Creative Lead - UI/Graphic Designer (Hybrid: Onsite and Remote)

US Foods, Inc.

New Ways of Work: This position has been segmented as hybrid meaning the work is a combination of 3 days onsite In Rosemont, IL (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) and 2 days remotely (Monday and Friday) as defined by the role segmentation.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead, Establish, manage, maintain and inspire the creative direction and goals for specific projects ensuring they fit the Client, brand, and business objectives

• Think conceptually and strategically to discover the best way to problem-solve for design and technical challenges and produce on-strategy, on-brand design solutions that exceed client expectations

• Function effectively within a team environment brainstorming with others, embracing feedback, and seeing the work through from early ideation to the nitty-gritty details

• Mentor junior team members to ensure achievable workload balance, effective challenges for each team member’s skill level, and career development

• Provide guidance to the Creative team relative to the team’s knowledge and understanding of the client’s business and marketing needs

• Execute across a range of brand touchpoints, from print to digital to motion to environments

• Stays current with design trends and how technology and standard methodologies are evolving in the industry - proactively identifies design capabilities and opportunities that should be adopted within the team

• Other duties as assigned by manager

SUPERVISION:

• No direct reports – delegates resources to achieve project requirements

RELATIONSHIPS

• Internal: Category Management, Marketing, Creative

• External: Vendors, Suppliers, Agencies, Contractors

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Hybrid: This role is partially remote, and the associate is expected to perform assigned responsibilities from a combined home-based and office-based environment.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Must possess a minimum of 5 years of experience in graphic design or other relevant area

• Must possess a minimum of 2 years of project management

• Proficient in the use of Adobe Creative Cloud Applications (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, After effects), Premier, Microsoft Office, HTML, CSS, Salesforce email platform and Adobe Experience Manager

• Possess a keen understanding of marketing principles and concepts, as well as the ability to develop project plans

• Have a high degree of organization and creativity

• Collaborate and communicate with internal and external partners to keep projects on time and on budget

• Up to 10% overnight travel may be required based on business needs

EDUCATION

• Bachelors degree in Graphic Design, Media, Marketing or other related field required, or equivalent experience

CERTIFICATIONS/TRAINING

• N/A

LICENSES

• N/A

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Prior experience managing to a budget preferred

• Food and beverage photography and art direction preferred

PHYSICAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Standard required physical activities including length of time performing each activity.

This role will also receive annual incentive plan bonus.

Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance. To review available benefits, please click here: https://www.usfoods.com/careers/benefits.html.