Graphic Design And Social Media Specialist

Salary : $80,184.00 - $108,252.00 Annually
Location : Redmond, WA
Job Type: Regular, Full-time
Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid
Job Number: 2400053
Department: Executive
Division: EXECUTIVE
Opening Date: 04/01/2024
Closing Date: 4/14/2024 11:59 PM Pacific
JOIN REDMOND!
The City of Redmond is a thriving, culturally diverse community and home to over 77,000 residents. Redmond is the hub to an array of commerce and industry ranging from technology, aerospace and gaming to biomedical and innovation start-ups.
Our Executive Department is responding to the growing needs of the City. The fast-paced nature of our municipality drives innovation and efficiency. The successful candidate will possess strong values that align with the City's values, which include being welcoming, having integrity, showing accountability, and demonstrating a commitment to service. Our ideal candidate should find satisfaction in providing exceptional customer service, thrive in a collaborative, high-volume work environment and will be responsible for Graph Design and Social Media support to include:
Graphic Design supports citywide communications efforts and marketing programs by creating and maintain a variety of assets and materials for use in print and digital media for both internal and external communications. The role helps maintain the City brand while working on a wide variety of projects. An integral part of the Graphic Design job is to collaborate closely with the Communications Team and other City departments to advise, guide, shape, and visually frame messages and ideas on behalf of the City. Work is focused on conceptual design production.
Social Media monitors trending topics, keywords, and hashtags and finding unique ways to integrate them with the City's messaging, as well as following conversations online while working with the City's subject matter experts to provide answers and feedback to questions and comments from the community in a timely manner. This role may also be responsible for tracking social marketing effort success rates through goal setting with markers for identifying success through various online analytical tools.
This is a hybrid position that offers up to two telecommuting days per week.
ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Consulting with staff on conceptual layouts for a wide range of graphic materials
  
• Preparing layouts: making recommendations regarding presentation approaches, styles, techniques, and other production factors.
  
• Designing and implementing through production, illustration, posters, brochures, reports and templates, presentations, banners, flyers, newsletters, forms, web graphics, and other print and digital publications.
  
• Utilizing Social Media platforms to promote City messaging and grow our online audience.
  
• Developing and implementing a Social Media strategy to encourage greater participation and engagement.
  
• Coordinating production of printed materials, etc.

Knowledge of:

• Art, photography, publication and design.
• Social media platforms and tools including Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, Nextdoor, LinkedIn, YouTube, Hootsuite to increase online audience and reach.
• Graphic tools, techniques, and mediums.
• Web design using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and other languages and libraries.

Skill in:

• All areas of Graphic Design including page layout, web design, presentation design, photography, image/photo-editing, and vector-based Graphic Design.
• Proficient in a variety of software including the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) as well as Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Outlook).

Please review the classification description for more information about the knowledge, skills, abilities, working conditions, and physical requirements.
QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree in Public Relations, Communications, Digital Communications or related field and five years of applicable experience required.
• Preference given to those with:
  • A strong background working with the Adobe creative products, creating digital marketing materials and developing and implementing Social Media campaign strategies.
  • Knowledge with SharePoint content editing, experience with CivicPlus's Civic Engage website platform, email marketing software and ArcGIS StoryMaps or similar software.
  • Experience in the public sector.

This position is currently covered by a collective bargaining agreement.

Selection Process

• Please include a PDF of work samples as part of your application.
• First round interviews anticipated to occur week of April 22, 2024.
• All applicants will be notified of their application status.
• Top candidates will be contacted to participate in the next phase of selection process, which may include phone interview, sample of your work, a Graphic Design sample assignment and/or an interview.
• Note, the City may review existing application pools to fill this position or use this pool to fill future vacancies.

BENEFITS
The City of Redmond offers an excellent benefits package including:

• MEDICAL INSURANCE - Choice of two plans for employees and their eligible dependents: Premera or Kaiser Permanente. All employee healthcare premiums paid for by the City of Redmond.
• PRESCRIPTION DRUG INSURANCE - Included with each medical plan
• DENTAL INSURANCE - For employees and their eligible dependents
• VISION INSURANCE - For employees and their eligible dependents
• OTHER INSURANCE - Life, accidental death & dismemberment insurance, short and long-term disability, optional employee-paid voluntary life insurance
• FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNTS - For tax savings on healthcare and dependent care expenses
• PAID VACATION & HOLIDAYS - with (13) paid holidays per year
• EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (EAP)
• RETIREMENT PLANS - Department of Retirement Systems (DRS) PERS plus additional options that include: Municipal Employees Benefit Trust (Social Security replacement plan) and MetLife 457 Plan
• Annual COLA adjustments
• Annual merit increases of up to 5%

To learn about benefits at the City of Redmond, please visit C2MB (ajg.com)
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Benefit rates are subject to change without notice due to federal and state mandates and contractual changes as applicable.
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Did you include an electronic portfolio as a PDF attachment or link to your online portfolio?

• Yes
• No

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Please indicate your highest level of education.

• High school diploma or GED
• Vocation certification
• Some College
• Associate's degree
• Bachelor's degree
• Master's degree
• J.D.
• Ph.D.
• None of the above

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Please select the option that best describes your major or area of study.

• Accounting
• Business Administration/Management
• Computer Science/Information Technology
• Communications/Digital Comm
• Economics
• Graphic Design
• Government/Political Science
• Public Administration
• Other
• No college degree

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How many years of experience do you have in Graphic Design including conceptualizing, production, preparing files for printing (digital and offset), preparing files for web and multiple devices?

• less than 12 months
• 1 to 2 years
• 3 to 4 years
• 5 to 6 years
• 7 to 8 years
• 9 years or more

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How many years of experience do you have in Graphic Design within a governmental agency?

• None
• 1 to 2 years
• 3 to 4 years
• 5 to 6 years
• 7 years or more

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Please indicate your level of experience with HTML5 and CSS:

• No experience.
• Beginner: Make basic edits, but not really comfortable with starting from scratch.
• Intermediate: Take a design concept and make necessary edits to bring the design to life.
• Expert: Bring a design concept to life, make sure it is responsive and that it works well on multiple devices and browsers and troubleshoot when things are not displaying properly.

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Please indicate your level of experience with Adobe InDesign.

• No Experience.
• Beginner: Make basic or simple edits.
• Intermediate - Do most edits the system allows, export and save for different devices; and prep files for use.
• Expert: In addition to intermediate skills, work quickly and under pressure

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Please indicate your level of experience with Microsoft SharePoint.

• No experience
• Very Limited: Occasionally use this knowledge/skill set, or have used it in the past.
• Beginner: Able to navigate and open documents.
• Intermediate: In addition to Beginner skills, able to modify and upload documents, add document libaries, create and configure lists and forms
• Advanced: In addition to Intermediate skils, familiar with programming language, able to create and configure new sites and back up sites

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Please briefly describe why you are a good fit for this position.
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Please briefly describe your experience with leading teams or trainings. If no experience, please enter N/A.
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