Graphic Account Manager

The Freeman Company (TFC) Brands; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Parental Leave

Life, Accident and Disability

Retirement with Company Match

Paid Time Off

Annual bonus up to 7.5% of base salary

Job summary

The Graphic Account Manager at The Freeman Company will handle all customer graphic needs for exhibits, tradeshows, and events, collaborating with Growth, Delivery, and Design teams to ensure accurate execution.

This role supports the Graphics Account Management group under the Growth (Sales) team and offers a hybrid schedule, typically 2-3 days in-office or on-site. Based out of any of several locations including Chicago, IL.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree preferred; high school diploma or equivalent with relevant work experience required.
• Excellent customer service and organizational skills.
• Analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to multi-task for multiple customers.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
• Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator experience.

Responsibilities

• Gathers all graphic requirements from the client.
• Delivers graphic requirements to Design and Delivery.
• Coordinates with producing branches on graphic production.
• Establishes graphic deadlines for production lead time.
• Creates designs, layout artwork, samples and finished layouts.
• Works with clients to approve final layout, design, and placement.
• Provides print-ready files after client approval.
• Ensures job quality throughout production.
• Creates and manages manifests for production tracking.

Skills

Customer service

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Multi-tasking

Education

Associate’s degree preferred

High School Diploma or Equivalent with relevant work experience required

Tools

Microsoft Office

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Job description

About Us

The Freeman Company is a global leader in events, on a mission to redefine live for a new era. With a data-driven approach and the industry’s largest network of experts, The Freeman Company's insights shape exhibitions, exhibits, and events that drive audiences to action. The integrated full-service solutions leverage a 99-year legacy in event management as well as new technologies to deliver moments that matter.

The Freeman Company is a global leader in events, on a mission to redefine live for a new era. With a data-driven approach and the industry’s largest network of experts, The Freeman Company's insights shape exhibitions, exhibits, and events that drive audiences to action. The integrated full-service solutions leverage a 99-year legacy in event management as well as new technologies to deliver moments that matter.

Summary

The Graphic Account Manager is responsible for managing all customer graphic needs to be represented as exhibits, tradeshows, corporate events, and public events via visual media. You will work directly with Growth, Delivery, Design, and clients on all graphic needs to ensure execution is correct.

This position will support our Graphics Account Management group under our Growth (Sales) team. It is eligible to work a hybrid schedule, generally requiring work in-office and/or show site 2-3 days per week. The ideal candidate will be based out of any of the following locations:

• Las Vegas, NV
• San Diego, CA
• Anaheim, CA
• Chicago, IL
• Orlando, FL

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Works with client to gather all graphic requirements
• Delivers all graphic requirements to Design and Delivery departments
• Works with the producing branches on graphic production for event
• Establish graphic requirement deadlines for optimum production lead time
• Creates designs, layout artwork, samples and/or finished layouts for the client
• Work with clients to approve final layout, design, and placement
• Provides print-ready files for output to Delivery once client has approved
• Ensures job quality through entire production
• Creates and manages manifest for production tracking on all graphics

Education & Experience

Required

• Associate’s degree preferred, High School Diploma or Equivalent with relevant work experience required
• Excellent customer service and organizational skills
• Exceptional organizational, analytical and problem solving skills
• Multi-task requirements for multiple customers at a time
• Working knowledge of all Microsoft software applications
• Skills in using Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator

Preffered

• Understanding of grand format printing and special event graphics production
• Understanding of graphic production process in order to recommend correct materials for specific applications

Travel Requirements

Travel 25% to 50%

What We Offer

The Freeman Company provides benefits that aim to empower our people and their families to thrive mentally, physically, and financially. These are a handful of the types of programs and benefits our full-time people may be eligible for. There may be some variances in specific benefits across regions.

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Parental Leave
• Life, Accident and Disability
• Retirement with Company Match
• Paid Time Off
• Salary range of $65,000 - $80,000 annually, based upon experience.
• Eligible for an annual bonus of up to 7.5% of the base salary.

Diversity Commitment

At The Freeman Company, our commitment to diversity and inclusion is helping us to create not only a great place to work, but also an environment where our employees, our customers and our communities around the world can reach their goals and connect with each other. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status and other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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