Graphic Designer

The Spencer Group, Inc.

Graphic Designer

Kansas City, MO
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Graphic Designer

    Our client empowers people to own their futures by redefining the employee and client experience. As a 100% employee-owned family of heavy civil construction companies, they don’t do this for fame or fortune — we do it \#ForTheWorkers. Our purpose fuels our passion, our passion drives our performance, and our performance strengthens the partnerships that build strong communities. This is who we are. This is what we do. And the men and women of our subsidiary companies, live out these values every day.

    Our client is entering an exciting new chapter — they’ve launched a new brand that brings our collective identity to life for the first time. Backed by a strong, experienced executive team and guided by industry experts, they have a rare opportunity to build something extraordinary from the ground up. The foundation is set, but there’s a lot of white space — and even more potential — to shape how their story is told across companies, industries, and communities.

    Our people build infrastructure that lasts for generations — and we approach our brand and marketing work with the same care, ambition, and long-term vision.

    To help shape and steward our growing brand family, we’re looking for a Graphic Designer to join our team. Graphic designers at our client are self-motivated individuals with a positive attitude who create enterprise-wide campaigns and initiatives, in collaboration with multiple stakeholders across a diverse business ecosystem.

    What you'll be doing...

    The go-to brand steward and expert in applying guidelines to various forms of internal and external communications materials and platforms

    Creating and executing company campaigns for brand awareness, company milestones, and other initiatives across a variety of print and digital media

    Building brand style guides and style treatment boards for campaigns

    Developing a catalog of graphics, templates, and creative elements

    Design a wide range of creative assets on a variety of internal and external initiatives and campaigns – including social media, email campaigns, direct mail, branded merchandise, event materials, infographics, motion graphics and more

    Leading and contributing to creative brainstorming sessions

    Transforming ideas into actionable deliverables, assets, and cohesive campaigns

    Provide best practices and encourage creativity with all marketing team members, staying abreast of and applying design trends

    Work with individuals across a variety of teams to develop creative solutions for our company, partners, and clients

    Coordinate with external agencies, freelancers, or production partners as needed

    Sourcing materials and coordinating production with third-party vendors for standard print projects, direct mail, large-format printing, promotional materials, apparel, promotional items, trade show booths, and event assets

    Attend company events and represent the firm at industry events as needed

    Overseeing the day-to-day deadlines and responsibilities of all assigned projects, ensuring timely reviews and approvals before distribution

    You're a good fit if ...

    You hold a Bachelor's degree in graphic design, fine arts, visual communications, or a related discipline

    You have 3+ years of graphic design experience

    You approach design with passion and discipline

    You're a little obsessed with processes, proofing, and error-checking

    You thrive in both an independent and collaborative environment

    You are passionate about transforming ideas into clear, cohesive, and impactful campaigns

    You don't sweat it if you need to juggle concurrent projects with tight deadlines

    You are an absolute rockstar in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop

    You possess an online portfolio of clever, campaign-worthy work and enjoy challenging the status quo

    You have routinely worked with third-party vendors and have experience preparing creative files for web and large-format printing

    You're an active member of the design, marketing, and communications community

    You play well with others and generally have a positive attitude

    You take initiative and drive projects

    You have a sense of humor (big plus)

    Bonus skills/experience:

    Know a little about the A/E/C industry already? Bonus!

    Know about civil construction, too? Double bonus!

    You can navigate Adobe PremierPro, Adobe After Effects, and WordPress

    You dabble in video editing and motion graphics and/or have experience collaborating with video editors to create impactful motion graphics

    We use Monday.com (project management), WordPress (website), and Open Asset (digital asset management), so it would be fantastic if you already know those tech tools.

    ¿Hablas español? We routinely translate our copy into Spanish. If you can write or QC Spanish content, that would be outstanding!