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Content Graphic Designer

Temporary Assignment | 12+ Months | Onsite | MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO

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This highly motivated individual will be a Contract Graphic Designer with a strong focus on design, brand, production and social media. They will report to the Lead Creative, Visual Production. The position will involve a variety of tasks and offer an introduction to working in a fast-paced environment. Basic skills are required, such as knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite programs and a strong drive to grow and learn while adding value to the team. This role will support the day-to-day projects; assisting in creating web, social and print projects.

Responsibilities

- Design and produce under direction from the Lead Creatives in both Art Direction and Visual Production—designing within brand standards and bringing your own ideas and creativity across a variety of platforms and under strict deadlines with multiple collaborators. - Design and update existing designs for brochures, retail signage, invitations, flyers, and other marketing collateral materials and prepare materials for print. - Incorporate outside ideas and make necessary edits to existing artwork while maintaining accuracy and consistency on all projects in design and copy. - Assist with in-house photoshoots for social media. - Support tasks beyond design including file & asset organization, printing and creating mockups, developing production guides for photoshoots, creating production ready files, and sending files/assets to company associates. - Communicate seamlessly with external partners like printers, vendors, pre-press agencies, photographers, and photo-retouchers on deliverables, deadlines, and direction while sharing necessary information to key internal stakeholders. - Supports printing and packaging production including file uploads, reviewing print proofs, print production, color work and pre-press. - Work within a project management software daily to update project status, upload artwork for team review and obtain project information.

Requirements

- Bachelor’s Degree in Design or related field with 1-3 years of experience. - Strong communication and interpersonal skills required. - Proficiency for imagery and web work in Photoshop. - High proficiency in Illustrator for packaging/signage work only. - High proficiency for layout design in InDesign. - Proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint and Word.  - Apple/MAC user.

Desired Skills

Design & Production

Adobe InDesign · Adobe Photoshop · macOS · Microsoft PowerPoint

Additional Information

You are a self-starter creative. You have a passion for design, branding and creative team collaboration. You love what you do and you want to grow your design thinking and skillet working alongside Lead Creatives on a variety of projects. You’re at the point of your creative career where you’re about speed, quality, and accuracy. - You live for the details: You enjoy creating but you also enjoy taking the project through production. You’re okay with the tasks that take you away from the design programs and help the creative team produce, print and deliver best in class materials on tight timelines. - You want to learn and grow: You see every project, no matter how small, as an opportunity to push yourself and learn something new. You ask questions when you’re uncertain and you try and find your own answers when resources aren’t available. You absorb everything around you because you have a curious mind and want to live the brand, every opportunity you get. - You collaborate effortlessly. You’re empathetic, approachable and honest. You can work with feedback in an open and constructive way. - You’re a champion of your work. You proactively manage and communicate project status and deliver on details of your project with a sense of urgency and accuracy. You read every word to make sure they’re accurate and you check details before sending out design for review. - You are a problem solver. You connect the dots and understand the implications of decisions or courses of action that may affect coworkers, deadlines, or external partners. - You have an entrepreneurial spirit. You’re comfortable working at a rapid pace with limited resources and imperfect information. - You’re a strong communicator. You build relationships, and have a thoughtful and clear communication style. - You excel at managing multiple projects with various deadlines. You have a proven ability to stay organized and are detail-oriented.   - You’re driven to raise the bar in everything you do.

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Job Details

Job Type: Graphic Designer

Hours: 10-20 Hours Per Week

Dress Code: Business Casual

Posted By: Creatives On Call - St. Louis

Job Number: STL011479

Date Posted: 01/15/2018

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Contact:

Melinda Sipes
(314) 330-6682
melinda@creativesoncall.com

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