Statewide IL - Graphic Designer Associate

University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford; Rockford (IL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford is seeking a Graphic Designer who will support communications through design, document maintenance, and content updates. You will help with photos, multimedia content, and community outreach, while ensuring brand identity and accessibility across materials.

The role includes updating website content, distributing logos, and coordinating translations of materials for diverse audiences, with opportunities to contribute to outreach initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience creating materials for multiple media types.
• Ability to update and organize organization documents.
• Support photo capture and image editing as needed.

Responsibilities

• Design final artwork for printed and digital media.
• Maintain library of publications and documents with updates.
• Edit photos and manage the photo library.
• Support community outreach and staff events.
• Manage identity standards and distribute logos.
• Update website content and monitor social channels.
• Coordinate translations of publications.
• Create accessible digital content.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Graphic design

Image editing

Social media management

Content updating

Brand identity

Accessibility best practices

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

CMS (website content)

Job description

Position Summary

The position supports the organization's communications efforts by providing graphic design, maintaining documents and promotional materials, managing identity standards, assisting with posting online content, developing and editing multimedia content, and supporting various community outreach tasks.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Designs and produces final artwork, graphics and layout for a variety of media (e.g., printed materials, organization reports, presentations, display materials, social media images, website pages, presentations and more), recommending appropriate formats, binding, paper, etc. for the appropriate use and audience while following accessibility best practices and organization identity standards.
• Maintains the organization’s library of publications, forms, letters and other documents, making regular updates as needed, coordinating reviews of materials and keeping associated metadata up to date.
• Help with taking photos and editing images as needed and assist with maintaining, organizing and updating the organization’s photo library and identifying photo needs.
• Support community outreach and internal recognition programs, including providing necessary logos and files for giveaway items and supplies and helping staff events as needed.
• In coordination with the Communications Manager and Multimedia Content Specialist, manage identity standards, including distribution of logo files and updating/revising logos as needed.
• Assist with adding, updating and replacing documents, files and other content on the organization’s website and monitoring and posting content on the organization’s social media channels.
• Coordinate the translation of the organization’s publications, forms, letters and other documents and maintain documents in the requested languages.
• Serve as a resource for creating accessible digital content and helping remediate documents and other media as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.