Marketing Graphic Designer II

Prairie Meadows; Altoona (IA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

The role requires a design degree and 2–4 years of related experience. Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite on Macintosh and strong typography, layout, and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Degree in Graphic Design or related field (Bachelors Degree preferred) and 2-4 years related experience required.
• Impeccable organizational skills and the ability to work on multiple projects with varying deadlines.
• Must have strong typography, layout and design skills.
• Experience with web-based programs is a plus.
• Effective internal/external customer service skills are desired.
• Detail oriented and able to manage projects to completion.
• Proficiency in the Adobe CS design software (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat) and Microsoft Office on a Macintosh platform is required.
• Ability to communicate and interact verbally and in writing with people of diverse backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all facets of creative design and development, from concept to completion, for various marketing campaigns across multiple promotional channels.
• Conceptualizing and designing multi-media marketing campaigns, including internal marketing campaigns and collateral for promotions and events, targeted direct mail pieces, emails, website graphics, interactive content – animation (preferred but not required), social media graphics, brochures, outdoor advertising, newspaper and magazine ads, invitations, and more.
• Assist in photo art direction as needed/assigned.
• Ability to review own design work, critique, and objectively rework prior to routing in the project management software for approval.
• Monitoring and maintaining brand standards for all Prairie Meadows’ marketing deliverables and staying true to the appropriate target audience(s) as determined by the manager for each project.
• Adhere to industry best practices for design of direct mail, email, outdoor, web, social, etc.

Skills

Creative design

Project management

Communication

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design

Tools

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Acrobat

Microsoft Office

Macintosh / Mac OS

Job description

• Responsible for all facets of creative design and development, from concept to completion, for various marketing campaigns across multiple promotional channels.
• Conceptualizing and designing multi-media marketing campaigns, including internal marketing campaigns and collateral for promotions and events, targeted direct mail pieces, emails, website graphics, interactive content – animation (preferred but not required), social media graphics, brochures, outdoor advertising, newspaper and magazine ads, invitations, and more.
• Assist in photo art direction as needed/assigned.
• Ability to review own design work, critique, and objectively rework prior to routing in the project management software for approval.
• Monitoring and maintaining brand standards for all Prairie Meadows’ marketing deliverables and staying true to the appropriate target audience(s) as determined by the manager for each project.
• Adhere to industry best practices for design of direct mail, email, outdoor, web, social, etc.

Requirements:Degree in Graphic Design or related field (Bachelors Degree preferred) and 2-4 years related experience required. Additional work experience may be substituted for education. Additional work experience may be substituted for education. Impeccable organizational skills and the ability to work on multiple projects with varying deadlines. Must have strong typography, layout and design skills. Experience with web-based programs are a plus. Effective internal/external customer service skills are desired. Must be detail oriented and maintain the ability to manage projects to completion. Must possess the ability to work well under pressure. Proficiency in the Adobe CS design software (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat) and Microsoft Office software on a Macintosh platform is required.Ability to communicate and interact verbally and in writing with people of diverse backgrounds. Degree in Graphic Design or related field (Bachelors Degree preferred) and 2-4 years related experience required. Additional work experience may be substituted for education. Additional work experience may be substituted for education.

Portfolio link on the application is strongly preferred.