Creative Graphic Designer I - OSD Creative

Liberty University; Lynchburg (VA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Liberty University’s Office of Student Development (OSD) Creative is seeking a skilled creative professional to develop and execute high-quality assets for live events, digital platforms, and print channels, upholding audience-first and brand standards.

You will manage timelines, collaborate across disciplines, integrate feedback, and deliver work with craft excellence while reflecting the heart of Christ and the University's mission.

Qualifications

• Four-year college degree, with a concentration in a relevant creative field preferred.
• Proficiency in discipline-relevant tools and programs.
• Communication and operational software and applications: Asana, Slack, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, iMessage, and Instagram.

Responsibilities

• Produce compelling creative assets across a wide range of platforms and events, for Convocation, Campus Community, Liberty Worship Collective, LU Stages, LU Shepherd, LU Serve, LU Send, and Liberty Pastoral Counseling & Care.
• Support OSD Creative staff with discipline-specific assets as needed.
• Manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment within brief specifications, deadlines, and budget restrictions.
• Stay current with creative industry trends and tools, and reflect audience-first thinking.
• Own and execute creative projects from start to finish with excellence and accountability.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Computer skills

Education

Four-year college degree

Tools

Asana

Slack

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Outlook

iMessage

Instagram

Job description

Within established review processes, this role develops and executes high-quality creative assets for OSD and its affiliated offices across live events, digital platforms, and print channels as needed. The position manages timelines and priorities, collaborates across disciplines, and upholds audience-first and brand standards while communicating proactively and integrating feedback. Through craft excellence, reliability, and a team-first posture, this role advances OSD's mission with purposeful, high-impact creative work.

Required Action for Employment Consideration

All applicants applying for the position are required to submit a current portfolio to be considered for the position.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Creative Execution

• Produce compelling creative assets across a wide range of platforms and events, for Convocation, Campus Community, Liberty Worship Collective, LU Stages, LU Shepherd, LU Serve, LU Send, and Liberty Pastoral Counseling & Care.
• Support OSD Creative staff with discipline-specific assets as needed.
• Manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment within brief specifications, deadlines, and budget restrictions.

Craft Excellence & Standards

• Stay current with creative industry trends, especially those relevant to our target audiences and church/ministry culture.
• Stay current with industry-standard tools and embrace cutting-edge creative software and workflows, constantly exploring new ways to innovate and push creative forward.
• Ensure all work reflects audience-first thinking and meets the intent of the brief.

Project Ownership & Execution

• Own and execute creative projects from start to finish with excellence and accountability with clear file hygiene and organized handoffs.
• Handle projects with clear vision, strong execution, and thoughtful integration of feedback.
• Communicate proactively and manage deadlines, deliverables, and expectations.

Initiative & Innovation

• Bring fresh ideas and improvements to elevate both creative work and team workflow.

Team Contribution & Culture

• Embodies, upholds, and multiplies OSD Creative's team values - including proactive growth, team-first mindset, ownership and accountability, positive culture builder, transparency, encouragement of others, and fruit-bearing character that reflects the heart of Christ (Galatians 5:22-23).
• Actively contributes to a team culture that embraces feedback, celebrates growth, and cultivates spiritual, relational, and creative development in others.
• Participates in teamwide creative brainstorms and contributes to the ideation of campaigns, series, and social content.
• Model respectful and constructive communication in all feedback exchanges.

Miscellaneous

• Attend departmental and official Liberty University Meetings as required.
• Work effectively as a team member of OSD, embracing and fostering the mission and events of OSD and Liberty University.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Strictly adheres to Liberty University policies, representing the University in an exemplary manner.
• Works effectively as a team member, embracing and fostering LU's Christian model and Mission - Training Champions for Christ.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

None.

QUALIFICATIONS AND CREDENTIALS

Education and Experience

• Four-year college degree, with a concentration in a relevant creative field preferred.
• Proficiency in discipline-relevant tools and programs.
• Communication and operational software and applications in use: Asana, Slack, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, iMessage, and Instagram.

Tier 1

Education and Experience

• 0-2 years with OSD Creative and consistently delivers high-quality work

Preferred Experience

• 0-2 years in a professional creative position.

ABILITIES AND COMPETENCIES ESSENTIAL TO THE FUNCTION OF THE JOB

Communication and Comprehension

• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing to convey clear, well articulated information.
• Ability to understand, speak, and write English in order to convey messages and correspond in an articulate and professional manner.
• Possess public communication skills that allow professional representation of Liberty University.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Computer skills.

Problem Solving

• Intuitively able to reason, analyze information and events, and apply judgment in order to solve problems of both a routine and complex nature.

Physical and Sensory Abilities

• May be required to travel.
• May be required to sit to perform deskwork or type on a keyboard.
• Regularly required to hear and speak in order to effectively communicate orally.
• Regularly required to stand, walk, and climb stairs to move about the campus.
• Handle materials, reach overhead, kneel or stoop in order to conduct business.
• Regularly lift 10 or fewer pounds.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Work Environment

The working environment in which one will typically perform the essential functions of this position is a climate-controlled setting. It is well lighted, and the noise level is moderate. Working environment may include facilitation of events outdoors occasionally.

Driving Requirements

If the employee is required to travel in performing the duties and responsibilities of the position, the use of one's personal vehicle (or LU vehicles) may be required for travel. Proof of a valid driver's license, an acceptable DMV record, LU Driving Approval, and liability insurance is required when driving in the performance of the employee's position.

Time TypeFull time

LocationOnsite

Pay Range

Compensation is determined based on factors such as qualifications, experience, education, skills, and certifications, along with University needs and external market conditions. Market benchmarks may be used, as appropriate, in combination with internal equity to ensure pay is fair and aligned with the broader compensation structure.

Comprehensive benefits, including health insurance, retirement plans, and tuition assistance.

$45,000.00 - $50,000.00

The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal and state statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including state of employment protected classes. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate all employees and prospective employees strictly according to the requirements of the job. All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments, working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including all applicable state of employment protected classes. The University is a Christian religious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject to religious discrimination requirements. The University's hiring practices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliance with both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exception to the \"religion\" component of the employment discrimination laws for religious organizations (including educational institutions), and permits them to give employment practice preference to members of their own religious beliefs.