[Remote] Production Designer

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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