Designer

Thrivent Financial; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 74,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunities

Health insurance

401(k) / Pension

Job summary

Thrivent Financial is seeking a Designer, Brand & Integrated Marketing to craft design across direct mail, print collateral, social media, and digital ads. You will balance creative thinking with business partner expectations to meet project objectives and ensure brand consistency across channels.

You will collaborate with a Creative team, steward the brand, and stay current with design trends and production techniques while managing multiple projects under tight deadlines.

Qualifications

• Associate or bachelor’s degree (preferred) and 3–5 years of experience in graphic arts, including layout, photography, illustration and designing for digital experiences.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite.
• Ability to work independently under tight deadlines while managing multiple projects.
• Thorough knowledge of visual design principles.

Responsibilities

• Develop concepts and designs for traditional and digital brand touchpoints including direct mail, print collateral, social media, digital advertising, email, and event/environmental graphics.
• Build trusted relationships with business partners and recommend communication methods to reach audiences.
• Collaborate with Creative team members to satisfy project needs and meet deadlines.
• Serve as brand steward by educating partners on guidelines and applying brand standards consistently.
• Maintain design skills and knowledge of current trends and production techniques.
• Provide design rationale to leadership on how the creative meets objectives.
• Revise designs based on feedback to deliver the best outcomes.

Skills

Visual design principles

Independent work under deadlines

Stakeholder management

Project management platforms

Education

Associate or Bachelor's degree in Graphic Arts or related

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Job description

**POSITION SUMMARY**In this creative role as Designer, Brand & Integrated Marketing, you will develop design for a range of channels that resonates with various audiences and helps achieve outcomes based on business and marketing objectives. You are comfortable working across digital and traditional channels and can deliver attention-grabbing content that resonates with our audiences, despite complex products and technical requirements. To be successful in this role, you must be able to balance creative thinking and business partner expectations to successfully communicate ideas that meet the project’s objectives. You are an advocate for the brand and challenge yourself to find the best way to apply the visual brand system across mediums and channels and solve problems. **DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES**Develop concepts and designs for a range of traditional and digital brand touchpoints including direct mail, print collateral, social media, digital advertising, email, and event and environmental graphics.* Build trusted relationships with business partners, recommending the most appropriate method and style of communication to reach a given audience.* Collaborate with fellow Creative team members to satisfy project needs and meet deadlines.* Serve as brand steward by educating business partners on guidelines and by consistently applying brand standards to all materials.* Maintain design skills and a broad knowledge of current trends and production techniques.* Provide design rationale to team leadership and business partners on how the creative meets project objectives.* Revise designs based on business partner or team feedback, making sure to deliver the best possible outcome. **QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS***Required:** Associate degree or bachelor’s degree (preferred) and 3-5 years of experience in graphic arts, including significant experience in layout, photography, illustration and designing for digital experiences.* Thorough knowledge of – and experience in – the production of advertising, marketing and promotional materials.* Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite.* Ability to work independently under tight deadlines while managing multiple projects simultaneously.* Thorough knowledge of visual design principles.*Preferred:** Experience in financial services or other highly regulated industry.* Proficiency in Figma* Ability to manage input from multiple stakeholders* Excellent organizational skills including familiarity with project management platformsPay TransparencyThrivent’s long-term growth depends on attracting, rewarding, and retaining people who are committed to helping others thrive with purpose. We accomplish this by offering a wide variety of market competitive compensation programs to attract, reward, and retain top talent. The applicable salary or hourly wage range for this full-time role is $73,788.00 - $99,831.00 per year, which factors in various geographic regions. The base pay actually offered will be determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to, location, relevant experience, skills, and knowledge, business needs, market demand, and other factors Thrivent deems important.Thrivent is unique in our commitment to helping people to be wise with money and live balanced and generous lives. That extends to our benefits.The following benefits may be offered: various bonuses (including, for example, annual or long-term incentives); medical, dental, and vision insurance; health savings account; flexible spending account; 401k; pension; life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance; disability insurance; supplemental protection insurance; 20 days of Paid Time Off each year; Sick and Safe Time; 10 paid company holidays; Volunteer Time Off; paid parental leave; EAP; well-being benefits, and other employee benefits. Eligibility for receipt of these benefits is subject to the applicable plan/policy documents. Thrivent’s plans/policies are subject to change at any time at Thrivent’s discretion.*Thrivent provides Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) without regard to race, religion, color,* *sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable local, state, or federal law. This policy applies to all employees and job applicants.**Thrivent is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please let us know by sending an email to [e-mail] or call 800-847-4836 and request Human Resources.*