Graphic Designer I

Lone Star College; Cypress (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Lone Star College-CyFair is seeking a Graphic Designer I to support branding, layout, and production across digital and print media. You will create assets for websites, social channels, emails, and print materials, while maintaining brand consistency and meeting tight deadlines.

The role emphasizes collaboration within a fast-paced college environment, with opportunities to contribute to catalogs, class schedules, and promotional campaigns.

Qualifications

• Participates in team and project meetings to assist with larger project needs analysis, planning, organization, and concept development.
• Uses a variety of tools and mediums to achieve artistic or decorative effects to create options for customer selection.
• Responsible for meeting deadlines and using independent judgment to prioritize assigned work.
• Assists with the creation of eye-catching visual content for our digital marketing campaigns, including websites, social media, and email marketing.

Responsibilities

• Participates in team and project meetings to assist with project planning, analysis, and concept development.
• Creates options for customer selection using various tools and mediums.
• Meets deadlines and prioritizes work with independent judgment.
• Keeps vendor communications, requests bids, and aids print production timelines.
• Contributes to catalogs, schedules, web design, and print media.
• Develops eye-catching digital marketing content for websites, social, and email.
• Collaborates on campaigns across digital and print marketing.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Graphic design

Branding

Layout typography

Print production

Digital marketing assets

Time management

Customer service

Tools

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Canva

Constant Contact

Job description

Graphic Designer I

Job ID

45414

Location

LSC-CyFair

Full/Part Time

Full-Time

Regular/Temporary

Regular

Commitment to Mission

At Lone Star College System, every employee contributes to our mission of providing transformational educational opportunities that help individuals get from where they are to where they want to be. Guided by our vision to lead higher education through high-quality, affordable, and innovative learning opportunities, employees are expected to exemplify professionalism, integrity, accountability, and collaboration.

Through our One LSC Philosophy , we deliver excellent and uniform customer service, providing consistent information, and uniformly helping every student regardless of physical location, modality, college, campus, center, or medium.

This commitment supports Lone Star College System's strategic goals:

1. Opportunity through financial resilience

2. Leading in academic excellence

3. Strength in culture and talent development

4. Connections through bridges of prosperity

Great Colleges to Work For

Lone Star College System is proud to be recognized as a Great Colleges to Work For institution by The Chronicle of Higher Education.

This recognition reflects our commitment to creating an organizational culture where employees are valued, supported, and empowered.

Campus Marketing Statement

Lone Star College-CyFair

With 100,000 students and counting, Lone Star College System provides transformational educational opportunities that help individuals get from where they are to where they want to be. The two-year institution is training tomorrow's workforce today, offering more than 200 degrees and certification programs that empower students to take the next step.

Lone Star College System has eight main campuses and more than 20 locations in the Houston area. Learn more at LoneStar.edu .

Located in suburban northwest Houston, in the heart of the Cy-Fair Community, Lone Star College-CyFair offers a full range of programs, including unique offerings in fire science technology, logistics management, and sonography. Since opening its award-winning campus in 2003, the college has experienced record growth, supporting an exciting learning environment that combines state-of-the-art technology with active, collaborative learning.

The address is 9191 Barker Cypress Road, Cypress, TX 77433. All applicants must reside in Texas.

Job Description

Purpose and Scope

The Graphic Designer I utilizes professional level skills to accomplish assignments within an area of functional specialty. Working independently and with project teams, uses a variety of tools and mediums to achieve artistic or decorative effects. Plans, analyzes, and creates solutions for visual communications needs throughout Lone Star College.

Essential Job Functions

1. Participates in team and project meetings to assist with larger project needs analysis, planning, organization, and concept development. Engages in brainstorming, planning, and executing digital marketing campaigns, ensuring alignment with brand strategy and objectives.

2. Uses a variety of tools and mediums to achieve artistic or decorative effects to create options for customer selection.

3. Responsible for meeting deadlines and using independent judgment to prioritize assigned work.esponsible for meeting deadlines and using independent judgment to prioritize assigned work.

4. Maintains communications with vendors, requesting bids, providing pre-press and press checks, and helping ensure print-production timelines are met.

5. Graphic Designers in different departments may focus on one or more specific types of projects, including but not limited to catalogs and class schedule productions, web/multi-media design, various publications, posters/fliers/brochures, etc.).

6. Assists with the creation of eye-catching visual content for our digital marketing campaigns, including websites, social media, and email marketing.

7. Collaboratively conceptualizes, designs, and executes eye-catching visual content and creative assets for digital and print marketing campaigns. This includes websites, social media, email marketing, advertisements, digital signage, web content, and traditional print media.

8. Responsible for other reasonable related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Knowledge of professional printing processes, pre-press production, printing techniques, paper selection, coating, etc.

• Knowledge of PC's (Microsoft Office) and MACs and related graphic design software

• Knowledge of a variety of design software and tools, such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Canva, Constant contact, etc...

• Flexibility with prioritizing deadlines and managing expectations

• Strong attention to accuracy and detail

• Knowledge of general layout principles and basic aesthetic design concepts

• Ability to adapt to changing technology and acquire new skills

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines

• Excellent customer service skills

Physical Abilities

The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee sits comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying of light items, such as papers, books, or small parts; or driving an automobile. No special physical demands are required to perform the work.

Work Schedule and Conditions

• Equipment used includes, PC/MAC workstations running on a LAN in a Microsoft Windows/Apple environment, calculator, phone, and other general office equipment as well as