Graphic Designer, Social Media

Prager University; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

PragerU is seeking a designer with strong static and motion graphics experience to support our organic social media team. You will create designs for Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and the PragerU website, including motion templates and UI components.

Collaboration with editorial and non-design staff helps ensure high visual standards and fresh, user-generated vibes. Ideal candidates will have proficiency across print, email, web, and motion design, with strong typography, color sense, and

Qualifications

• Experience in Print, Email, Web, Motion and Static design.
• Strong composition, typography, and color skills.
• Ability to create publish-ready designs for multiple channels.

Responsibilities

• Create conceptual designs for email, web, app, ads, and social media.
• Support editorial and print design projects (packaging, mailers, events).
• Design emails with best practices; build website UI components and pages.
• Create graphic placements for video production including motion templates in Adobe Suite.
• Collaborate quickly and stay current with design trends to uplift PragerU content.

Skills

Graphic design

Motion graphics

UI design

Template design

Prototyping

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

AI tools

HTML/CSS/JS basics

After Effects

Job description

Location: Los Angeles, California (on-site)

Our mission is to promote American values through the creative use of digital media, technology and edu-tainment. We’re proud to be voted among the “Best Place to Work in Los Angeles” by the LA Business Journal 4 years in a row.

The PragerU design team is looking for a designer with static and motion graphics experience to work on projects for our organic Social Media team. This designer will produce static, motion, and template graphics as needed for our ongoing promotional efforts on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and the PragerU website. This designer will also assist with quality control, aiming for a balance of PragerU’s high visual standard and a raw user-generated approach.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Create conceptual and publish-ready designs for email, web, app, ads, and social media
• Support editorial and print design projects when/if applicable- packaging, mailers, event, and multi-page projects.
• Create designs for email, with knowledge of best practices
• Create designs for websites, from UI components & art placements to full page builds
• Create graphic placements for video production, including creation of motion graphic templates using the Adobe Suite.
• Bring experience creating artwork using traditional and digital methods, including popular AI tools, including Midjourney, ChatGPT, Grok, RunwayML, etc.
• Work quickly and efficiently both independently and within a collaborative team
• Stay current on design trends and apply insights to strengthen PragerU’s visual content
• Develop user-friendly templates and collaborate with non-design staff on new formats
• Take in feedback thoughtfully and adapt designs to improve performance and impact

Successful Candidates Will Possess:

Design Experience:

Must Have:

• Print, Email, Web, Motion & Static design
• Strong composition skills, strong typography sense, strong color application

Preferred:

• Illustration, Type design, Photography, Videography, Social Media Savvy, Motion Graphics Templating, Photo retouching, Digital Painting

Software Skills:

Must Have:

• Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, AfterEffects, Premiere)
• Figma (especially prototyping, templating, design systems)
• AI (two or more: Midjourney, Claude, GPT, Gemini, Runway, Higgsfield, Elevenlabs, etc.)

Preferred:

• Email platforms (mailchimp, iterable, braze, etc.)
• Shopify
• Html, CSS, JS, AfterEffects expressions

Non-design knowledge base:

Must have:

• High familiarity with PragerU content

Preferred:

• Solid conceptual understanding of PragerU’s mission, related philosophical concepts like free market economics, judeo-christian values, American history, etc.
• Writing experience, particularly in marketing or creative capacities.

What We Do:

We promote American values through educational videos for people of all ages. People come to PragerU for a variety of reasons, but they all have one thing in common: They want to grow—intellectually, spiritually, emotionally, and physically. To learn more about PragerU, visit http://prageru.com.

Salary Range:

The salary target for this role is $65,000 - $75,000+. Final offer amounts depend on multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise, and most recent market data. This position is eligible for an annual bonus based on personal and company performance, in addition to our robust benefits package.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Please note that we constantly have ideas and concepts pitched to us which we appreciate. Most ideas and concepts are not protectable and are freely available for the public and PragerU to use or modify and use. From time to time where they are not, you agree that by presenting these ideas and concept, and in consideration of PragerU reviewing these ideas and concepts, you hereby grant to PragerU an irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free and non-exclusive license to use, modify and exploit for any purpose any ideas and concepts and any expressions of those ideas and concepts. Nothing herein precludes you from using any ideas or concepts presented.