Graphic & Prepress Designer

Graphic & Prepress Designer

Company:
Up With Paper

Location:

New Haven, CT

Our entire Creative team is housed in a satellite office in New Haven, CT (65 miles north of NYC) inside a charming mid-1800’s converted factory building; our studio is nestled amongst tinkerers and thinkers of all sorts. Our corporate headquarters are in Mason, Ohio.

Up With Paper, the largest manufacturer of pop-up greeting cards, has an immediate in-person full-time position for a talented Graphic & Prepress Designer to grow our in-house design team. If you appreciate pop-up greeting cards & stationery, have a precise and detail-oriented eye for design, and have experience creating web and print design for a consumer products company, this might be the right fit for you.

An experienced Graphic Designer that is familiar with creating B2B and B2C graphics for both web and print design with a trend-forward eye will be most highly considered. Experience with typography, creating motion graphics, and illustration is a plus. This candidate will also be responsible for preparing prepress, constructing files, using technical processes, and digitally applying finishes for our products to ensure they are finalized and ready for production.

It is our philosophy to design in an environment where we love what we do and where we can be stimulated by the creative diversity that each of us has to offer. We are a close-knit group that appreciates hard work and the rewards that our collaborations bring.

We are looking for a highly organized, detail-oriented and self-motivated designer that can work in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple deadlines. The best candidate must be fluent in Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft 365, and Word Press/Woo Commerce.

You'll design marketing assets across email, paid social, display ads, and organic social, and build reusable templates for recurring content. Other projects may include catalogs, sell sheets, packaging, and tradeshow materials. Working closely with and reporting to the Visual & Graphic Design Manager, you'll translate project goals into strong visuals while maintaining consistency in typography, tone, and imagery across every touchpoint.

• BFA or Equivalent
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in graphic & marketing design, ideally in a consumer brand context
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite (including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
• Strong portfolio showcasing work across print, email, digital ads, and social media
• Experience designing for email platforms such as Mailchimp, Klaviyo, or Hub Spot
• Solid understanding of ad specs across Meta, Google Display, and other platforms
• Comfortable moving between marketing and creative briefs, and adaptable when priorities shift
• Fluency in Microsoft Office
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated, proactive and able to manage workload across multiple projects
• Excellent craftsmanship & attention to detail
• Work under direction of Art Director & Visual & Graphic Design Manager
• An eye for brand consistency and experience applying brand guidelines to projects
• Design collaboration skills and knowledge of typography
• Assistance with trade show set-up and break-down 2–3x/year

• Experience with motion graphics, animated GIFs, or short-form video content for social media
• Background in lifestyle, consumer goods, stationery, gifting, or retail brands
• You may be asked to build and/or install product displays or wall shelving, apply vinyl signage to walls, and lift and move multiple boxes

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

• 8 hour shift
• Choose your own hours
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• No nights
• No weekends

Up With Paper (UWP), the original pop-up greeting card company, is a leading global marketer and manufacturer of innovative pop-up greeting cards and books. Jumping Jack Press, UWP’s independent book publishing division, is known for elaborate international pop-up books. Our latest division, UWP Luxe, celebrates the best in paper engineering with trend-driven designs.

Originally founded as Pop Shots, Inc. in 1978, Up With Paper has been recognized for design excellence for decades with the International Greeting Card Association’s highest honor, the "LOUIE" award, HOW Design, PRINT, and more.

Our greeting cards and books are sold in over 6000 retail locations in the USA and internationally.