Creative Design Coordinator

What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda

The Creative Design Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating and creating engaging internal and customer facing advertising/marketing content to engage audiences to purchase Honda products.

Creative Design Coordinator has strong aesthetic judgement and decision making to create high quality creative content that strategically aligns and supports the business enterprise goals.  This requires continuous collaboration with various business teams requiring strong soft skills and business acumen to absorb and execute on diverse key objectives.

Creative Design Coordinator being an inhouse resource will help internal teams to be nimble and reduce expense compared to sourcing out these specialized services to outside suppliers/ agencies. This requires an individual with specialized skillsets in diverse digital and analog mediums and can quickly switch based on demand. Specialized skillsets including and not limited to graphic design, photography, videography, technical and freeform drawing and CG experience is a plus.

Creative Design Coordinator is responsible for studying creative briefs, scheduling projects and defining requirements to inform project scope and if there are budget needs. Working closely with Sr Designer, Creative Design Coordinator will conduct creative ideation, proposals for approval to Department lead and clients. Creative Design Coordinator is methodical, and meets deadlines, delivering high quality appealing on-brand(s) deliverables. Areas of support including email, banner ads, websites, social posts, print layout, photography, photo retouch, video editing, and bespoke vector art and logo design.

Passionate about learning new skills and staying ahead of technical and design trends and developments.

About this Position:

This position ensures customer, technician, dealership, and business perspectives are included in new model development and projects.  Working primarily at the early stages of development, the Sr. Engineer II negotiates with other Honda business units and divisions, ADC & 4MOC function teams, and suppliers to ensure stakeholder perspectives are reflected to the specification based on data analysis, market trends, and business objectives.  The Sr. Engineer II is a forward-thinking subject matter expert who is responsible for transparency, collaboration (within team and across organization), and reporting.

Responsibilities include:

       Combines aesthetic and marketing skills to understand, anticipate and interpret business objectives into impactful internal and customer facing creative deliverables 

       Coordinate and execute photos, post retouch, bespoke logos and designs, typography, icons, print ready layout, email campaign design layouts, and website design, and translating layouts to meet diverse platforms (social media, website, print, email)

       Participate in team meetings to collect feedback, insight and key business objectives to guide creative execution. Receptive to feedback to develop and refine deliverables.

       Supports Enterprise business with graphic and design support, including assisting department members with photo and video production shoots.

Who we are seeking:

We are looking for qualified people and diverse background and experiences, open minds, and a disciplined work ethic, to bring the future to Honda.

 Required Work Experience:

        3-5 years

        Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite: Including and not limited to InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, bridge, lightroom, aftereffects, premiere

        Marketing understanding and project coordination skills.

        Strong portfolio of work displaying a variety of design executions.

        Photography background

 Required Education:

       BFA degree in graphic design, with photography and animation experience

Desired skills:

       Good understanding and able to learn new software and processes.

       Basic understanding of scheduling

       Experience with video editing and photography background

       Good eye for detail, aesthetics, color, scaling, and lensing. Product focussed.

       Solid understanding of design fundamentals including typography, illustration, animation, perspective drawing, and copy

       Automotive Industry background

       CG software experience is a plus (Maya, Catia, Unreal)

       Experience working in a creative / agency environment is a plus.

What differentiates Honda and makes us an employer of choice?

 Total Rewards:

    Competitive base salary $64,480 - $92,400

• Pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, education, etc.

    Annual Bonus

    Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision)

    Paid time off, including vacation, paid holidays, sick time, and personal days

    401K Plan with company match additional contribution

 Career Growth:

    Advancement opportunities

    Career mobility 

    Education reimbursement for continued learning

    Training and Development programs

 Additional Offerings:

    Wellbeing program

    Community service and engagement programs

    Product programs

    Free drinks onsite

Honda is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.