Creative Strategist and Graphic Designer

The role involves creating original designs for various marketing materials and campaigns for University Development and Alumni Relations. It also includes integrating AI in design and content development while maintaining brand integrity.

Responsibilities

• Build original, creative designs for integrated marketing campaigns, emails, presentations, social media, flyers, gift proposals, solicitations, brochures, bulletins, invitations, newsletters, posters, signage, etc.
• Ensure production specifications, while staying within budget and hitting deadlines
• Transform colleagues’ ideas into visually-compelling assets
• Use storytelling and visual design to showcase the University’s position as a global leader in higher education
• Formulate marketing strategies to promote NYU
• Help lead UDAR's integration of AI in design and content development, setting clear standards for quality, ethics, and brand integrity across AI-generated assets

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5+ years relevant experience in graphic design, video design, marketing, and creative strategy or a combination of education and experience
• Ability to take direction from multiple managers and follow instructions
• Previous experience working in a team-based environment under tight production deadlines
• Exceptional layout and design skills in print, interactive, and email production
• A keen eye for typography, color, and photography
• Fluent in Photoshop, InDesign, and Canva; working knowledge of Illustrator and Premiere (or Avid, Final Cut) and MailChimp (or other email marketing software)
• Adept at storytelling
• Enjoys working on a variety projects, and works well both independently and with others
• Balances highly-creative and conceptual thinking with business strategy
• Simplifies, clarifies, and illustrates complex concepts
• Thrives in a busy, multifaceted environment
• Ability to manipulate, scale, size, color correct, convert photography to and from RGB, CMYK, and B&W for print and digital environments
• Seamlessly switches between print, interactive, and email design
• Experience in executing complex digital campaigns and detailed print projects
• Experience servicing the needs of multiple clients and managers
• Creative and curious
• Excellent planning, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Expertise with Google Apps (Google Docs, Sheets, Slides) and Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)

Key Skills

• Exceptional layout and design skills in print, interactive, and email production
• A keen eye for typography, color, and photography
• Fluent in Photoshop, InDesign, and Canva; working knowledge of Illustrator and Premiere (or Avid, Final Cut) and MailChimp (or other email marketing software)
• Adept at storytelling
• Enjoys working on a variety projects, and works well both independently and with others
• Balances highly-creative and conceptual thinking with business strategy
• Simplifies, clarifies, and illustrates complex concepts
• Thrives in a busy, multifaceted environment
• Ability to manipulate, scale, size, color correct, convert photography to and from RGB, CMYK, and B&W for print and digital environments
• Seamlessly switches between print, interactive, and email design
• Experience in executing complex digital campaigns and detailed print projects
• Experience servicing the needs of multiple clients and managers
• Creative and curious
• Excellent planning, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Expertise with Google Apps (Google Docs, Sheets, Slides) and Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)

Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement
• Work-life integration