Sr. Specialist, Graphic Design

The Home Depot; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The Home Depot is seeking a motion graphics designer to support Culture & Communications with graphic design needs. You will create visuals, animations, and videos to sharpen understanding of business concepts and strategy, and help design effective communications and presentations.

Responsibilities include developing creative assets, advising on visual strategy, managing timelines, and maintaining a digital asset library while ensuring brand consistency across all deliverables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, animation, or related discipline; or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience.
• Proficiency in required software as listed above.

Responsibilities

• Develop overall creative for design projects in support of team priorities, using animations, videos, infographics, social and online assets, print collateral, presentations, etc.
• Advise internal communications on creative strategy and guide visuals that inspire and inform respective audiences.
• Manage projects and creative timelines, ensuring all deliverables are designed, proofed and delivered on time. Ensure the look and feel of the final product is consistent with The Home Depot message and brand.
• Maintain digital asset library, including obtaining timely assets from internal partners, coordinating bi-annual refreshes, maintaining platform technology and accessibility, and ensuring relevant file formats.

Skills

Photoshop

Illustrator

PowerPoint

Premiere/After Effects

Education

Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related field

Job description

Position Purpose:

Supports Culture & Communications team with their graphic design needs. Ability to create visual content that sharpens understanding of a business concepts or strategy. Enhance storytelling and help design effective communications and presentations, using graphics, animation and video.

Job Description

Ability to design, develop and edit various short-form videos and animations. Take content and build engaging assets to use across communication vehicles.

Exceptional knowledge of visual design and motion graphics.

Demonstrated proficiency in the formal elements of design, including typography, layout, balance, proportion, rhythm, emphasis, and unity.

Key Responsibilities

• 50% -Develop overall creative for design projects in support of team priorities, using animations, videos, infographics, social and online assets, print collateral, presentations, etc.
• 25% - Advise internal communication partners on creative strategy and guide visual concepts that inspire and inform respective audiences. Provide solutions for creative needs.
• 20% - Manage projects and creative timelines, ensuring all deliverables are designed, proofed and delivered on time. Ensure the look and feel of the final product is consistent with The Home Depot message and brand.
• 5% -Maintain digital asset library, including obtaining timely assets from internal partners on an ongoing basis, coordinating bi-annual refreshes, maintaining platform technology and accessibility, and ensuring relevant file formats.

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

This position reports to Mgr Visual Communications & Home Depot TV.

Travel Requirements:

Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements

Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions

Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications

Must be eighteen years of age or older.

Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications

Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and PowerPoint is required. Also experience in Adobe Premier & After Effects or Final Cut Pro.

Minimum Education

Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, animation, or similar discipline or equivalent work experience required

Minimum Years of Work Experience

3

Minimum Leadership Experience

• None

Preferred Leadership Experience

• None