What are the responsibilities and job description for the Graphic Designer position at Cortland?
At Cortland, you map the story of your success. We don't adhere to the status quo, we love outside industry perspective, and we thrive on exploring possibilities and reimagining solutions. As an innovative leader in multifamily, our high performance continues to drive exponential growth – and we invite you to join us on our journey towards real estate excellence. With tools and guidance to sharpen your skills, you can forge your own career path, love what you do, and let it show.
As a Graphic Designer, you will partner with the Marketing team to create visual concepts, layouts, and production designs for our marketing and corporate communications.
Roles You Will Play
The Visionary
- See possibilities where other people don’t by using your highly developed creative lens and sharp eye for detail
- Use the latest edition of the Adobe Creative Suite to build captivating concepts that keep our messaging visually exciting and fresh
- Communicate our brand messaging and help guide potential new customers’ impressions of Cortland’s corporate and community brands
- Build stimulating graphics for consumers to explore through our webpages
The Designer
- Take the lead on mocking up visuals for collateral projects
- Build a stunning corporate graphic presence using web, marketing collateral, and advertising art elements
- Create a wide range of deliverables — everything from creating web banners and textual images, to developing artistic components for special projects, e-blasts, and social media campaigns
- Work with communities to design graphics specifically catered to their unique illustrative needs
The Organizer
- Push the envelope to create one-of-a-kind images that align with the Corporate Marketing and Communications Manager’s visual ambitions
- Come up with graphic styles that most effectively fit the overarching design parameters given
- Make our webpages look just right, by identifying the best layouts for illustrative material and copy to support a variety of digital devices
- Hold readers’ attention and draw their eyes to important information to create a compelling online experience
The Impact You Can Make
- Marketing is blown away by your creative ideas and ability to bring their projects to life.
- New customers are won over every single day thanks to your ability to attract a wider audience and generate excitement about the Cortland brand.
- Our web traffic has never been higher and we’ve never seen such a dramatic increase in sales from digital marketing.
Building Blocks of Success
- 5 years of stellar graphic design experience
- Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related field
- Terrific written and verbal communication skills
- Solid decision-making skills
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite
At Cortland, we create, reimagine, and manage apartment communities for residents nationwide. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, we have communities and regional offices all over the country, as well as overseas. From product design and procurement to general contracting and property management, we do it all – to make sure our communities are the perfect setting for living life to its fullest.
Our success is fueled by our belief in a better life – where hospitality is always a given, each detail is worth a second thought, and every open door is a new opportunity to go beyond expectations. We come to work every day to create possibilities for people – possibilities that translate into superior living spaces and experiences designed to inspire our residents, associates, and investors to live a better life focused on what matters most to them.
Cortland is an equal opportunity employer, and we’re proud to support and celebrate diversity in the workplace. We are committed to equal consideration for all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you have a disability and need an accommodation or assistance with the application process and/or using our website, please email talentresources@cortland.com or call 404.965.3988.
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