Graphic Designer Associate

About the Role

This 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.

Key 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), 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.
• Assists with taking photos and editing images as needed and helps maintain, organize and update the organization’s photo library and identifies photo needs.
• Supports 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, manages identity standards, including distribution of logo files and updating/revising logos as needed.
• Assists with adding, updating and replacing documents, files and other content on the organization’s website and monitors and posts content on the organization’s social media channels.
• Coordinates the translation of the organization’s publications, forms, letters and other documents and maintains documents in the requested languages.
• Serves as a resource for creating accessible digital content and helps remediate documents and other media as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Adobe Creative Cloud (particularly InDesign, Photoshop, and Acrobat Pro)
• Microsoft 365 tools (including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, SharePoint)
• Digital accessibility best practices, including WCAG 2.2 Level AA standards
• Digital accessibility tools and accessible document workflows, including Adobe Acrobat Pro accessibility tools, color contrast tools, and screen reader or assistive technology review.
• Experience organizing document libraries or digital assets using file naming, metadata, version history, document status, ownership review/approval workflows and archive/retention awareness.
• Knowledge of brand standards, style guidelines, typography, layout, color, visual hierarchy, plain language and audience needs.
• Knowledge of print production and digital publishing workflows, including prepress preparation, PDF optimization, proof review and web-ready file preparation.
• Strong attention to detail, proofreading ability, project organization, collaboration skills, and ability to manage multiple deadlines while incorporating feedback constructively.

Qualifications

• Any one or any combination that equals thirty-six (36) months from the categories below:
• Credit for progressively more advanced college or art-school coursework that would lead to a major in graphic/visual arts communication and/or design.
• 60 semester hours equals 12 months.
• 90 semester hours equals 24 months.
• 120 semester hours or a Bachelor's Degree equals 36 months.
• Work experience and/or on-the-job training that provided knowledge of progressively more advanced, generally accepted principles, theories, practices, and methods used in graphic designs and their applications to visual communications problems that are/is comparable to the training provided in programs such as graphic/visual arts communication and/or design.
• Twelve (12) months of progressively more responsible work experience and/or training comparable to that performed at the Graphic Designer Assistant level of this series.
• A Master's Degree in visual design, with emphasis in visual arts communication or a closely related field, meets all minimum acceptable qualifications for the Graphic Designer Associate level of this series.
• Experience creating, updating, formatting, and maintaining forms, letters, brochures, reports, templates, and other public-facing communication materials.
• Working knowledge of creating accessible digital content and remediating documents and other media as needed.
• Working knowledge of preparing print-ready, web-ready, and accessible PDF files.