What are the responsibilities and job description for the Graphic Designer position at Palm Beach Atlantic University?
SUMMARY
In support of the universitys mission and objectives, the Graphic Designer is responsible for producing creative and engaging graphics to support the branding and communication goals of Palm Beach Atlantic University. This role ensures brand standards are met while creating innovative graphics across a variety of mediums, including web, email, social media, video, and print.
Creative Design and Branding
- Generates creative design proposals (concepts, visions) to visualize the desired output and shares with team members.
- Explores new ways of thinking and fresh approaches to design to communicate the story of PBA in a visually compelling way.
- Creates compelling and engaging promotional materials for departments across campus for both print and digital mediums.
- Implements PBA visual brand and serves as a subject matter expert on all branding elements.
- Problem solves design projects with the ability to quickly provide quality design executions and resolutions.
Collaboration and Support
- Develops email and social media campaign material in collaboration with the marketing team.
- Provides design support for the Creative Services team.
- Other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor's degree in graphic design, marketing, or visual communications, required.
EXPERIENCE:
1 years of experience with Graphic Design and Adobe Cloud. Must demonstrate a high level of proficiency and expertise in graphic design creation and execution.
ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)
- Customer Service Orientation Keeps internal and/or external key stakeholder(s), students, parents, faculty, staff and community partners in mind at all times.
- Professionalism Displays a high level of professionalism, e.g. timeliness, reliability, communication, and work ethic.
- Christ-first Faith Provides spiritual support to community members, including students, on their Christian faith journey.
- Attention to Detail Ability to efficiently and accurately focus on a specific task or number of tasks. Reviews details with a critical eye.
- Continuous Improvement Implement or brainstorm ways to optimize a process.
- Creativity Ability to think creatively and design creative solutions to problems.
- Effective Communication Expresses ideas and information in a clear and concise manner both verbally and in writing to convey clear, well-articulated messaging across a wide variety of audiences.
- Problem-solving Anticipates, evaluates, diagnoses, and resolves problems in a systematic and fact-based manner.
- Project and Time Management Effective planning and priority setting. Ability to manage several complex projects simultaneously while working under pressure to meet deadlines.
- Results Orientation & Accountability Takes accountability and identifies, executes and drives actions to consistently achieve desired results.
- Self-development Grow ones self-awareness, abilities, skills, and/or talent.
- Teamwork & Collaboration Creates a climate that fosters commitment to a common vision and shared values that promote cooperation and working together through trust and support of others both departmentally and cross-functionally.
- Technology Strong aptitude to learn new technologies as department processes evolve.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Ability to work non-routine hours during certain times of the year.
- Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time.
