Develop production-ready artwork for permanent retail fixtures, gondolas, endcaps, towers, tester units, merchandising displays, promotional installations, and other creative projects that require production expertise across the business
- Create accurate SketchUp models and high-quality 3D renderings to visualize retail fixtures, store environments, window displays, and merchandising concepts
- Produce technical layouts, elevations, and presentation renderings for internal reviews, retailer approvals, and fabrication partners
- Partner with the Creative Director to translate creative concepts into manufacturable retail assets and final production files while maintaining design integrity
- Design and prepare artwork for quarterly events, including signage, branded collateral, event graphics, environmental branding, display materials, presentation assets, and supporting print materials
- Develop creative for seasonal windows, pop-ups, promotional displays, in-store animations, and experiential retail activations
- Prepare print-ready mechanicals and final production files that meet retailer specifications, fabrication requirements, marketing needs, and production standards across both retail and corporate creative projects
- Collaborate with Trade Marketing and Project Management to execute seasonal launches and retailer-specific merchandising programs
- Adapt artwork for domestic and international retail partners, including language, regional, format, and production modifications
- Review production proofs, dielines, color proofs, vendor samples, and final files to ensure accuracy prior to manufacturing, release, or distribution
- Maintain organized production files, version control, linked assets, artwork archives, and creative file libraries for future updates and reprints
- Coordinate with external fabricators, printers, retouchers, production vendors, and other creative partners to answer technical questions and support execution
- Assist with store surveys, retail photography reviews, merchandising audits, competitive retail research, and creative asset organization as needed
- Stay current on retail design trends, fabrication techniques, image production tools, sustainable materials, and visual merchandising best practices
- Provide production support wherever needed by the Creative team, ensuring creative concepts are accurately executed and delivered on time across business initiatives
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Environmental Design, Industrial Design, Visual Merchandising, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- 5+ years of professional design experience, including production design, retail production, visual merchandising, environmental graphics, or creative production support
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, including Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign
- Advanced image retouching and photo editing skills in Adobe Photoshop, including cleanup, color correction, compositing support, image optimization, and asset upscaling
- Experience preparing production files for both print and digital marketing channels
- Strong understanding of image optimization, resolution management, file preparation, prepress standards, and artwork quality control
- Advanced proficiency in SketchUp with demonstrated experience creating production models and presentation-quality 3D renderings
- Strong understanding of retail fixture construction, fabrication methods, print production, and material specifications
- Experience creating production-ready mechanical artwork, dielines, large-format graphics, and final files for vendor or retailer use
- Ability to interpret retailer specifications, fabrication drawings, and production requirements
- Exceptional attention to detail with strong organizational and project management skills
- Ability to manage multiple production requests simultaneously while supporting a fast-paced, cross-functional creative department
- Experience managing multiple deadlines in a fast-paced creative environment
- Beauty, skincare, cosmetics, luxury retail, or CPG industry experience strongly preferred
- Creative production support across print, digital, retail, and brand marketing initiatives
- Retail fixture development and vendor management
- Photo retouching, asset cleanup, image upscaling, and production file optimization
- Experiential marketing or event production
- Environmental graphics and branded spaces
- Digital signage and motion graphics
- International production and localization
- Knowledge of sustainable retail materials and fabrication processes
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