Graphic Designer III

St. Louis Community College; Bridgeton (MO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Louis Community College seeks a Graphic Designer III to translate brand guidelines into original concepts and drive a new, consistent identity across print, digital, and media.

You will report to the Marketing Manager, collaborate with marketing, communications, web, social media, and design professionals, and provide project leadership while maintaining a strong visual language across channels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in design or art is required.
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• 5+ years in print and digital design with progressive responsibility.
• Strong portfolio showcasing design solutions.
• Experience building brands and visual identities.
• Ability to back up design recommendations with rationale.
• Proficiency with design tools: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, WordPress.
• Entrepreneurial, creative problem-solver.

Responsibilities

• Deliver strategy and creativity for dynamic communications and marketing materials.
• Lead complex design projects from concept to delivery.
• Communicate with writers, marketers, and digital experts.
• Demonstrate design capabilities through best practices and trends.
• Provide strategic thinking and proven experience.
• Deliver graphic design across web, mobile, and print.
• Lead projects using Basecamp and other tools.
• Persuade diverse teams to collaborate effectively.
• Utilize assets like animation, photography, video, etc.
• Establish and maintain a visual language and style guide for brand consistency across platforms.
• Interpret and execute marketing and communications strategies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Branding

Creative design

Project leadership

Communication

Team collaboration

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s Degree from a leading design or art school

5+ years of progressive responsibility in print and digital design

Strong portfolio demonstrating creative design solutions

Practical knowledge building brands and visual identities

Strong point of view with rationale

Knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, WordPress

Entrepreneurial, creative problem-solver

Tools

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

WordPress

Basecamp

Job description

The Graphic Designer III will translate brand guidelines into original concepts and assist in driving initiatives to create assets for a new and consistent brand identity. The Graphic Designer III will report to the Marketing Manager and work with other marketing, communications, web, social media, and graphic design professionals. The Graphic Designer III will support visual style and identity for St. Louis Community College and produce exciting deliverables for print, digital, online, and other media executions and also provide project management leadership.

• Deliver strategy and creativity to deliver dynamic communications and marketing materials.
• Conceptualize, drive, and lead complex design projects.
• Communicate with writers, marketers, and digital experts.
• Show design capabilities through best practices and trends.
• Provide strategic thinking and the experience to prove it.
• Deliver exceptional graphic design and direction across multiple channels (web, mobile, print)
• Provide strong project leadership utilizing Basecamp and other tools.
• Persuade diverse teams to work together harmoniously.
• Utilize diverse assets such as animation, photography, video, etc.
• Establish and maintain a visual language and style guide to ensure brand consistency across platforms.
• Interpret and execute marketing and communications strategies.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s Degree from a leading design or art school.
• 5-plus years of progressive responsibility in print and digital design.
• A strong portfolio that showcases your creative design solutions.
• Practical knowledge and experience creating and building brands and visual identities.
• Strong point of view and ability to back up recommendations with sound rationale.
• Knowledge of tools including but not limited to Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, WordPress, etc.
• Entrepreneurial, creative, and able to solve problems.

• Generally, works in an office environment.
• Hours of work may exceed 8 hours.

Physical Requirements:

• Negligible