Marketing Designer

San Diego, CA (On-site)

$75K/yr – $80K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own the full-cycle visual language for retail and e commerce from sign banners to Amazon A plus and product imagery, tying design to retailer specs and sales impact.

  • Retail and ecommerce design: signage, planograms, endcaps, and product imagery that unlock retailer acceptance and conversion.
  • Platform content ownership: Amazon A plus, Brand Store, homepage banners, and category pages aligned to partner specs.
  • Asset creation and production: 3D fixtures, Lightwave renders, DAM tagging, and on set support to ensure fast delivery and consistency.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Design and produce retail signage for key accounts in compliance with retailer specs and brand style guide requirements.
  • Create pallet skirt designs, planogram displays, and endcap graphics for key retail accounts.
  • Design seasonal, promotional, and entertainment-themed retail marketing materials.
  • Create and maintain sales one-sheets and catalogs for trade, gift, and specialty sales channels.
  • Design and deliver optimized product images, lifestyle graphics, and brand content for major e-commerce platforms including Amazon, Target.com, Walmart.com, and other key retail partner sites.
  • Create Amazon A+ Content modules and Brand Store pages that meet platform specifications and drive conversion.
  • Develop digital ad banners, sponsored product graphics, and display assets sized and formatted for each retail partner’s digital ecosystem.
  • Design and update homepage banners, category pages, and promotional graphics for PRPG imprint websites, including Dreamtivity, Canterbury Classics, Silver Dolphin Books, Studio Fun Books, Portable Press, and Thunder Bay Press.
  • Produce social media graphics and digital marketing assets optimized for platform-specific dimensions and formats.
  • Stay current with e-commerce platform design guidelines, evolving retailer specs, and digital design best practices.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required.
  • One to three years' working knowledge of a 3D design or modeling program, such as Lightwave, is required.
  • Experience with Adobe Create Suite preferred.
  • Interest in developing consumer-facing retail signage and sales materials.
  • Excellent communication and writing skills. Familiarity with publishing industry terms helpful. Should be able to draft reports and correspondence.
  • Strong project management skills; ability to identify and assess issues and make decisions in a timely manner.
  • Interpersonal skills – the individual maintains confidentiality, remains open to others’ ideas, and exhibits willingness to try new things.
  • Must be detail-oriented and organized.
  • Must possess analytical abilities.
  • Must be able to multitask, prioritize, and meet deadlines.
  • Problem solving – the individual identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner, gathers and analyzes information skillfully, and maintains confidentiality.

Preferred

  • Experience with Adobe Create Suite preferred.

Benefits

  • Health Plans - Medical, Dental & Prescription
  • Flexible Spending Accounts - Health & Dependent Care
  • Disability, Life, and Accident Insurance
  • Vacation Pay & Paid Holidays
  • 401(k) with Company Match
  • Author Events
  • Publisher-sponsored Book Club
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ReaderLink

ReaderLink is North America’s largest full-service book distributor. Each year, ReaderLink ships more than 325 million books and drives over $3 billion in sales for our partners. ReaderLink serves over 300 retailers with a combined 100,000 individual storefronts. Our broad customer base is a testament to our unmatched ability to provide our services to many different types of retailers. ReaderLink's partners include mass market retailers, warehouse clubs, grocery stores, convenience stores, airports, and the armed forces. ReaderLink is committed to helping its customers expand their businesses through its extensive knowledge of literary content, distribution logistics, marketing services, category management, business analytics, and direct-to-consumer fulfillment. ReaderLink also owns Printers Row Publishing Group (PRPG), one of the top 10 book publishers in the U.S. PRPG is a major producer of children’s books, reference books, activity books, and reprints of classic literature in fresh, modern formats. Talented people drive our business, and we strive to recruit and develop top-tier individuals! To view our open positions, please visit www.readerlink.com/careers

Founded in 2011
Oak Brook, Illinois, USA
838 employees (118 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
103.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
28.5%
Direct
47.5%
Referral
5.8%
Social
16.6%
Paid
1.4%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~838

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
102 (12% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2