Graphic Design Specialist

Responsibilities

• Creates, produces, and manages various creative projects including advertisements, displays, event collateral, intranet graphics, presentations, promotional products, publications, social media, video, website, and other digital or print collateral.
• Serves as a brand steward to ensure consistency of the firm's visual identity. Maintains firm-wide logo use standards for internal and external visual communications.
• Designs and develops processes that allow internal stakeholders to produce brand compliant collateral for internal and external communications (including but not limited to various templates for InDesign, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint).
• Designs and produces branded visual assets for digital systems including apps, email marketing, webinars, video, social media, and other digital platforms.
• Processes and maintains a consistent attorney portrait library for internal and external collateral.
• Collaborates with attorneys and legal support to conceptualize and produce litigation demonstratives that illustrate a specific narrative through data visualization.
• Collaborates with attorneys and legal support to produce client-matter visual collateral (including but not limited to enhanced photography, timelines, graphs, infographics, maps, object illustrations, and visual comparatives).
• Coordinates with external vendors including consultants, commercial printers, and freelancers. Requests estimates, manages proof approvals, and manages expectations between vendors and internal clients.
• Affixes and maintains a consistent attorney portrait library for internal and external collateral.
• Assists with publishing and formatting communication materials including publications, podcasts, and other firm news.
• Develops and maintains knowledge of the United States Patent and Trademark Office for patent and trademark rules, adhering to said rules to produce patent drawings, corrective replacement drawings, and trademark art and specimens.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate professionally and effectively, both in oral and written form.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize/coordinate deadlines and track progress of tasks.
• Ability to organize workflow and use time efficiently.
• Demonstrates attention to detail and accuracy.
• Maintains confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships in or out of a team environment.
• Understands and adopts the organizational structure.
• Possesses the attitude of collaboration and sharing.
• Willingness to learn and adopt new methodologies.
• Proactively works to expand skillset through training, research, webinars and evaluates latest design trends and relevant creative software applications.
• Proficiency with office productivity applications (e.g., Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Adobe Acrobat); aptitude for learning new software strongly preferred.
• Flexibility to work overtime on an as-needed basis.

Education and Experience

• Five to seven years Desktop Publishing/Graphics and branding experience.
• Strong familiarity with window-based software, including the Wiley core applications, HTML, and graphic applications including InDesign, PageMaker, Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, and Illustrator.

Work Environment

• An on-site presence is an essential function of this position.
• Remote work may be permitted in accordance with the firm’s flexible work policy and based on business needs.
• Position operates in a professional office environment which is usually quiet to moderate.
• Routine use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.
• Requires the employee to be able to multi-task in a fast-paced work environment.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical and prescription drug plan coverage, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, 401(k) retirement plan with firm discretionary contribution, generous paid time off (PTO) package plus ten firm paid holidays, access to state of the art on-site fitness facilities and locker rooms and wellness programming, paid parental leave and subsidized backup child/elder care, and more.