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Graphic Designer, Contract (Parental Leave Coverage)

Courier Newsroom, Inc. Remote (🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America)

Remote $35 - $45 Contract Mid-level

The Graphic Designer will conceptualize and create digital assets across multiple properties while maintaining brand identity and mission. They will manage projects from conception to production, including social media elements, newsletter graphics, and visual content for various platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Create social-first design elements for stories on both a daily and long-lead basis across an array of digital and social platforms
  • Create newsletter graphics such as banners, section headers, ads
  • Keep up to date with changes in social platforms and incorporate data-based insights on performance into design decisions
  • Maintain the individual brand identities of each property within a portfolio
  • Execute deliverables from concept through completion accurately and efficiently and delivered on time
  • Attend content planning meetings and brainstorm visual approaches to digital content

Requirements

  • Minimum of 3-5 years in digital design capacity
  • Strong experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign)
  • Experience working with Asana for project management
  • Experience in both digital and print design
  • Knowledge of graphic dimensions for social media and web design
  • Knowledge of file set up and packaging for business cards, press passes, merchandise
  • Experience working in Canva to build social media templates
  • Knowledge of Canva Enterprise
  • Experience with Sailthru newsletter platform
  • Active on social media and up-to-date with emerging social creative trends, platforms

Benefits

  • Equal opportunity employer
  • Opportunity to work with a diverse team

Key Skills

Graphic design Digital design Adobe Creative Suite Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Asana Project management Canva Social media Web design Print design Sailthru Newsletter design Branding Identity design Creativity

About Courier Newsroom, Inc.

We empower individuals and communities through local reporting that helps people understand and affect the issues impacting their lives. Courier Newsroom, is a non-profit owned media company. Facts and first-hand sources are our north star, and we work to expose misinformation in all its forms. We believe the key to a strong democracy is an informed electorate and that the decline of local news around the country has negatively impacted civic engagement. We are investing in local journalism and storytelling that is thoughtful, informative, and relevant.

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