Graphic Designer

104707BR

Campus: Downtown Phoenix

Graphic Designer

Job Description

The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University seeks a marketing-minded graphic designer to advance the school’s recruitment and engagement goals through strong strategic communication. Working as part of a team of communications professionals, the specialist will work collaboratively across the school and with university partners to promote the school’s community, achievements and brand through exceptional visual content. This position serves as the school’s lead graphic designer, visual coordinator and media asset manager.

The successful candidate will be an audience-first graphic designer with skills befitting the nation’s leading journalism and mass communications school. They will proactively mine stories from the Cronkite community, seamlessly unify the school’s visual messaging, effectively manage outsourced projects, and creatively respond to performance metrics.

This is a part-time, benefits-eligible position performed at the school’s Downtown Phoenix campus.

Job Family

Graphic & Visual Arts

Department Name

Journalism & Mass Comm

Full-Time/Part-Time

Part-Time

VP Code

VP/EXEC VICE PROV DPC

Scope of Search

Open

Grant Funded Position

This is not a grant funded position and is not contingent on future grant funding.

Salary Range

Depends on experience

Close Date

04-October-2024

Category

01

Essential Duties

• Create compelling visual/graphic content for websites, email, social content, print pieces, building signage, slide decks and more on deadline
• Use the Adobe Creative Suite to create and edit graphic, motion graphic, photo and video content
• Create and optimize dynamic display ads for digital marketing campaigns
• Optimize UX/UI design for digital, email and interactive products for specific audience segments
• Lead universal design practices to ensure accessibility of digital content
• Proactively engage with school stakeholders to mine and tell effective visual stories in pursuit of school recruitment and engagement goals
• Coordinate visual media with team members
• Serve as the school’s visual brand champion
• Assign visual media projects to vendors (e.g. photographers, printers)
• Other duties as assigned
  

Minimum Qualifications

Associate's degree in Graphic Art or related field AND two years experience in graphic design and layout, illustration, or commercial art; OR, four years’ experience in graphic design and layout, illustration, or commercial art; OR, any equivalent combination of education and/or experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Desired Qualifications

• Evidence of a strong portfolio of visual graphic design work for strategic communication
• Experience leading data-driven UX/UI design processes
• Experience in applying universal design practices to ensure accessibility of digital content
• Experience creating and optimizing dynamic display ads for digital marketing campaigns
• Evidence in being fluent with the Adobe Creative Suite
• Experience collaborating with a content team to create visual elements for social and editorial content/campaigns, especially those that advance higher education admissions goals
• Experience in visual brand compliance
• Experience using a digital asset management system and metadata workflows
• Experience using a project management system (e.g. Asana, Monday.com, Basecamp)
• Experience producing digital graphic content at a professional content organization or agency
• Experience coordinating with, directing and assigning third-party vendors (e.g. printers, photographers, videographers)
  

Working Environment

• Activities are performed in an environmentally controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding, and manipulating a computer mouse.
• Required to stand for varying lengths of time and walk moderate distances to perform work. Frequent bending, reaching, lifting, pushing and pulling up to 25 pounds.
• Regular activities require ability to quickly change priorities which may include and/or are subject to resolution of conflicts.
• Ability to clearly communicate to perform essential functions.
• Regular use of standard office equipment including, but not limited to: computer workstation/laptop (keyboard, monitor, mouse), printer, fax, calculator, copier, telephone and associated computer/technology peripherals.;
• Supervises designated employees that include hiring, training, evaluations, disciplinary actions and scheduling.
• This position reports to the department administrator.
  

Department Statement

The Cronkite School is widely recognized as one of the nation’s premier mass communications programs. Rooted in the time-honored values that characterize its namesake—accuracy, responsibility, integrity—the school fosters excellence and ethics among students as they master the professional skills they need to succeed in the digital media world of today and tomorrow.

Located on ASU’s Downtown Phoenix campus in the heart of the nation’s fifth-largest city, the School has 70 full-time faculty members, more than 100 full-time professional staff and annual resources of more than $40 million. The Cronkite faculty is made up of award-winning professional journalists, strategic communications specialists and world-class media scholars. Cronkite professors include five Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, digital media thought leaders, top TV producers and correspondents, major metropolitan newspaper editors and strategic communications experts.

More than 2,500 undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students are enrolled at Cronkite, in person and online, preparing for careers in journalism, strategic media and related communications fields. Of the undergraduate residential student population, more than 60% come from out-of-state and more than 37% are students of color. The retention rate consistently exceeds 90%, and Cronkite students regularly lead the country in national competitions.

ASU Statement

Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 100,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation's fifth largest city. ASU champions intellectual and cultural diversity, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.

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Background Check Statement

ASU conducts pre-employment screening for all positions which includes a criminal background check, verification of work history, academic credentials, licenses, and certifications. Employment is contingent upon successful passing of the background check.

Instructions to Apply

Application deadline is 3:00PM Arizona time on the date indicated.

Please include all employment information in month/year format (e.g., 6/88 to 8/94), job title, job duties and name of employer for each position.

Resume should clearly illustrate how prior knowledge and experience meets the Minimum and Desired qualifications of this position.

ASU does not pay for travel expenses associated with interviews, unless otherwise indicated.

Only electronic applications are accepted for this position.

IMPORTANT NOTE: What is the meaning of “equivalent combination” in the minimum qualifications? It means one year of higher education or 24 credit hours, is equal to one year of experience. For example, a four year Bachelor’s degree is equal to four years of experience.