Graphic Designer

Chesterton Academy of Notre Dame; Hopkins (MN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Chesterton Society in Minnesota is seeking a talented Graphic Designer to bring the ideas and legacy of G.K. Chesterton to life through compelling visual storytelling.

You will design brand-consistent print and digital collateral, support campaigns across social media, email, and events, and help grow visuals for more than 100 Chesterton schools and related networks. The role emphasizes collaboration with writers, marketers, and leadership, and requires strong typography, layout, and Canva +

Qualifications

• 3–7 years of professional graphic design experience.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating brand-driven design across print and digital media.
• Excellent typography, layout, visual communication, and creative problem-solving skills.
• High attention to detail and commitment to producing polished, high-quality work.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with writers, marketers, and leaders to develop integrated campaigns and brand solutions.
• Translate ideas into compelling visual stories with clarity, beauty, and impact.
• Ensure visual consistency and brand excellence across all communications.
• Design print and digital collateral and create assets for social media, emails, and events.
• Support school marketing by building templates and scalable design systems.

Skills

Brand identity

Typography

Canva

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Project management

Tools

Canva

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Figma

Job description

POSITION OVERVIEW

Help bring G.K. Chesterton to a new generation. And tell one of the most important stories in Catholic education.

The Chesterton Society is seeking a Graphic Designer to bring to life the ideas, writings, and legacy of G.K. Chesterton through compelling visual storytelling while helping represent the largest network of Catholic, classical high schools in the world.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Brand & Creative Leadership:

• Collaborate closely with writers, marketers, and organizational leadership to develop integrated campaigns and creative solutions that advance the mission of the Society of G.K. Chesterton and the Chesterton Schools Network.
• Translate ideas, messages, and strategies into compelling visual stories that communicate with clarity, beauty, and impact.
• Ensure visual consistency and brand excellence across all Society and Chesterton Schools Network communications.

Marketing & Campaign Design:

• Design print and digital marketing collateral, including brochures, flyers, postcards, presentations, and promotional materials.
• Create graphics and visual assets for social media, email marketing, fundraising campaigns, conferences, events, and special initiatives.
• Support marketing campaigns that attract prospective families, school founders, Society members, donors, and event attendees.

Digital Experience:

• Design and maintain website graphics, page layouts, and other digital experiences that strengthen engagement and usability.

School Marketing & Brand Systems:

• Create branded templates, toolkits, and marketing resources that support more than 100 Chesterton schools and founding groups.
• Manage and continually improve the Chesterton Canva environment, including templates, brand assets, and scalable design systems that enable schools to produce high-quality, on-brand communications.

QUALIFICATIONS

Design Excellence:

• 3-7 years of professional graphic design experience
• Strong portfolio demonstrating thoughtful, brand-driven design across print and digital media
• Excellent typography, layout, visual communication, and creative problem-solving skills
• High attention to detail and commitment to producing polished, high-quality work

Digital Design & Creative Tools:

• Advanced proficiency in Canva, including experience building scalable template libraries and brand systems
• Experience designing for web, social media, email marketing, and print
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop) and/or Figma is a plus

Brand Strategy & Creative Thinking

• Creative thinker with an eye for storytelling, branding, campaign development, and visual identity
• Ability to translate ideas into clear, engaging visual communications that advance strategic objectives

Project Management & Collaboration

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with writers, marketers, school leaders, and executive leadership

Dedication to the Mission

• Devote working time to the mission of evangelization that is the Society of G. K. Chesterton, including participation in daily prayer, and personal advancement of those particularly Chestertonian virtues of charity, joy, learning and continual conversion.
• The successful candidate must exhibit faithfulness to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church in accord with our canonical status as a private association of the Christian faithful.

Helpful, not required:

• Motion or animation basics; light video editing
• HTML email and front-end familiarity - enough to design within the constraint
• Experience with schools, publishing, nonprofits, or membership organizations
• Photography, or good judgment in art-directing a photographer.