Come play a key part in evolving our retail lead communications for The Warehouse brand.  We are looking for a talented designer whom can not only design to a high level but also get involved in concepts.

The Warehouse Group (TWG) is a New Zealand success story, founded by Sir Stephen Tindall and evolved from a single The Warehouse store to become one of the largest retailing groups in New Zealand with $3 billion in sales. TWG consists of six core retail brands: The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery, Noel Leeming, Torpedo7, 1-day and TheMarket. We have 260+ retail stores, online stores as well as distribution centres throughout New Zealand. 

The Warehouse Group’s internal creative team has it all! Our people have top-tier international and local experience, stacks of awards, a bunch of retail icons as our territory, and unbridled creativity - where fun is our path to getting the work done.

The Job

In this newly created position and reporting into our Creative Director – Head of Art Direction, you will work closely with the creative team to help develop engaging work which pushes our performance in retail channels. Your strength in visual design, passion about the details, and ability to move at the speed of culture will shine through in your work.  Equally important, is your love and understanding of retail today.  This role is diverse, and will see you lead photography shoots, work with production, right through to steering and executing mailers and EDM’s. 

In this newly created position and reporting into our Creative Director – Head of Art Direction, you will work closely with the creative team to help develop engaging work which pushes our performance in retail channels. Your strength in visual design, passion about the details, and ability to move at the speed of culture will shine through in your work.  Equally important, is your love and understanding of retail today.  This role is diverse, and will see you lead photography shoots, work with production, right through to steering and executing mailers and EDM’s. 

• Concept / ideas development for design – Development of campaign ideas across online, digital and integrated consumer channels for omnichannel retail marcoms - ensuring ideas are on brand through realising art direction into retail focused graphic design.
• Help oversee production / execution of concepts - Ensuring the pedigree of concepts are fulfilled and sent out to the marketplace at the highest calibre through effective retail focused design - following through into production.  Advising and consulting with internal / external production partners to find the best possible solutions to bring creative concepts to market.
• In-house agency creative ambassador - Helping to champion the in-house agency capabilities within TWG. Helping key stakeholders /heads of marketing understand the power of good design and exciting opportunities of creativity in omnichannel marcoms

About you

We will rely on your excellent communication and collaboration skills, as this role will see you work with a range of internal stakeholders from Marketing Heads, Creative Directors, Art Directors and fellow designers.  Your ability to take direction from non-creative stakeholders and translate their business needs into a concept, coupled with your knack to articulate why specific design decision will sum up success.  Our wish list also includes:

• 5+ years of creative design experience – providing day-to-day general retail design solutions across marcoms (with an outstanding portfolio demonstrating best-in-class shopper-marketing focused advertising work)
• Excellent conceptual and design knowledge skills (and knowledge of current design trends)
• Experience overseeing design layout for retail environments, across on- and offline
• An understanding and passion in photography
• Design literacy across omnichannel media is a prerequisite
• A thorough understanding of, and expertise with Adobe Creative Cloud

About us

Our Store Support Office has a beautiful North Shore location with views across the Waitemata Harbour, Tuff Crater reserve next door for lunchtime walks, an on-site café, and free charging stations for EV’s. With 1,200 people in the office, it is a hive of activity with likeminded people all working together to help kiwis live better every day. When you join us, you also get discounts across most of our brands, great team member benefits, and excellent career development opportunities no matter where you are in the business!

Does this move sound like something you’re up for? If you’ve read this far, go the whole way and apply now!