Graphic Designer/Digital Artist - UFC - Topps - New York, NY

Headquartered in New York, NY, The Topps Company is a leading creator and marketer of sports and entertainment products and distinctive confections. Topps’ North America Sports and Entertainment division produces trading cards, sticker album collections, and collectible games related to iconic global brands such as Major League Baseball, National Football League, Major League Soccer, Star Wars, English Premiere League, Bundesliga, UEFA Champions League, and World Wrestling Entertainment. The company has also expanded its portfolio of products to include digital trading cards. Topps Digital Apps produces, develops and operates mobile applications that give you access to an exclusive digital card collection at your fingertips that are sold via the Apple and Google app stores under the brand names BUNT, HUDDLE, KICK, and Star Wars Card Trader. Topps’ confectionery brands, which are marketed under its Bazooka Candy Brands division, include Bazooka bubble gum, Ring Pop, Push Pop, Baby Bottle Pop, and Juicy Drop Pop confectionery items.

The Topps Company was founded in 1938 as Topps Chewing Gum, and in its early years produced a popular penny “Topps Gum” from a factory in Brooklyn, NY. After World War II, the company developed Bazooka Bubble Gum, and in 1950, added trading cards to its product line. Baseball cards appeared in 1951 and quickly became a vital part of pop culture, a tradition that continues to this day.

Topps was acquired in October of 2007 by Madison Dearborn Partners, a private equity group, and The Tornante Company, an investment company owned by Michael Eisner, former CEO of Disney. Although headquartered in New York City, Topps maintains offices in nine countries including the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, India, Brazil and Argentina. The new ownership of the company has made significant infrastructure, business and cultural advancements.

For additional information please visit: www.topps.com or download our BUNT, KICK, Star Wars or HUDDLE card trader apps in your favorite app store!

Responsibilities:
The Topps Company, is seeking a Digital Artist for our New York City headquarters.

THE ACTIONS PALETTE IS YOUR FRIEND. LOVE THE ACTIONS PALETTE. EMBRACE IT.

Topps is slooking for a full-time Photoshop devotee to share our love of digital media and work as a staff digital designer in our office, supporting the Art Director to create branded content assets for our licensed UFC products .

This is NOT an illustrator position, nor is it a UX/UI position—must have design/layout samples in your portfolio.

Position Overview:
Are HEX codes, vector smart objects, actions and filters part of your native tongue? Do you thrive within a team-based, entrepreneurial culture? If so, Topps may be for you. Our Digital Designer will lend his or her creative talents to building cards, packs, headers and visuals for our new and existing UFC products.

Duties & Responsibilities

Have experience producing graphics for both web and mobile formats

Carry over established campaign creative look and feel across various on-line assets

Conceptual design for content including splash, icon, cards, packs, headers, awards and more

Experience working with licensed product and adhering to strict licensed style guides

Produce high-quality Photoshop designs at an accelerated rate in partnership with a Producer and Content Strategist while working under the oversight of the Art Director

Qualifications:
Desired Skills and Experience:
Medium Level Experience or equivalent competency

Well versed in standard graphic design software: Adobe Creative Suite (know Photoshop and Illustrator inside and out), Acrobat Pro, Microsoft Office (Powerpoint, specifically). Plus: After Effects

Know what an editable vector-based smart object is and how best to use it

You like Macs. We like Macs too

Conceptual design experience — do you know how to balance a layout while keeping it unique, modern and desirable?

Experience working within a content management systems and/or asset libraries

Image optimization

Awareness of best-practice standards with the ability to assess scope of work and effort (yours and ours!)

Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment

Ability to take direction, ability to discern when to move forward or hold back

If this sounds like you, you’re thinking both “yeah, I dig my actions palette and organize my life in groups and layers” then s ubmit your current resume and on-line portfolio with your application . Applications or resumes without portfolio links will not be considered.

• Applicants, please note that this is not a illustration role.