Graphic Design Marketing Specialist I

Knoxville TVA Employees Credit Union; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid health insurance and FT/

Accrual of PTO Leave

401(k) with 50% match up to 6%

Group Life Insurance and LTD

Job summary

Knoxville TVA Employees Credit Union is seeking a design and marketing production specialist to support ongoing creative needs across print and digital channels. The onsite role in Knoxville will develop brand-aligned graphics, manage production details, and coordinate deliverables with internal stakeholders and vendors.

You’ll create graphics for campaigns, events, and internal communications, ensuring timely delivery and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Digital Graphic Design or related field or equivalent experience.
• 1–2 years of experience in a graphic design position preferred.
• Understanding of basic marketing principles for both print and digital preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create effective, compelling graphic designs for a range of marketing deliverables across print and digital.
• Support monthly marketing campaigns, specials, and promotional goals.
• Design media placements including newspapers, inserts, magazines, and billboards.
• Develop digital ads in multiple sizes, including static and animated formats.
• Produce in-branch marketing materials such as brochures, flyers, and digital displays.
• Create branded assets including stationery, cards, and invites.
• Support direct mail efforts such as postcards, invites, letters, and newsletters.
• Design outdoor and large-format materials like banners and yard signs.
• Prepare graphics for emails, videos, blogs, and social media.
• Coordinate with stakeholders and vendors to meet deadlines.

Skills

Graphic design

Brand consistency

Project coordination

Print & digital media

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Digital Graphic Design or related field

Tools

Press-ready PDFs

Job description

Knoxville TVA Employees Credit Union is seeking a design and marketing production specialist to support ongoing creative needs across both print and digital channels. In this onsite role in Knoxville, you will help bring monthly campaigns and special events to life by developing brand-aligned graphics, managing production details, and coordinating deliverables with internal stakeholders and vendors.

What you’ll do

• Create effective, compelling graphic designs for a range of marketing deliverables across print and digital.
• Support monthly marketing promotional campaigns, CU specials, and CU goal pushes.
• Design media placements including newspapers, inserts, magazines, special publications, and billboards.
• Develop digital ads in multiple sizes, including static and animated formats.
• Produce in-branch marketing materials such as brochures, flyers, handouts, digital displays, user guides, and manuals.
• Create branded assets including stationery, templates, birthday and Christmas cards, and invites.
• Support direct mail efforts such as postcards, invites, letters, and newsletters.
• Design outdoor and large-format materials including lawn or tradeshow banners, yard signs, and outdoor signs.
• Prepare graphics for emails, videos, blogs, and vlogs.
• Create graphics for online banking, mobile banking, website, and social media.
• Support statement inserts for monthly statement mailings.
• Develop special event support materials and signage for events including the Annual Meeting, Shred Day, Member Appreciation Day, and more.
• Create branded t-shirt designs.
• Handle marketing help desk requests from internal and external stakeholders.
• Prioritize and complete multiple assignments in a fast-paced environment, developing design concepts from start to finish.
• Collaborate with other creatives to ensure graphics and marketing messages align with the defined marketing goal, target audience, and the Brand.
• Coordinate with marketing specialists to manage event and community material distribution and meet defined deadlines for end users.
• Communicate with stakeholders to ensure deliverables meet expectations and are delivered on time.
• Review visual design elements for technical accuracy throughout draft and production stages.
• Remain compliant with regulatory and legal requirements and follow Credit Union policies and procedures.
• Represent the Credit Union professionally through appearance, behavior, and performance.
• Manage vendor production for print and digital, including obtaining quotes, defining print specifications, exporting press-ready .pdfs, and maintaining quality control.
• Ensure files are correctly formatted and exported for each media platform so end users require no additional handling.
• Maintain regular and predictable attendance, work cooperatively with others, and complete other duties as assigned.

What you bring

• Bachelor’s Degree (Digital Graphic Design, Graphic Design, Fine Arts, or related field) or an equivalent combination of education and previous experience (preferred).
• 1 to 2 years of experience in a graphic design position (preferred).
• Understanding of basic marketing principles for both print and digital (preferred).

Tools

• Press-ready .pdfs

Compensation and schedule

Salary range is $20.50 to $22.50 per hour, starting based on work experience. The role is onsite in Knoxville, TN.

Benefits

• Employer-paid health and dental insurance monthly premiums
• Accrual of PTO Leave
• Employer-matched 401(k) with a 50% match up to 6% of employee contributions
• Employer-paid Group Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability benefits
• Potential bonus up to 11% of average salary over the past year based on Credit Union-wide goals
• Paid Holidays and Paid Training
• Potential pay increases through additional training opportunities
• Opportunity to earn incentive pay
• Community-focused mindset of People Helping People