Graphic Designer (Multimedia Focus)
Chicago, IL
USA – Marketing /
Hybrid
We’re looking for a Graphic Designer to support our international marketing team! We’re an industry-based organization passionate about what we do and the interpretation of our culture and vision through our brand interactions. We’re looking for someone whose design journey and expertise has a strong multi-media flair, bringing with them a strong portfolio of video, animation, shoot-direction, and project management skills. In this newly created role, we would be looking for someone that is excited by visual storytelling, has a high attention to detail, and is passionate about using design to drive company culture, brand engagement, and commercial wins.
Role Overview
You will be joining a global marketing team that manages all facets of digital marketing, internal and external communications, lead generation, brand development, and multi-functional design – it’s a happening department and there is never a dull moment! Our design needs are very broad – you will be supporting creative direction across digital advertising and brand engagement, multiple international brand identities, event branding, customer proposals, signage and multi-discipline advertising initiatives, as well as a leading role in video creation and innovation. We guarantee that you will have your hands full!
What you will do
- Conceptualize and manage digital and printed design projects in collaboration with the other graphic designers and broader marketing team
- Be design support for our multitude of brands and drive brand direction across social media and other advertising platforms
- Storyboard and present video concepts, as well as execute and design video-based marketing materials
- Help manage any photo & video shoots required to support marketing initiatives
- Help manage external contractors & their project timelines, specifically any videographers and external video editors.
- Design advertising for retargeting, social media and other web-based campaigns
- Design digital landing page imagery and digital assets for recruitment, sales campaigns and blogs
- Printed design initiatives including brochures & flyers, trade show banners, vehicle wraps, uniforms and signage
- Provide design support for customer proposals, presentations and tender responses
- Attend strategy sessions with marketing and communications leadership
Candidate Profile
- Experience
- 4+ years working in a commercial environment in a design role that includes both printed and digital design with multi-disciplinary marketing support
- Experience with organizing & directing video shoots and creating video-based social content & marketing material
- Experience owning brand guidelines, upholding a company’s “look and feel” whilst applying creative innovation to each independent project
- Experience designing for web and social platforms
- Experience liaising with & giving feedback to external contractors
- Experience with project management and managing project timelines (not only your own, but also of any contractors)
- Experience in managing and organizing a library of assets (video & photo)
- Experience in scoping & leading projects from start to finish (particularly projects that span across different departments)
- Skills
- Loves design! Strong flair in ideation & innovation.
- High level of proficiency in the use of the Adobe Suite; particularly Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects or Premiere Pro
- Self-starter, detail oriented, well organized, able to handle multiple projects at any given time and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
- Has an innate creativity to conceptualize designs in accordance with our branding guidelines, whilst also possessing the technical graphic & multimedia skills to materialize them
- Have the ability to self-manage your time and projects from initiation through to completion, in addition to managing any external contractors in tandem, providing them clear timelines and deliverables
- Skilled in working effectively with cross-functional teams
- Ability to eloquently present concepts and explain design approach and reasoning
- Receptive and appreciative of feedback, and enjoys a collaborative environment
- Extremely strong organizational and time-management skills in workflow, deadline adherence and file organization is a must
- Video & motion graphics/animation experience is a must
- Work-Style Competencies
- Teamwork and Communication: Possesses the ability to work with a number of different talents within the business
- Flexibility, Adaptability: Able to move with changing goalposts.
- Visual Thinker: Constantly voice and execute innovative creative solutions for marketing initiatives and advertising campaigns
- Takes Ownership: Can take on a project and run with it independently as a very hands-on contributor.
- A Doer: Gets stuff done! Moves fast and has a bias for action and execution.
$75,000 - $85,000 a year
