Digital Graphic Designer

Job Description

Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else – it’s as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world’s largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional, yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better.

What You Need To Know About The Job

• Create innovative design solutions including graphics and/or environments for key brand visual assets.
• Responsible for the layout, design, and production activities to produce quality complex graphic-design artwork.
• Create presentation materials that effectively communicate design concepts.
• Work in collaboration with project team members to ensure client expectations and engagement requirements are met.
• Communicate with vendors and external consultants.
• Create innovative and thoughtful design solutions to complex brand and communications problems.
• Actively gain complex knowledge of current trends, color, technology, and other related design influences.
• Use knowledge and research to create innovative solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Develop complex creative concepts and designs for marketing collateral, digital and social advertising for external and internal audiences, generating support for our mission through blood donations. This includes being fully proficient with direct-to-consumer and B2B marketing tactics, such as, email, banner ads, posters/flyers, direct mail, digital invitations, e-books, interactive brochures, and newsletters.

Scope

The selected candidate will work 100% remotely from home and can be located anywhere in the United States.

What You Need To Succeed

• Education: Bachelor’s degree required.
• Experience: Minimum 5 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
• Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Superior analytical, conceptual and design abilities.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
• Ability to work on a team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility standards preferred.

Pay Information

The starting annual salary range for this position is $70K - $75K. We do not offer an annual bonus for this role. Note that American Red Cross salaries are aligned to the specific geographic location in which the work is primarily performed. Other factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. We will review specific salary information at the time of phone screening based upon your location & experience.

Benefits For You

Our comprehensive package includes: Medical, Dental Vision plans Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts PTO: Starting at 19 days a year; based on type of job and tenure Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays 401K with up to 6% match Paid Family Leave Employee Assistance Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term Service Awards and recognition