Sr. Graphic Designer job vacancy in Otis – Jobs in Connecticut

2022-11-28-08:00

United States of America

OT999: 1CP – Farmington, CT One Carrier Place, Farmington, CT, 06032 USA

• Collaborate with the communications, marketing and corporate departments in developing creative briefs, and new, brand compliant creative content.
• Support planning for company advertisements, creating and monitoring brand campaigns, revising presentations, and shaping brand standards.
• Create design briefs and determine requirements for individual content as well as multi-channel marketing campaigns. Ability to support a stakeholders’ thinking and graphically design the business concepts they are articulate.
• Direct brainstorming meetings and creative sessions. Spearhead and manage content strategy for both small-scale and large-scale projects, connecting strategy, digital and brand design, compelling content, and technology.
• Develop illustrations, logos and other designs using software or by hand. Design graphic and final content assets including web banners, emails, landing pages, digital ads, external-facing PowerPoints, charts, graphs, infographics, print ads, collateral, tradeshow, and more.
• Test graphics across various media, amend designs after feedback; ensure final graphics and layouts are visually appealing, useable and on-brand.
• Use the appropriate colors and layouts for each graphic; understand, articulate, and strategically apply color, typography, design and graphic principles.
• Work with copywriters and creative director to produce final design. Prepare finished copy and art by operating typesetting, printing, and similar equipment; and purchasing from vendors.
• Manage daily workflow, assign project workload to agency (when needed), and monitor deadlines and budgets. Ability to manage multiple projects in parallel from concept to completion.
• Become a key voice in promoting our brand style guide and how it can be utilized among our teams.
• Evaluate trends, assess new data and keep up-to-date with the latest graphic techniques.

• 7 years of experience in graphic design, design, and production with at least 3 years in a creative function at an agency or corporate setting. Previous experience leading creative teams preferred.
• A minimum of 5 years’ digital experience, particularly with, but not limited to web, social and emerging technologies.
• Over 5 years of experience creating marketing or advertising campaigns including developing vision, briefs, the message platform and overseeing production to be on time and in budget; in-depth knowledge of brand management and multichannel marketing models.
• Understanding of and past experience in creating integrated content across all marketing channels from digital, social media, paid media, mobile, but also understand offline and print.
• A strong portfolio of illustrations, videos or other graphics and ability to demonstrate strong graphic design and layout skills as well as exceptional attention to detail, including pixel-perfect photo retouching.
• High level of creative vision with an understanding of business objectives, and ability to bring a keen eye for aesthetics and details at the same time as being flexible in approach.
• Exceptional organizational skills with prior creative project management experience.
• Ability to work well under pressure, and manage multiple deadlines and conflicting priorities either individually or as a member of a team. Excellent time-management skills and ability to work methodically and meet deadlines.
• Self-motived, proactive and deadline-driven; a self-starter who works efficiently and effectively in a fast paced environment.
• Flexible, a great attitude, and propensity to take constructive criticism or handle rejection with a willingness to learn. Able to absorb and apply feedback quickly with a positive outlook.
• Foster positive, enthusiastic, collaborative and inspiring relationships among our internal and external teams. Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbal.
• Strong collaboration bias with a service-oriented approach to working with other teams.
• Proficient with Adobe Creative suite including InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Lightroom; Knowledgeable with Adobe Premier and After Effects.
• Expert with Microsoft Office suite including PowerPoint, Excel, Word and SharePoint; Experience with video production and motion graphics.
• Experience in graphic design, user experience and user interface design required. HTML5 experience a plus.
• Creative animation experience preferred.
• Video editing experience a plus, but not required.