EEB Museums Digital Artist Graphic Designer

About This Role

This role involves creating digital scientific illustrations and graphic designs for the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) Museums. The Digital Artist/Graphic Designer will manage website content and collaborate on communication strategies, contributing to scientific publications and museum outreach.

Responsibilities

• Create digital scientific illustrations of plants, animals, and fungi for scientific publications
• Design graphics for museum and department communications, including collaboration on scientific data-driven figures
• Design and produce major graphical elements for the Museums' Annual Impact Report and annual newsletter, including layout, imagery, and production in Adobe InDesign or equivalent
• Collaborate on artistic elements of social media posts, collateral, and swag with the Museums' leadership and communications team
• Manage website information architecture within pre-designed Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) templates, including navigation, page structure, content, maintenance, strategy, and organization of websites
• Use web analytics tools to assess website performance and inform content strategy
• Partner with EEB Communications Specialists and Museums leadership on content and brand strategy
• Document workflows and maintain organized files containing data associated with content development
• Perform typesetting for UMMZ publications

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum of three years of work experience in scientific illustration, graphic design, web design/development, or a related field
• Experience in developing the visual elements of strategic communication plans
• Proficiency in the Adobe Creative Suite, including Illustrator and InDesign
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining websites from concept to launch
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and present concepts to a non-technical audience
• Experience or demonstrated interest in biology, natural history, museums, or scientific communication
• Submit a portfolio of original work demonstrating proficiency in one or more of the key elements of this role, including scientific illustration, graphic design, layout/publication design, web design, scientific/data visualization, photography, or other multimedia

About the Company

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) is a diverse community dedicated to research and teaching about biodiversity, addressing issues like climate change, sustainable agriculture, and conservation. EEB is home to two world-class research museums, the Museum of Zoology (UMMZ) and the Herbarium, which house millions of specimens for research and education, benefiting science, society, and the university.