What are the responsibilities and job description for the Graphic Designer / Graphic Artist III position at Michigan State University(MSU)?
Working / Functional Title
Graphic Designer
Position Summary
As a Graphic Designer in University Communications and Marketing, you will create and coordinate production of dynamic, brand-aligned designs for a range of marketing and communications efforts. You will play a vital role as a member of an award-winning team working to support and achieve strategic goals for Michigan State University. You contribute to visual leadership for the MSU brand by designing official brand elements, integrating the university's brand identity across projects and creating resources such as templates and tutorials. You provide creative direction or assistance to enhance visual storytelling and collaborate on content development for owned, social, paid and earned channels. This includes creating designs, creative products and visual approaches for websites, social media, email, advertising, print pieces, signage and other products. You stay ahead of trends and technologies influencing designs for marketing, bringing guidance and new ideas to our work. This job requires strong partnership across and beyond campus, and problem-solving skills to deliver innovative and versatile designs that achieve key outcomes with priority audiences.
About University Communications and Marketing University Communications and Marketing increases awareness of and appreciation for Michigan State University, its people and its impact as a leading global public research university, builds trust and inspires connection to cultivate support and make MSU a preferred choice.
Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities
Creates and produces original, brand-aligned designs for a range of university-level marketing and communications efforts to help achieve strategic goalsContributes to visual storytelling and content development for owned, social, paid and earned channels and products and provides creative direction for assigned initiatives, projects and campaignsPrepares digital graphics and visual assets for websites, stories, social media, email and advertising campaignsMeets design needs for various print materials, digital properties, occasions and events, presentations and reportsDevelops and maintains knowledge of accessibility requirements and helps ensure content and projects meet accessibility standardsWorks across teams (within University Communications and Marketing, with others on campus and outside agencies) to provide design consulting and collaborate on projectsHelps design, define and evolve university brand identity elements and standards, provides guidance on visual brand standards to colleagues across campus, creates templates and tutorials, helps with partnership and cobranding identity systemsMay supervise design intern(s)Learns and uses university systems that support content development and management, including for content operations, web content management system (CMS), and digital asset management (DAM)Assists with content development in the university CMS, and works within and helps maintain digital asset management system for storing and organizing design files and assetsExplores and understands the role that AI and other emerging technologies can bring to graphic design to enhance capabilities and increase efficiency
Minimum Requirements
Knowledge equivalent to that which normally would be acquired by completing a four-year college degree program in Commercial Art, Graphic Design or a related field; five to eight years of related and progressively more responsible or expansive work experience in commercial or graphic art including marketing and supervision, print production, graphic techniques and procedures, computer graphics, web page design software; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Desired Qual
