Graphic Designer

APQC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

APQC, a Houston-based nonprofit, seeks a creative designer to translate strategy and research into compelling visual assets across web, email, social, presentations, and events.

You will transform complex data into clear graphics and visual stories, deliver digital and print assets, and maintain brand templates for consistent production. Collaboration with Marketing is essential to ensure accessibility and quality.

Qualifications

• Portfolio demonstrating graphic design, typography, layout, brand application.
• Experience translating research and data into charts, infographics, visual explanations.
• Proficiency with professional design tools, reusable templates, digital asset management, accessibility, and production quality assurance.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, collaborate across functions, and use evidence to improve results.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Translate campaign, content, and brand direction into visual concepts and assets for web, email, social, presentations, events, and other channels while maintaining brand consistency.
• Transform complex research, data, and expertise into clear graphics, infographics, charts, diagrams, and visual stories.
• Produce and deliver final digital and print assets; coordinate with printers and vendors to ensure quality and timely delivery.
• Maintain reusable templates, components, brand assets, production files, and design standards for efficient creation.
• Review market-facing creative for brand consistency, visual quality, accessibility, authenticity, and production readiness.
• Test AI-assisted design, video, motion, and interactive content to improve engagement and speed.

Skills

Graphic design

Data visualization

Typography

Brand application

Accessibility

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in design or related field

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

InDesign

Illustrator

Photoshop

Figma

Job description

At APQC, we help organizations improve performance by providing access to trusted benchmarking, best practices, and business process research. As a Houston-based nonprofit, we serve more than 1,000 member organizations across 55 industries worldwide. APQC partners with Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, nonprofits, and professional services organizations to deliver independent, data-driven insights that help leaders solve complex business challenges.

This role transforms strategy, research insight, and campaign narratives into compelling, accessible visual experiences and reusable creative assets that strengthen APQC's brand and audience understanding.

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Responsibilities:

• Translate campaign, content, and brand direction into compelling visual concepts and assets that are adapted for web, email, social, presentations, events, and other channels while maintaining brand consistency and effectiveness
• Transform complex research, data, and expertise into clear, accurate graphics, infographics, charts, diagrams, and visual stories that improve understanding and credibility
• Produce and deliver final digital and print assets that meet format, resolution, and production requirements; coordinate with printers and other vendors to ensure quality and timely delivery
• Maintain reusable templates, components, brand assets, production files, and design standards so Marketing can create and manage consistent creative work efficiently
• Review market-facing creative for brand consistency, visual quality, accuracy, accessibility, authenticity, and production readiness before release
• Test AI-assisted design, video, motion, interactive content, and emerging creative approaches that may improve audience engagement, production speed, or reuse; recommend what to adopt or scale

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Qualifications & Skills:

• A portfolio demonstrating graphic design, typography, layout, brand application, and integrated campaign creative.
• Experience translating research and data into accurate charts, infographics, and visual explanations.
• Proficiency with professional design tools, reusable templates, digital asset management, accessibility, and production quality assurance.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, collaborate across functions, and use evidence to improve results.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent practical experience.