Compensation Range:
Hourly: $42.00 - $42.00
Position Summary
The Senior Graphic Designer conceives, creates, and manages all visual elements for the Academies at National University that fully integrate a cohesive visual approach throughout all media types. Organizes and leads creative assignments from conception to electronic output, including comprehensive layouts for publications and the Web, advertisements and advertorials, promotional and direct mail pieces, posters, logos, letterhead, web design and posting, and multi-media presentations. Additionally, the incumbent coordinates the creation and implementation of these items with representatives of various departments, partners, and outside vendors, or contractors.
Essential Functions:
- Lead the integrated campaign concept and development process, including creating and pitching concepts to internal and external stakeholders.
- Design brand marketing materials across mediums, including digital, social, website, event spaces, and print.
- Uphold and document brand style guidelines across marketing projects, advertisements, storefronts, and internal communications materials.
- Conceptualize and design logos, branded materials and digital and printed internal and external communication materials.
- Enhance and develop variations of current design systems, shared file storage, and brand assets.
- Create design templates and design guidelines that support the brand's visual identity, including presentation decks, email templates, and other design assets.
- Deliver final design files based on creative direction and technical specifications to the printer and/or key stakeholders.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to concept, develop and expand brand visual identity.
- Lead brainstorming sessions and contribute to the creative strategy for campaigns and branding initiatives.
- Research competitive design landscape, drawing inspiration from outside industries to inform strategic, conceptual, innovative, and comprehensive design systems that work across product families.
- Collaborate with additional departments as needed, including colleagues on the creative, website, email, social, SEO, and paid media teams.
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail and meeting deadlines.
- Ensure all designs align with guidelines, maintaining consistency and quality across all touchpoints.
- Other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities: N/A
Requirements:
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in graphic design, visual arts and/or multimedia design required.
- Minimum of seven (7) to ten (10) years of relevant experience at a creative agency or in-house creative team required.
- A portfolio illustrating proficiency to conceptualize, develop, and deliver creative across multiple channels required.
- Higher education, K-12, or nonprofit experience preferred.
Competencies/Technical/Functional Skills:
- Self-starter and problem-solver mentality.
- Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, XD, and Illustrator) and the Google Suite.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills; ability to work effectively with faculty, executives, administrators, staff, community members and vendors, establishing and maintaining strong positive working relationships. Client-focused with the ability to handle confidential information with tact and discretion. Ability to direct and guide others.
- Familiarity with project management software such Jira, Microsoft Teams, Asana, and others.
- Experience across a variety of mediums including digital, social, print, broadcast, video, corporate communications, etc.
- Experience and/or interest in working with creative teams including Art Directors & Graphic Designers, Copywriters, and/or Videographers & Editors.
- Experience with platform best practices for email marketing and social media platforms.
- Ability to create and produce graphic materials using a range of media, methods, techniques, and equipment; ability to identify and interpret graphic design needs and develop creative and responsive design concepts. Ability to develop complex, integrated specifications and to compile and prepare graphic production budgets, schedules, and work plans. Knowledge of available external graphic design, printing, publication, and associated resources. Training in all areas of graphic arts including graphics for advertising and Web; must have knowledge of or be willing to receive training in programming, operation, and troubleshooting of multi-image systems.
- Mix of creative vision and close attention to detail and accuracy combined with project management, technical, interpersonal, and analytical skills.
- Knowledge of broad array of media with the ability to apply that knowledge to myriad collaterals to successfully meet educational, informational, promotional, marketing, fund-raising and/or image building objectives.
Location: Remote
Travel: No Travel Required
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Candidate receiving offers will be offered a salary/pay rate commensurate with experience that vary based on a candidate’s qualifications, skills, and competencies. Absent exceptional circumstances, candidates will be offered a salary within this range for this position. The minimum salary will be offered based on the minimum exemption threshold based on state of residency. Base pay is one component of National University’s total rewards package, as we are dedicated to supporting the needs of the “whole you” with our holistic approach to employee benefits by offering comprehensive well-being benefits for you and your family. For full details about our benefit plan offerings, please visit benefits.nu.edu. For Part-time benefits, please click here.
National University is committed to maintaining a high-quality workforce representative of the populations we serve. National University employs more than 4,500 faculty and staff and serves over 45,000 students. We are united in our mission to meet the global education demands of the 21st Century and are dedicated to creating a supportive academic and work environment that allows students, faculty and staff to develop their interests and talents while experiencing a sense of community. With programs available both online and at our many campus locations, National University is a leader in creating innovative solutions to education and meeting the needs of our student population, including adult learners and working professionals.
National University (NU) is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant per applicable federal, state and local laws. At NU, a mix of highly talented, innovative and creative people come together to make the impact of a lifetime for each of our student learners. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment, education, and admission at National University.
