Visual Designer

About This Role

Working under the supervision of the Associate Director, Design, the Visual Designer will be part of a team that includes other visual designers, senior visual designers, a production designer, and a creative director, as well as a small group of student design interns. This role involves ideating and creating on behalf of the University, partnering with multiple teams within Enrollment Management (EM) and joining the multimedia team to round out the creative team within the EM marketing group. Projects will range from highly art-directed to those with more creative leeway, always keeping within the University's brand identity.

Responsibilities

• Produce top-tiered marketing materials for both print and digital formats that support student recruitment communication efforts, including admission recruitment materials for both graduate and undergraduate audiences, general awareness and program-/audience-specific advertising, and mixed media design
• Create concepts and designs for print and digital projects, and other special projects, producing them to be print- or publish-ready, as coordinated by the production manager and aligned to media

Requirements

• Strong creative concepting and the ability to pitch ideas to varied audiences, appealing to distinct prospective student groups (undergraduate, graduate, bachelor's completion, doctoral, certificates)
• Portfolio that shows the thinking behind the work, including design rationale, not just polished final pieces
• Experience working within a brand identity while still bringing fresh ideas
• Print and digital production expertise in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects)
• Cross-platform samples that show technical command, including familiarity with print specs and production workflows
• Exceptional attention to detail with multi-project management under deadline pressure
• Ability to handle 15+ projects at once at varying stages of production
• Evidence of time management, prioritization, and clear communication in a fast-paced, collaborative environment (for example, agency, in-house, or marketing team experience)
• Bachelor's degree
• At least two to five years of prior visual design experience
• Strong design acumen and creative concepting
• Keen time management and communications skills
• Robust willingness to collaborate and strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to develop and effectively pitch creative concepts that appeal to a broad range of prospective student groups: undergraduate, graduate, bachelor's completion, doctoral, certificates, etc.

Nice to have:

• Editorial design, art direction, and social media design experience
• Additional creative software expertise (video, animation, audio, etc.)