Climate Communications Visual Designer

University of Chicago; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Chicago's Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth seeks a Digital Media Associate to elevate its visual identity across social media, web, and email. You will lead design-forward graphics, support video production, and build an evergreen content library to enable cross-channel communications.

Ideal candidates bring a design-focused portfolio and at least two years of professional graphic/digital media experience, with a strong emphasis on accessibility and brand

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 2+ years of professional experience in graphic design or digital media.
• Experience creating graphics and visual content for social media.

Responsibilities

• Creates social media graphics and visual assets for Institute accounts.
• Maintains Canva templates and supports campaign launches with graphic creation.
• Supports shooting/editing short-form social video content for multiple platforms.
• Develops design assets such as research summaries and 1-pagers.
• Maintains a high-quality evergreen visual content library and ensures accessibility.

Skills

Graphic design

Digital media

Social media

Video editing

Canva

Content creation

Accessibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Canva

Final Cut Pro/Adobe Premiere

Box

Google Drive

YouTube Studio

Job description

The University of Chicago's Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth seeks a Digital Media Associate to elevate its visual identity across social media, web, and email. You will lead design-forward graphics, support video production, and build an evergreen content library to enable cross-channel communications.

Ideal candidates bring a design-focused portfolio and at least two years of professional graphic/digital media experience, with a strong emphasis on accessibility and brand