Graphic Designer

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ABOUT US

Typo started life back in 2009 with one store in Melbourne filled with unique, quirky and affordable stationery and gifts. We’ve grown to over 200 stores across 13 countries and we still love delivering everyday items with a twist through distinctive design, a little cheekiness and a lot of fun!

We play in many categories including stationery, cards, tech and travel accessories and of course, gifting for every event! Join our team and help us deliver a unique shopping experience for our amazing customers around the world.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We’re looking for an enthusiastic, talented junior graphic designer to join our studio team, working on placement prints, textiles & packaging. This is an entry level position within our Stationery category and centres around supporting our mid-weight & senior designer with all tasks - building CAD range boards, supporting with finished art & specs, packaging design, working with License assets and designing original, on-brand placement prints & textiles for product. You will learn the Typo DNA & collaborate with key stakeholders to understand trend direction & creative briefs, successfully translating ideas into trend relevant, current, commercial graphics that resonate with our customer.

If you have an eye for design & want to push creative boundaries designing graphics and packaging that is fun, disruptive & full of personality then this could be the job for you. Check us out on insta @typoshop to get the gist of who we are, suss out our graphics – hopefully our sense of humour resonates & is something you too can get excited about!

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• An easy going, upbeat personality *Sarcasm, quick wit &/or an offbeat sense of humour highly regarded
• A positive, can do attitude & approach with all tasks
• A love for designing graphics for stationery & packaging
• Relevant degree/qualification in Graphic Design with proficient capabilities in Photoshop, Illustrator & Indesign. 1-2 years of experience in a similar role ideal, but not essential
• Relevant experience setting up final art files for print / production highly regarded
• Fast and flexible, adaptable to change as we’re constantly evolving as a brand to meet our customers’ needs
• The ability to collaborate successfully within a team & also work autonomously when given direction
• A genuine passion to deliver on brand, edgy, cool art & graphics that connect with our customer
• Being open & receptive to feedback, ensuring all tasks are completed to best practice & to ensure designs are on-brand & in line with creative direction
• Bonus points if you’re on TikTok & will proactively contribute to quarterly workshops to discuss trending memes & content that resonates with our Gen-Z customer

OUR CULTURE

Team Typo is a creative bunch of stationery addicts! We’re part of the Cotton On Group family and yes, we’re a little cheeky, a lot old-school and definitely unexpected. We encourage our team to express their individualism and we are passionate about developing careers as diverse as graphic design and ecommerce, to marketing and product development. There’s retail, and then there’s Typo. Want to see what we get up to at work? Check out #teamtypo
As part of our team, you also have the chance to make a real difference in people’s lives through the ‘Typo Difference’, our philanthropic arm focused on providing the gift of education to youth globally.

BENEFITS

We are committed to personal and professional development, which is supported by an ever growing and expanding structure. We believe our people deserve the best space to their best work and to support this we provide:

• Flexible working hours
• An amazing in house café with deliciously healthy meals
• Onsite osteopath, travel agent, beautician
• A pretty sick stationery cupboard kitted out with the world’s best notebooks and novelty pens!
• A fully functional gym armed with PT’s and the latest equipment
• Did we mention you can bring your dog to work? Check out our instagram #dogsofcottonon

ABOUT US

From Australia to the world - The Cotton On Group (known in-house as COG) is Australia's largest global retailer. With 7 brands, 19 countries, 1500 stores and counting; we exist to make a positive difference in the lives of everyone we touch. Our people are optimistic, innovative and highly motivated; they share a genuine belief in themselves and others and they aren't afraid to think big.

ABOUT THE TEAM

Typo is the ultimate gifting and stationery destination, and one of Australia's fastest growing lifestyle brands. We are the rowdy cousin, the black sheep; we're quirky, vintage, irreverent and unexpected, adding spunk to everyday items through humour, graphics and design. What started as a stationery brand, is now so much more.