Full-time Graphic Designer

Title: Full-time Graphic Designer

Salary Range: $40,000.00

Contract Term Length: 12 Months

Standard Hours: 37.50

Work Location: Hybrid

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

College: Jefferson Community & Technical College

Campus Location: Jefferson Community College

Department: Marketing and Public Relations

Total Rewards

Jefferson Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:

• Exceptional health care, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family
• Tuition discounts and waivers
• 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
• Vacation/Sick Time
• Work-Life Balance
• 9.5 Paid Holidays
• 2 Weeks of Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
• Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary

The Marketing and Public Relations Department of Jefferson Community and Technical College is seeking a full-time graphic designer. This position will assist the marketing department in promoting and maintaining a consistent brand image and voice in all visual media areas, including photography and video. The department is looking for an energetic, detail-oriented individual who is excited to work on deliverables that will increase enrollment and retention.

Job Duties:

Other duties include but are not limited to:
• Working with communications specialist to create content for social media, marketing materials, websites, and other visual formats as needed.
• Attend college events as a photographer.
• Process and edit all photography. Organize, catalog, and tag on photos on SharePoint and the Jefferson Flickr.
• Create print-ready and web-ready files from existing designs and new creative concepts.
• Prepares drafts of materials based on the assigned job.
• Prepares, edits and supplies files, graphics, and other content needed for unit or institutional multimedia materials.
• Updates and maintains archive and graphic libraries for use by Jefferson Marketing and all other college eymployees.
• Develop procedures, processes, schedules, and deadlines, so that graphic design projects are produced in a timely, efficient, and cost-effective manner with high-quality results.
• Oversee the Xerox Printing Center marketing materials and other vendors who produce materials for Jefferson.
• Develop branded templates by which colleagues with little or no experience are able to produce high-quality printed materials that are instantly recognizable as part of Jefferson.
• Provide graphic design support and leadership to all college marketing personnel.
• Assists Jefferson college community with the application of brand guidelines throughout communications.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors in graphic design, marketing, corporate communications, public relations or related field, design school, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of two years of graphic design experience
• High Proficiency in the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign)
• Proficiency Microsoft Office programs
• Competency in photography shooting, composition, and editing
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and complete by target dates while working within the parameters of the brand style guide and maintaining attention to detail and consistency.
• Online portfolio and/or provide samples of graphic design work
 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of video production and editing a plus
• Working knowledge of HTML for websites, email, and design best practices
• Ability and eagerness to be open to learn new skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Creative problem-solving skills

Additional Skills Requested:

This position requires the ability to work in a culturally diverse environment, which consists of frequent contact with a diverse constituency of students, faculty, staff, and the public. Candidates who have demonstrated a commitment to working with underrepresented minority students through teaching, mentoring, or administration are especially encouraged to apply. Candidates who have experience with intersectional, inclusive instruction and with a demonstrated ability to incorporate diverse perspectives into teaching and student engagement are encouraged to identify those experiences in the application materials. Jefferson Community and Technical College is working to build a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working.