Senior Graphic Designer

Posting Details

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Posting Number S01741 Position Title Senior Graphic Designer Internal Position Title Senior Graphic Designer Department Public Relations & Marketing Position Type Staff Job Family Specialist Job Summary
College of Lake County has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Graphic Designer! This position reports to our Director of Public Relations and Marketing and manages the visual identity of college marketing materials. This position is responsible for developing and maintaining the visual components of the college brand, producing a wide variety of graphic design projects and providing artistic guidance and oversight to the department, internal stakeholders and external freelancers. The position supervises the work of the graphic designer and visual communications specialist and is the lead proponent of cohesive branding identity!

The College of Lake County ( CLC ) is a comprehensive community college located in northeastern Illinois committed to being an innovative educational institution providing life-changing paths for our students by offering exceptional learning experiences.
The college is widely recognized for student success, business and community partnerships and for the achievements of our faculty, staff and alumni. Long-known as an employer of choice in Lake County, CLC was ranked #15 on the Forbes list of Top 100 Employers in the State of Illinois for 2019.

CLC offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits that currently includes BlueCross/BlueShield of Illinois health, Delta dental and Superior vision insurance plans, tuition support for employees and qualified family members, three retirement plans, disability, group and supplemental life insurance, health and dependent care flexible spending account plans, generous vacation, sick and personal time off and 14 paid holidays each year! Required Qualification
1. Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, visual communication, or a related field.
2. Minimum of seven years of professional graphic design experience.
3. Demonstrated expertise using Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign). Working knowledge of MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Power Point).
4. Knowledge of and/or experience in responsive web design.
5. Experience in Web/ SEO /email marketing/animation.
6. Possess excellent production skills, strong conceptual skills, and high-level sense of design, layout and typography.
7. Demonstrated experience as a broad thinker who is able to offer a variety of design solutions and has experience.
8. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
9. Demonstrated success with tight deadlines working both independently and in a team environment.
10. Strong creative, organizational, problem solving and time-management skills.
11. Demonstrated meticulous attention to detail in all work assignments.
12. Proven ability to work effectively and constructively with persons of diverse cultures, language groups, and abilities; demonstrate sensitivity to and ability to work with the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff, including those with disabilities; establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

Desired Qualifications
1. Working knowledge of MS Office; experience in web/ SEO /email marketing
2. Proofreading and high level copywriting skills
3. Knowledge of pre-press and print processes and AP style
4. Bi-lingual in Spanish and English

Posting Date 04/28/2022 Closing Date 06/30/2022 Expected Start Date 07/01/2022 Special Instructions Summary
Please provide a link to an online portfolio of your work, or provide a sample of work from your portfolio. Candidates selected for interview will be asked to present a portfolio of their creative work. Pay Rate $51,480 - $54,000 annually Full-Time/Part-Time Full-Time Location Grayslake Total Hours per week 40.00 Work Schedule
Monday – Friday, Hours – 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Software Testing Required Excel, MS Word Interview Process Requirements Presentation, Portfolio EEO Statement
The College of Lake County is an equal opportunity employer and has a strong commitment to diversity. In that spirit, it seeks a broad spectrum of candidates including minorities, women and people with disabilities. EOE /AA/M/F/D/V Summary of Essential Functions
Project Leadership: 40%
• Takes leadership in translating the college brand into a consistent graphic identity, developing and maintaining that identity in projects and providing supervision and artistic guidance to freelance photographer and designers (illustration, graphic) and staff visual communications specialist.
• Help lead Aesthetics Task Force to visually enhance college campuses to help create more student-friendly space that tells numerous departmental stories.
• Provides strategic creative direction to integrated marketing campaigns and publications
• Guides and advises both internal and some external stakeholders about both the creative process and client management systems to foster stronger working relationships and solutions that support the college’s strategic plan, mission, vision and values
• Supervises visual communications specialist, graphic designer and interns, responsible for assigning tasks, overseeing and coaching on the creative process and ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery of projects
• Schedules, art directs and manages freelance photographers and other creative support team members

Strategic Planning and Leadership: 20%
• Consults on creative endeavors on campus such as signage and wayfinding, banners, environmental designs and interior space appearance
• Lead for digital asset management system, Canto
• Develops and maintains the standards identity manual and its updates
• Develops and maintains the standards identity and efforts for sub-brands when needed ( WPDI, Foundation, James Lumber Center, Advanced Technology Center)
• Provides creative direction on all department materials and website and acts as creative manager for college

Student and Customer Service: 35%
• Creates digital emails and ads for numerous enrollment campaigns
• Lead infographic creative, seeking student feedback along the process
• Manages print buying, supervising process, and does press run checks when possible
• Oversees the graphics production schedules to ensure that projects meet deadlines established by the director and client departments
• Manages graphic services and photography budgets

Other: 5%
• All other duties as assigned

Posting Specific Questions - supplemental questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

1. * Do you have a Bachelor's degree or higher in graphic design, visual communications or equivalent professional experience in graphic design?
   • Yes
   • No
2. * Do you have knowledge of and/or experience in web design, especially responsive web design?
   • Yes
   • No
3. * Do you have a minimum of seven years of professional graphic design experience?
   • Yes
   • No
4. * Do you have experience with Adobe Creative Suite or related products?
   • Yes
   • No
5. * Do you have experience in Web/SEO/email marketing/animation?
   • Yes
   • No
6. * Are you bilingual proficient in English and Spanish?
   • Yes
   • No

Applicant Documents
Required Documents

1. Resume
2. Cover Letter
3. Unofficial Transcript 1
4. Media Portfolio
5. Design Portfolio

Optional Documents

1. Unofficial Transcript 2