Creative Design Coordinator

SHOWA Group; Menlo (GA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with employer matching

HSA with employer contribution

Insurance: Accident, Critical Illness,

Hospital Indemnity Insurance

Job summary

SHOWA Group seeks a Creative Design Coordinator to bring external design in-house. You will own the workflow, coordinate projects, and ensure high‑quality marketing assets for industrial and retail channels.

You will partner with a third‑party designer, translate priorities into briefs, and manage timelines while gradually taking on hands‑on design work. A strong portfolio and 3+ years in related roles are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design or related field with portfolio.
• 3+ years in graphic design, marketing operations, or creative project management.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud and Google Workspace; ability to collaborate with external partners.
• Strong knowledge of print prepress standards and digital asset formatting.
• Proven ability to manage multiple creative projects with timelines and scope.

Responsibilities

• Own intake, scoping, prioritization, scheduling, and delivery for marketing creative.
• Develop comprehensive creative briefs with objectives, audiences, and specs.
• Serve as primary contact for external graphic designer; consolidate feedback and assets.
• Collaborate with external resources to learn SHOWA’s visual standards and assets.
• progressively take on hands-on design tasks, from assets to concepts.
• Design and prepare assets for catalogs, brochures, packaging, and digital channels.
• Apply typography, layout, color, and image prep using Adobe CC and Acrobat.
• Produce production-ready files for print and digital, respecting bleed, color, and resolution.
• Lead quality control for names, specs, claims, and certifications across branding.
• Use AI tools responsibly to speed ideation while preserving brand integrity.
• Coordinate with Product Management, Sales, Ops, and vendors on proofs and timelines.
• Maintain organized project archives and brand asset libraries.

Skills

Graphic design

Creative production

Project management

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design or related field

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Google Workspace

Slack

Digital asset management (DAM) systems

AI-assisted design tools

Job description

REPORTS TO: Marketing

ABOUT SHOWA

Since 1954, SHOWA Group has been synonymous with the highest degree of quality standards and innovation. As a globally positioned and 100% integrated manufacturer of industrial hand protection, we blaze a trail for our industry without imitation. The secret to our success has been to control and guide every stage of our business processes, pioneering revolutionary technology, meticulously engineering every fiber of the gloves we produce, and ultimately ensuring that we deliver to our customers the perfect protection for the task at hand.

ABOUT THE JOB

SHOWA Group is composed of 6,000 amazingly skilled employees who widely support our 58 patents, 50 production lines, 8 manufacturing facilities, 5 distribution centers, and all of the many processes entailed in proudly providing our customers with over 2 billion gloves annually. Understanding the value of our human resources, our culture at SHOWA Group is built upon mutual growth and success.

We are seeking a Creative Design Coordinator to join our Marketing department as part of a strategic succession plan to transition our external graphic design operations into a comprehensive, in-house creative role. The Creative Design Coordinator owns the internal workflow, project coordination, and quality control required to deliver accurate, consistent, and high-impact marketing creative for SHOWA's industrial and retail channels. Serving as the primary internal partner to our third-party graphic designer, this role translates marketing priorities into detailed creative briefs, manages timelines and stakeholder reviews, and executes a structured knowledge-transfer plan to progressively assume hands‑on graphic design responsibilities.

Detailed aspects of the job responsibilities include:

• Owning project intake, scoping, prioritization, scheduling, status tracking, and delivery for creative requests across the marketing team.
• Developing comprehensive creative briefs defining business objectives, target audiences, key messaging, product data, technical specifications, and review paths.
• Serving as the primary day‑to‑day contact for the external graphic designer, supplying clear direction, consolidated stakeholder feedback, source content, and asset priorities.
• Partnering with external creative resources to learn SHOWA’s visual history, file architecture, and production standards, while executing a structured knowledge‑transfer plan.
• Progressively assuming hands‑on design assignments, advancing from collateral adaptations and routine assets to original visual concepts and complex campaigns.
• Designing, resizing, and preparing marketing assets for catalogs, brochures, sell sheets, packaging, retail displays, tradeshows, social media, and digital marketing channels.
• Executing typography, layout, hierarchy, color correction, and image preparation using Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat).
• Preparing production‑ready files for both print and digital mediums, adhering to technical requirements such as bleeds, color modes, resolution, file packaging, and accessibility.
• Leading rigorous quality control and proofing for product names, style numbers, claims, certifications, dimensions, and technical data across all brand deliverables.
• Utilizing approved AI‑assisted design tools responsibly to accelerate ideation, image exploration, resizing, and versioning while safeguarding brand integrity.
• Partnering cross‑functionally with Product Management, Sales, Technical, Operations, and external print/fabrication vendors to coordinate estimates, proofs, schedules, and deliverables.
• Maintaining centralized, organized project archives, templates, brand assets, and version histories within the designated marketing library.

QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED

• Education & Portfolio: Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Marketing, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience), accompanied by a strong portfolio demonstrating print and digital design capabilities.
• Professional Experience: 3+ years of experience in graphic design, creative production, marketing operations, or creative project management. Experience within B2B marketing, manufacturing, or industrial products is preferred.
• Software Proficiency: Working proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat), Google Workspace, Slack, digital asset management systems, and AI‑assisted creative tools.
• Production Knowledge: Firm understanding of print prepress standards (bleeds, color profiles, resolution, file packaging) and digital channel asset formatting.
• Workflow & Project Management: Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent creative projects, build structured creative briefs, and proactively manage timelines and scope. Project management certifications (e.g., PMP) or design software credentials are an asset.
• Brand & Detail Focus: Exceptional attention to detail in technical proofreading, layout execution, and brand guideline enforcement.
• Communication Skills: Clear, collaborative interpersonal and written communication skills with the ability to synthesize stakeholder feedback and direct external creative partners.
• Industry Familiarity: Knowledge of industrial safety products or the hand‑protection industry is a plus.

COMPENSATION

• Base annual salary commensurate with experience and qualifications
• Paid training, development, and advancement opportunities

JOB TYPE

Full‑time - onsite preferred (potential hybrid)

BENEFITS

• 401(k) with employer matching
• HSA with employer contribution
• Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity Insurance