Graphic Designer

Rosepat Opportunity Manager; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 53,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

Paid wellness and vacation time

Flexible work schedules

Ownership path in co-op

Company-owned computer

Job summary

Design Action is seeking a Graphic Designer to create branding systems, illustrations, social media graphics, posters, and multi-page documents for print, presentation, and web.

You will collaborate with clients and the design team in a fully remote, worker-owned studio dedicated to social justice. Candidates with experience in a cooperative environment and strong Adobe skills are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator) and font management.
• Experience in cooperative workplace environments and ownership pathways.
• Ability to juggle multiple projects and meet deadlines with clear communication.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and negotiation skills.
• Strong time-management, organization, and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Create visual branding and guidelines across print and digital platforms.
• Collaborate with clients to identify branding needs and develop concepts.
• Direct client communications for requests and revisions.
• Work with project managers and art director to meet deadlines and solve design challenges.
• Manage multiple projects using Basecamp and Harvest with proactive status updates.

Skills

Adobe Creative Suite

Branding & identity

Communication

Time management

Tools

Basecamp

Harvest

Slack

Forecast

Google Suite

CiviCRM

Job description

• A fully remote, multi-lingual worker-owned design and communications studio, founded in 2002 and officially incorporated in 2004.
• Proudly committed to providing high-quality visual communications tools to progressive, non-profit, and grassroots activist organizations.
• A union shop affiliated with the Pacific Media Guild, Local 39521 Communication Workers of America (typographical sector, AFL/CIO).
• Majority trans / gender non-conforming, queer, and people-of-color owned.

What’s the job role?

We’re hiring for aGraphic Designer, whose main work may include brand / identity systems, illustration, social media graphic suites, posters, layout and design for multi-page documents, and other materials for print, presentation, and web.

Core responsibilities include:

• Use design software to create visual products
  • Work with client to identify branding needs, develop logo concepts, and create visual branding and guidelines and apply those across various print and digital platforms
  • Identify graphic and/or illustration styles that work for the clients needs and create illustrations for posters, report covers, social media, etc.
  • Create Cover art and interior page templates for multi-page reports and apply client content to template
• Direct communication with clients to clarify requests and revisions.
• Working collaboratively to complete projects
  • Participation in meetings to discuss design concepts.
  • Joining team meetings to help make decisions about the projects we want to take on and plan realistic project schedules.
  • Partnership with project managers and art director teammates to meet deadlines and solve creative challenges for our clients.
  • Managing multiple projects and deadlines using project management tools such as Basecamp and Harvest. Communicating clearly and proactively with teammates about capacity to meet deadlines.
• Participation in collective, department, and committee meetings and taking on internal operations work as needed to co-manage our collectively-owned and -operated Business.

We’re an ever-growing and changing shop, so this position will have plenty of room for growth depending on your interests, skills, experience, and the needs of the shop.

What are we looking for?

Our ideal candidate has*…

*We encourage you to apply even if you aren’t sure you meet 100% of our desired qualifications.

*We especially encourage candidates who are Black or Indigenous, disabled, poor or working class, trans or gender non-conforming, queer, or have otherwise faced systemic barriers to advancement in your field.

• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator), plus font management and other industry standard software applications.
• Experience and/or commitment to a cooperative workplace, sharing of shop management duties and becoming a principal worker-owner in a cooperative.
• The ability to juggle multiple projects while staying on deadline and within scope, or communicating any obstacles to teammates in a timely manner.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Excellent time-management, organization, and boundary-setting skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• The ability to track multiple projects to make sure they’re staying on deadline and within scope, and the ability to communicate any obstacles in a timely manner.
• Experience with or willingness to learn meeting facilitation.
• Experience with or willingness to learn project management tools such as Basecamp, Slack, Harvest, Forecast, Google Suite, CiviCRM, etc.
• Interest in or experience being a worker in a non-hierarchical, democratic workplace.
• Interest in or experience with business management, development, or ownership, since this position is on a path to co-ownership of our collective.
• Interest and involvement in progressive social change work.
• Strong commitment to and willingness to engage in political education.
• As a bonus:Some experience with web design, video editing, and/or design tools such as Figma.
• As a bonus:The ability to dream up and implement new systems and processes to make our work more efficient!

What are the pay and benefits?

Our pay is $34/hr for an average of 30-37.5 hours a week.

This translates to roughly $53,040 - $66,300 a year before taxes.

Pay rates are not negotiable, as all workers receive the same hourly pay, but our hourly schedules are flexible. DAC is committed to increasing compensation regularly so that we may provide a thriving wage to all our workers.

• 10 days of paid wellness / sick time each year
• 10 days of paid vacation time each year, with an increase to 20 days after the first two years
• 11 paid holidays each year
• Health, dental, and vision insurance starting the first full month after you're hired
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for medical expenses and dependent care
• Flexible schedules to manage work-life balance

We'll provide you with a company-owned computer and a budget for ergonomic home setup. More benefits, including patronage (profit-sharing) and access to our 401(k), come when you become an owner.

This position is on the path to ownership of our co-op.

You will be eligible for an ownership position after completing a 9-month candidacy period with three evaluations. You will have both a "buddy" and a "supervisor" who will facilitate evaluations, support your growth, and orient you on what it means to be an owner of Design Action. You will be expected to fulfill certain collective duties, including attending a weekly Collective Meeting and regular all-staff trainings, in order to become an owner.

One of the biggest pluses of being at Design Action is the rare opportunity to be a worker-owner at a design & tech business that is explicitly committed to social justice. Our democratic workplace structure (no bosses!) allows us to put our political values into action.

In addition, many of our members are rooted in community activism and organizing on issues such as anti-imperialism, prison abolition, tenant & housing rights, anti-racism, gender equity, and environmental justice. We also hold regular political education trainings as well as annual staff and department retreats where we can build our camaraderie with one another and strategize on ways to keep our business bold, radical, and thriving.