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Structural Design

RR Donnelley

Structural Design

Cudahy, WI
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    For over 150 years, RR Donnelley has helped businesses connect with audiences through the power of words and images. With our numerous complementary capabilities in creative and design services, content management, digital and print production, data analytics, supply chain management, business process outsourcing and logistics, RR Donnelley can power its more than 60,000 customers to create connected experiences with their customers.

    SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

    The ideal candidate offers an established technical skill set in creating and constructing marketing products. The primary role of the Structural Designer will be engineering 2D and 3D products and displays based on renderings from Graphic Designers, input from the Creative Director, or direction based on client-furnished ideas and/or assets. The Structural Designer will work as part of the Creative Services team to ideate and execute in-store marketing campaigns.

    MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Create and produce products and displays using a variety of materials – and build a knowledge base of those materials and their allowances; understand in-house resources; or, source outside vendors for materials or hardware
    • Follow best practices for structure creation, as well as software use and layout design, aided by established, department-created standards and client brand guidelines
    • Participate in brainstorming meetings; work autonomously or as part of the Creative Services team to develop ideas; lead pre-production meetings
    • Work hand-in-hand with Graphic Designers to aid in the creation of displays and other marketing products to ensure that both external ideas and internal renderings come to life in an innovative, functional form – develop ideas from concept to physical form
    • Develop structure, to include cutting and assembling either white and color prototypes—or, when no rendering or mockup is available, sketch and develop concepts
    • Provide additional, secondary support, such as shipping samples upon request or placing production art into final deadlines
    • Create spec sheets for estimators for quoting, to include: materials, flute direction, sourcing, and execution (e. templates for production or physical instructions for hand assembly)

    Required Skills

    EDUCATION & SKILLS

    • 5-7 years design experience in an agency, print shop, or the retail industry
    • In-store marketing, display, or packing experience, including brand development experience
    • Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite—specifically, Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign
    • Ability to utilize Artios CAD not required but desired
    • Proficiency in print production and file preparation
    • Ability to collaborate as a leader or work autonomously and as a team member to either share or provide ideas
    • Strong communication skills, including critiques and presentations with both internal and external audiences
    • A positive, can-do attitude that serves as a foundation for solid time management and multi-tasking skills, which will foster success in a fast-paced environment

    RRD IS AN EEO/AA INCLUDING VETS AND DISABLED EMPLOYER

    Required Experience

  • Qualifications

    EDUCATION & SKILLS

    • 5-7 years design experience in an agency, print shop, or the retail industry
    • In-store marketing, display, or packing experience, including brand development experience
    • Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite—specifically, Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign
    • Ability to utilize Artios CAD not required but desired
    • Proficiency in print production and file preparation
    • Ability to collaborate as a leader or work autonomously and as a team member to either share or provide ideas
    • Strong communication skills, including critiques and presentations with both internal and external audiences
    • A positive, can-do attitude that serves as a foundation for solid time management and multi-tasking skills, which will foster success in a fast-paced environment

    RRD IS AN EEO/AA INCLUDING VETS AND DISABLED EMPLOYER

  • Industry
    Manufacturing