【DTS49】On Site Graphic Designer July 1, 2019 to July 3, 2020

Job Title: Graphic Designer
Term: 07/01/2019 - 07/03/2020
Status: Temp
Location: Midtown, Manhattan, NYC
Hour: 9:00-18:00 (8 hours per day / 40 hours per week)

Duties:

Our Creative Services team is expanding and we’re looking for a contracted Graphic Designer to join our Corporate Communications and Marketing department. Reporting to the Head of Creative Services, this individual will be part of a design team responsible for conceptualizing, developing and delivering impactful and innovative designs and solutions, as well as maintaining visual appearance, usability and brand continuity, for a wide variety of activities and campaigns. The ideal candidate will have a working knowledge of corporate marketing and communications within the financial sector with an understanding of creative brand execution across multiple forms of media – print, web, multimedia, digital and social media.

Skills:

Responsibilities

• Review creative briefs to assess project scope and requirements
• Conceptualize, design and produce print and digital designs that align with brand guidelines
• Obtain approval of concept through mood boards and comps
• Perform multiple design edits based on art direction and client feedback
• Create template-based materials
• Source stock photography
• Perform retouching, color correction, and collect for output
• Design standards-compliant HTML/CSS emails
• Create interactive PDF forms
• Create storyboards for video and animation projects
• Optimize image and video assets for digital and social platforms
• Photograph internal events
• Accurately apply design strategies to support and strengthen key messages
• Prioritize work and track time in project management system
• Collaborate with team to ensure best practices

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in discipline-related field with 1–3 years of experience or demonstrated ability to meet the job requirements through a comparable number of years of applicable work experience
• Strong design portfolio
• Proven expertise in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat
• Working knowledge of Dreamweaver, XD, HTML and CSS
• Thorough knowledge of visual design principles, including graphic design, layout, typography, color and corporate identity
• Experience in designing for advertising, collateral development, events, websites, presentations, recruiting, social media, templates, and environmental design
• Experience in designing impactful creative for social media channels, primarily for Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram
• High verbal and written communication skills; ability to articulate and present creative ideas and concepts convincingly
• Strong project management, organizational and time-management skills
• Understanding of print and digital production and workflow
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently, yet still take creative direction
• Ability to thrive in high-paced, team-oriented work environment under tight deadlines
• Photography, videography, UX, and mobile app experience a plus
• Adobe Indesign

Additional Skills

• HP-UX
• ILLUSTRATION
• UNIX

Job Type: Temporary

Salary: $35.00 to $38.00 /hour

Experience:

• ADOBE INDESIGN: 3 years (Required)
• ARTICULATE: 3 years (Required)
• Photography, videography, UX, and mobile app: 3 years (Required)
• designing for advertising, collateral development, events, w: 3 years (Required)
• CREATIVE DIRECTION: 3 years (Preferred)
• visual design principles, including graphic design, layout,: 3 years (Required)
• CSS: 3 years (Required)
• ILLUSTRATOR: 3 years (Required)
• PHOTOSHOP: 3 years (Required)
• XD: 3 years (Required)
• HTML: 3 years (Required)
• designing impactful creative for social media channels, prim: 3 years (Required)
• ACROBAT: 3 years (Required)
• DREAMWEAVER: 3 years (Required)
• ADVERTISING: 3 years (Required)

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Work authorization:

• United States (Required)