[Hiring] Designer @Saks Fifth Avenue

Role Description

You will be:

• Develop sophisticated and high-impact visual designs across digital, print, social media, email, packaging, retail, and advertising.
• Translate seasonal campaigns and brand strategies into cohesive creative assets that support business objectives.
• Design editorial-style layouts that showcase fashion, beauty, and lifestyle products in an elevated and engaging way.
• Create compelling typography, layouts, color systems, and graphic elements that reinforce the brand identity.
• Partner with Creative Directors and Art Directors to bring campaign concepts to life across all customer touchpoints.
• Collaborate with copywriters, marketers, and production teams throughout the creative process.
• Prepare production-ready files and oversee projects through final delivery, ensuring quality, consistency, and accuracy.
• Maintain and evolve brand standards while identifying opportunities to introduce fresh, innovative design solutions.
• Present creative work confidently to internal stakeholders and incorporate feedback effectively.
• Mentor junior designers by providing guidance, design critiques, and best practices.
• Stay informed on emerging fashion, design, typography, digital, and cultural trends to continuously elevate creative output.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Fine Arts, or a related field.
• 5+ years of professional graphic design experience, preferably within fashion, luxury retail, beauty, or lifestyle brands.
• Exceptional portfolio demonstrating expertise in typography, layout, editorial design, and visual storytelling.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and Figma; experience with After Effects, or other creative tools is a plus.
• Strong understanding of print production, digital design, color management, and file preparation for production.
• Experience designing across multiple channels, including digital, social media, email, e-commerce, print, packaging, and retail environments.
• Excellent typography, composition, and layout skills with a refined, fashion-forward aesthetic.
• Strong knowledge of luxury branding, current fashion trends, visual culture, and consumer behavior.
• Ability to translate creative direction into compelling, on-brand design solutions.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams including Creative, Marketing, Merchandising, Photography, Copywriting, and Production.
• Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong presentation, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• High attention to detail and commitment to maintaining brand consistency.
• Experience mentoring junior designers and providing constructive creative feedback.

Requirements

• Fashion-focused portfolio demonstrating a strong sense of luxury aesthetics and visual storytelling.
• Experience with motion graphics, animation, and video editing.
• Experience creating digital collages, mixed-media compositions, and concept-driven visual narratives inspired by art, culture, and editorial design.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package for all eligible full-time employees (including medical, vision, and dental).
• An amazing employee discount.
• Medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, disability insurance, and a variety of additional voluntary benefits (such as critical illness, hospital, and accident insurance).