CAREERS AT ELK

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GRAPHIC DESIGNER - PART TIME, MAXIMUM TERM 12 MONTH PARENTAL LEAVE CONTRACT

We are looking for a talented and experienced Graphic Designer to create beautiful and brand centric material that artfully portrays the ELK Brand aesthetic to the media and consumers ensuring the ultimate brand experience.

  • Part Time, 4 days per week (flexible with choice of days)
  • Join an ethical, B Corp Certified, sustainable fashion business
  • Generous benefits including product discount and profit share


Your Responsibilities Will Include:

  • Design day-to-day creative collateral to brief for required brand content utilising the seasonal photography and seasonal style guide.
  • Design digital content to brief including social media content, blogs, EDMs, ad sets, and website assets.
  • Ensure all content created is in line with the ELK aesthetic and brand values.
  • Proactively suggest and develop new and innovative ways to present digital content. For example creative use of animation, exploring new trends and innovative digital ideas.
  • Keep up-to-date with industry best practice, including software and user experience.
  • Work across print collateral including store signage and merchandising, packaging, and publications a bonus.
  • Assist with the filing and naming of imagery from ecommerce shoots.

What We’ll Love About You

You share our passion and appreciation for sustainable fashion. You are a self-starter, with a positive, proactive mindset and approach to your work. You come equipped with at least 4 years’ experience in a similar role and are very proficient with the leading design suite programs. You have superior new media knowledge and are committed to keeping your skills up to date to ensure ELK continues to be ahead of the digital curve.

Your values and design aesthetic are aligned to ours and you are focussed on sustainability both personally and professionally. You value being part of a collaborative, supportive and nurturing work culture and naturally lend a hand when the opportunity presents. You communicate effectively within your team and across functions to ensure everyone is working towards the same goal.

Who Are You?
You are a perfect match with:

  • Minimum 4 years’ experience in a similar role
  • Tertiary qualification in Graphic Design or related field (desired)
  • Experience utilising design software including Figma (essential), Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, Premier Pro, InDesign and Illustrator (Shopify a bonus) will ensure you hit the ground running
  • Reputation and folio that demonstrates your capability of creating impressive and on brand digital graphic content
  • Photographic retouching ability
    Typography including headline treatments
  • Competence with working across various social media and marketing tools including (Facebook, Instagram, Klaviyo, Pintrest, Twitter, E-commerce CMS)
  • Multimedia skill base and willingness to proactively develop skills in new media technologies
  • Well developed communication, time management and organisational skills
  • Ability to pivot and work flexibly, responding to business requirements and market demands
  • Superior attention to detail and accuracy
  • Exposure to Print highly regarded


In Return We Offer:

  • Salary and benefits commensurate with experience
  • Access to our generous annual profit share incentive scheme
  • Genuine commitment to work life balance
  • Highly collaborative, family centric and supportive work environment
  • Market leading product discounts for you, your family & friends
  • Your birthday off every year
  • 2 days paid volunteer leave every year


How To Apply

If this sounds like you, apply here or reach out to us at jobs@elkthelabel.com for a copy of the Position Description or to find our more.

As part of your application, please provide:

  1. a cover letter detailing why you’re the perfect candidate;
  2. a copy of your resume detailing your relevant experience; and
  3. a copy of your folio demonstrating your design and collection of work aligned to our brand and aesthetic.
    This is a hybrid, part time role based in our Preston office in Melbourne, as such we are unable to consider sponsorship or exclusively remote work for this role. We are open to consider flexible work for the right candidate up to and including an 80% week.

About ELK

At ELK, we nurture an open, inclusive workplace, valuing authenticity, transparency and community and celebrate individual strengths. We strive to ensure our team reflects the diversity of our customers and the communities in which we work. We embrace the opportunity to welcome talent who are passionate not just about what we do but why we do it, irrespective of background, life stage, identity, and ability. Join us on our journey as a responsible business, making better products for a healthier planet.

OUR VISION

With passion and creativity, we are building a transparent, responsible business with respect for people and planet.

OUR MISSION

To responsibly create product with enduring value through a thoughtful, intelligent design philosophy and crafted with an artisanal aesthetic. To lead a conscious business supporting traditional trades and a circular economy that operates ethically and transparently, in safe, fair and inclusive workplaces. To minimise our environmental footprint and create a positive impact on our local and global communities.

OUR VALUES

We live and breathe our values of Authenticity, Transparency, Innovation, Consideration, Community, and Creativity.

THE ELK STORY

ELK, a pioneer of independent Australian design was founded by husband and wife duo Marnie Goding and Adam Koniaras in 2004 in Melbourne, Australia. Founded on a belief in creativity, innovative design and an authentic approach where people are at the heart of every decision.

ELK creates bi-annual collections that are informed by a design ethos where simplicity meets innovation. Seasonal collections typically lean towards natural hues and maximise the use of fine quality raw materials sourced from all over the world.

Beyond their commitment to great design, ELK has a strong ethical foundation. As a family owned and operated business, there is a great respect for all persons that work within and for the business. ELK has garnered a loyal customer base and a global reach that sees ELK collections sold in over 1200 independent retailers across 20 different countries.

ELK has cultivated a work environment in which our employees are constantly challenged to do their best. Through a creative approach, ELK has created a strong brand identity, and we nurture this quality in others by employing people who share our keen interest in design, our love of nature and simplicity and our commitment to an ethical and sustainable business. Just as each piece in our range is carefully created; we seek out individuals who can bring their own life experience and inspired ideas to our company.

In return, ELK provides employees with a unique work culture. Our culture is open and friendly, which promotes a happy work place. Staff retention is high and many team members have been with the company for long periods of time. Operating in this transparent fashion ensures everyone can be instrumental in helping steer the business towards future opportunities and growth. We live, create and work in a world surrounded by like-minded people, by peers that inspire us and aim to create a positive impact on all those that work with and for us.

We encourage our employees to integrate ELK products into their lives outside of work through offering product discounts, allowing ELK staff to act as brand ambassadors.

We encourage all employees to participate in our Health and Wellbeing Initiative which provides weekly organic local fruit and vegetables, social activities, community and charitable initiatives and health and wellbeing activities.

All employees are kept up to date with our ethical and sustainability drive and are informed about ELK products – from the design process, through the materials used-to craftsmanship and traditional skills utilised in making them– and are confident communicating about ELK to others.

ELK supports employees' involvement in activities outside of work, whether it be to study, artistic pursuits or volunteer work.