Graphic Designer

The graphic designer will collaborate with the marketing team to support business partners across various marketing endeavors while guiding digital and print projects from concept to completion. They will also create fresh ideas and implement new tools to enhance marketing effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the marketing team to collaborate with and support business partners across all internal and external marketing endeavors, stewarding their brands along the way.
• Work with Social and Brand Managers, receiving design guidance from Creative Director to produce solutions that are on brief and increase brand integrity across the board.
• Responsible for guiding all assigned digital and print projects from concept to completion, including visual content for social and digital communications channels (intranet, email campaigns, newsletters), sales collateral (brochures, catalogs, spec sheets), events, tradeshows and company functions.
• Create and contribute fresh ideas, identify and implement new tools to increase marketing effectiveness.
• Prioritize, organize, and navigate multiple responsibilities or projects simultaneously within a fast-paced and ever-changing environment, hitting deadlines without sacrificing quality.
• Clearly and confidently present ideas in front of both internal and external audiences with a drive for innovative thinking.
• Exhibit an outstanding internal customer service mindset, collaborating with local and national offices.
• Work with third-party agencies, media outlets, sponsors, etc. to effectively communicate brand standards and offer guidance where needed.

Requirements

• 5-7 years of graphic design experience in an agency setting.
• BFA/BA in communication design, graphic design, marketing, or advertising.
• Passion to craft best-in-class design solutions that elevate every communication touchpoint for the brand.
• Understanding of goals and audience insights before embarking on projects.
• Excellence in personal workflow, seeking out efficiencies and trends.
• Well-versed in design-focused projects across multiple channels in both digital and print.
• Strong understanding of type hierarchy and retouching skills.
• Successful track record of developing engaging static and animated creative solutions for targeted social media audiences.
• High proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite of core applications (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat) and animation/motion applications (After Effects, Animate, Express).
• Entrepreneurial spirit with excellent project management and organization skills.
• Proficiency within Office Suite: PPT, Word, Excel.
• Portfolio demonstrating strong design skills while adhering to brand guidelines across an array of marketing touchpoints. B2B experience a plus.

Key Skills

• High proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite of core applications (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat) and animation/motion applications (After Effects, Animate, Express).
• Proficiency within Office Suite: PPT, Word, Excel.
• Strong attention to detail in design work.
• Positive attitude and a collaborative personality.
• Ability to discern between tasks to determine how best to accomplish goals and organize task/people assignments to get results in a timely way.
• Ability to figure out processes and simplify them in order to maximize workflow.
• Ability to establish and grow relationships with customers through effective verbal and written communication.
• Dedicated to the needs of the customers, manufacturers and peers and has the patience to actively listen to all business partners.
• Able to solve problems and skillfully negotiate with a minimum of noise while managing stress.
• Demonstrates integrity and trust through appropriate directness and truthfulness.
• Ability to understand personal strengths and weaknesses, seek feedback and continuously improve skills.
• Ability to seize opportunities and maintain a positive attitude in challenging situations.
• Able to pursue tasks with the drive to finish them, regardless of setbacks.
• Ability to make decisions on behalf of the team.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Mental stamina for problem solving and prioritizing multiple tasks.