Production Designer

SUMMARY Responsible for producing print, digital media, and finishing designs for in-house design team. Creatively collaborate with in-house design team to ensure alignment with corporate business strategies and specific industry marketing needs.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Production design for brochures, advertisements, announcements, logos, newsletters, flyers, invitations, web sites, digital media communications (including HTML email), tradeshow exhibits, and presentations.

Partner with Graphic Designers to help them execute their vision in a variety of mediums.

Responsible for finishing designs and meeting finishing deadlines.

Utilize desktop publishing tools and image editing, print design, sketching and graphic design techniques to produce creative print and digital media collateral for the organizations promotional efforts.

Translate complex business and marketing needs into simple, elegant communications that are effective either in print or on-screen, or both.

Promote brand identity standards and maintain consistency of established standards while striving to interpret them in inventive and meaningful new ways.

Participate and contribute forward-thinking design solutions or ideas during project strategy and/or team brainstorming sessions.

Stay abreast of new design industry techniques and/or technologies that will result in process improvement.

Comply with agency management system data standards and data integrity (enter and maintain complete and accurate information).

Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design, Communications, Marketing, or Advertising or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Two (2) or more years experience providing production support at a digital/advertising agency

Five (5) or more years experience as a designer or production artist in a corporate environment SKILLS

Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud products (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop)

Proficiency with Photoshop including color correction expertise and photo manipulation (collages, composites, etc.)

Strong understanding of composition and typography

Microsoft Office Suite, with particular emphasis on skills in PowerPoint

Good verbal and written communication skills

Strong desire for personal achievement, a positive attitude, and a passion to be on a growing team

Good problem solving skills and ability to make quick decisions

Ability to handle multiple projects, different creative personalities, and demanding clients while demonstrating patience

Ability to prioritize a demanding workload while meeting deadlines and remaining within budget

Ability to articulate ideas and solutions to non-visual colleagues

Ability to work within a team and to foster teamwork

Ability to demonstrate pride in their work

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