Contract Creative Services Jr. Visual Designer

Remote/hybrid; 2 days in the office in NYC : Mon/Wed

Creative Services team is looking for a Jr. Visual Designer to join their expanding Corporate Communications and Marketing department. Reporting to the Executive Director, Branding and Creative Services, you will be a key player in their Creative Services team responsible for supporting design/creative projects that grow their global brand.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior designers to conceptualize, design and produce print and digital designs that align with brand guidelines
• Perform multiple design edits based on brand guidelines, art direction and client feedback
• Create template-based materials
• Source stock photography
• Perform retouching, color correction, and collect for output
• Create interactive PDF forms
• Create storyboards for video and animation projects
• Optimize image and video assets for digital and social platforms
• Photograph internal events
• Accurately apply design strategies to support and strengthen key messages

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in discipline-related field with 1–3 years of experience or demonstrated ability to meet the job requirements through a comparable number of years of applicable work experience
• Strong design portfolio
• Proven expertise in Adobe Creative Cloud - InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, and Acrobat. As well as creating assets in Microsoft Office – Outlook (OTF), PowerPoint etc.
• Thorough knowledge of visual design principles, including graphic design, layout, typography, color and corporate identity
• Experience in designing for advertising, collateral development, events, websites, presentations, recruiting, social media, templates, and environmental design
• Experience in designing impactful creative for social media channels, primarily for Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram
• High verbal and written communication skills; ability to articulate and present creative ideas and concepts convincingly
• Strong project management, organizational and time-management skills
• Understanding of print and digital production and workflow
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently, yet still take creative direction
• Ability to thrive in high-paced, team-oriented work environment under tight deadlines
• Photography, UX, and Email Design experience a plus