Senior Graphic Designer

Summary

Responsible for activities in marketing products and designing promotional material.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Affords assistance in executing marketing strategies, objectives, and branding.
• Provides leadership, guidance, and mentorship to junior designers.
• Reviews work and provides feedback to ensure quality, accuracy, and brand alignment.
• Collaborates with designers to define project tasks, distribute workloads fairly, and ensure timely completion.
• Responsible for layout and design of promotional material.
• Maintains price books to ensure information is accurate and up to date.
• Creates and updates images, video footage, or new layouts for various materials such as brochures, displays, websites, posters, decals, direct mail, advertising, press releases, and catalogs.
• Coordinates and executes photo shoots, including climbing ladders, kneeling, bending, crawling, and stooping.
• Collaborates with internal teams to ensure accurate color and high-quality output on in-house marketing printers.
• Optimizes designs for cost-effective production while maintaining quality.
• Designs and assists with development of product packaging, merchandising displays, and other point of purchase materials.
• Assists with tradeshow booth layout and design, creating signage and display materials.
• Oversees final ad appearance to ensure high quality.
• Continually evaluates the ever-changing marketing and social media landscape, bringing new platforms and innovative ideas to the internal team.
• Assists technical publications writer with design of instructional materials, images, and videos.
• Maintains images on ACI and other company websites.
• Supports and troubleshoots hot folder workflows and other print production processes.
• Implements improvements.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10+ years of professional graphic design experience.
• Associates degree (B. A.) from a two-year college or university, preferably in Graphic Design and/or Communications, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite design software, particularly InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator; Adobe Premier and After Effects video editing software; Microsoft Office Suite; Internet software; Spreadsheet software, and Word Processing software.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to observe safety and security procedures; determine appropriate action beyond guidelines; report potentially unsafe conditions; use equipment and materials properly.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Safety and Security

Observes safety and security procedures; determines appropriate action beyond guidelines; reports potentially unsafe conditions; uses equipment and materials properly.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position does not require any supervisory responsibilities.

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Matching
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Full-Time
• Monday to Friday
• Climate Controlled Facility
• No Nights, No Weekends