Job Description

Graphic Designer

Location: New York, NY (Hybrid 3x week)

Department: Marketing / Creative

Reports to: Sr. Manager Creative and Production

STARK is seeking an energetic and creative Graphic Designer with a forward-thinking approach to design to help elevate our brand image. This role is ideal for a proactive designer who values craftsmanship and brand storytelling, working closely with the marketing and creative teams to ensure brand consistency across all touchpoints. The Graphic Designer supports team members with all campaign projects from concept to design implementation, executing on creative briefs for both digital and print.

Key Responsibilities

• Creative Execution: Design high-quality layouts, typography, and image selections for presentations, catalogs, social media, email marketing, and web assets.
• Brand Stewardship: Apply and maintain strict brand guidelines across all deliverables to ensure a cohesive, elevated brand across print, digital, and physical touchpoints.
• Multi-Channel Design: Responsible for print and digital advertising layout and design, showroom collateral and signage, email design, and more.
• Brief Implementation: Execute on creative briefs for catalogs, editorial, advertising, product labeling, brand identity, and packaging.
• Production & Quality: Prepare accurate files for print and digital production, ensuring quality, accuracy, and a luxury-level finish.
• Asset Organization: Design digital and print creative that delivers high-impact, customer-facing content while keeping all assets organized for effective distribution.
• Strategic Input: Actively participate in the creative process by presenting thorough, well-developed recommendations to meet objectives in the creative brief process.
• Workflow Management: Work from production schedules and status to manage time and multiple projects and prioritize daily workload to meet deadlines.
• Collaboration: Partner with Marketing, Sales, and Product Development teams to support seasonal campaigns and incorporate feedback efficiently.

Qualifications & Skills

• Experience: 3–5+ years of professional graphic design experience.
• Industry Background: Preferred experience within luxury, interiors, fashion, architecture, or premium consumer brands.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, or a related field.
• Technical Mastery: Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator) and Figma.
• Portfolio: A strong portfolio demonstrating excellent conceptual work, design fundamentals, and attention to detail.

Preferred Skills

• Emerging Tech: Knowledge of AI platforms such as Gemini, ChatGPT, and Midjourney
• Production Expertise: Strong understanding of print materials, digital design best practices, and specialty finishes.
• Web Basics: Basic understanding of HTML/CSS and front-end web development to collaborate effectively with developers.
• Design Tools: Proficiency in Canva or similar design tools.
• Brand Evolution: Experience working within evolving or repositioning brand environments.

Soft Skills

• Forward-Thinking: A creative designer with an energetic and modern approach to design.
• Detail-Driven: Highly organized with a strong eye for detail, craftsmanship, and quality.
• Collaborative: A proactive, positive team player who is open to feedback and solutions-oriented.

Benefits:

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Supplemental Benefits
• Great Paid Time Off Policy
• 401k match

COMPANY INFO

About Us:

With more than 80 years of industry expertise, STARK is the discerning designer’s go-to source for luxurious custom carpet and rugs.

Our Mission:
To live our mission of helping create world class experiences, we believe our first responsibility is making design industry professionals the heroes in their projects because supporting businesses helps to preserve craftsmanship and enable unique and specially designed spaces to exist. In meeting their needs, we must continue to deliver peace of mind service while offering an expansive, diverse, and innovative product assortment that is accessible and convenient.

Our Heritage:
Established by Arthur Stark and his wife Nadia in 1938, the foundation of STARK was always to provide the very best products to our customers. With a rich history, third generation owners Chad Stark, as CEO, and Ashley Stark, as Creative Director, bring the STARK legacy into the new century by staying true to their founding principles. To seek out the best craftsman and methods of manufacturing for the most innovative and beautiful designs.

Stark Carpet Corporation provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.