Sr. Graphic Designer

Job Details

Level
Experienced

Job Location
Chatsworth - Chatsworth, CA

Position Type
Full Time

Education Level
4 Year Degree

Salary Range
$32.14 - $40.17 Hourly

Job Category
Banking

Job Title: Senior Graphic Designer

At Premier America Credit Union, our Core Purpose is to serve our members by making it easier to meet today's needs and reach tomorrow's dreams. Talented team members succeed in our organization by demonstrating a commitment to our shared values of accountability, friendliness and respect, a passion for delivering great service, giving back to our communities, and pursuing personal growth. Come grow with us and be part of growth and the Premier America family!

Overview:

The Senior Graphic Designer is responsible for developing visually arresting communications that consistently and creatively communicate the credit union's brand identity and value propositions across traditional, digital, and emerging media systems. With a focus on developing highly effective multi-channel brand and sales communications, this role will be a critical contributor in helping the organization drive engagement to achieve increased brand awareness, lead generation, product sales and build reputation as a strong community partner. Partnering with product and community business lines, the Graphic Designer will be extremely adept at taking initial creative concepts and producing high-functioning visual solutions that can be applied to print, digital, and video distribution channels at scale. Additionally, this team member will balance strong design principles with the functional needs of retail, outdoor, and online user experiences, to ensure that the credit union's brand identity is consistently expressed. The Graphic Designer will play a key role in maintaining brand consistency and quality with communications produced both internally and with agency partners. The ideal candidate must be extremely creative, organized, accountable, detail oriented and deliver superlative work.

What You Will Do:
The Graphic Designer manages development of highly effective and creative multi-media communications and must be:

• Skilled at developing viable creative concepts for presentation to project stakeholders based on agreed upon delivery schedules and specifications.
• Able to quickly produce marketing comprehensives for media assets across multiple distribution channels.
• Able to marry financial product/service content with striking visual designs that grab the attention and action of target business prospects.
• Able to effectively collaborate with product/service business owners to scope brand/sales communication goals and requirements.
• Able to develop and present viable design solutions from concept comprehensives to final art production.
• Capable of working on multiple projects/campaigns concurrently and producing a variety of marketing campaign assets in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Able to recommend design solutions to meet the requirements of emerging digital media platforms and stay informed on best practices to maintain the brand and functional integrity of work published.

The Graphic Designer assumes responsibility for maintaining accuracy and regulatory compliance of brand and sales marketing content and will:

• Be responsible for partnering with internal business units and product owners to proactively qualify/validate content included in marketing communications to ensure accuracy of brand and sales communications.
• Will ensure that all communications meet federal and state regulatory requirements for disclosure prior to distribution/publication.
• Will ensure that the brand trademarks for the credit union and its partners are honored with all requirements consistently maintained when expressed in print, digital and outdoor communications.

What We Are Looking For:

• Bachelor's degree (BS or BA in a relevant field, such as Graphic Design, Marketing, Business, or related field), or an accredited Certificate is preferred, but not required.
• Demonstrated knowledge and proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite applications, namely Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, XD, and Adobe Premier or After Effects.
• Proficiency with PowerPoint, Excel, and HTML.
• Strong aptitude to develop from concept to production, video, print and digital media assets for optimal placement in retail and online environments.
• Five (5) to ten (10) years of experience designing effective brand and sales marketing communications for consumer and business-to-business audiences.
• Demonstrated experience successfully producing superlative design solutions for multi-channel marketing campaigns.
• Previous experience producing highly engaging creative solutions for retail and online point-of-sale environments.
• Aptitude for maintaining corporate brand identity in a consistent and complimentary manner across myriad distribution/experience channels.
• Proficiency in video production and post-production editing, including integration of motion graphics with video media.
• Experience developing key sales/brand assets for e-mail, web display, retargeting, social, SEO/SEM, content marketing, video, retail, outdoor and direct mail.

Premier America Credit Union will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring (Ban the Box) Ordinance.

EOE/Drug-free workplace

Pay Range Info:

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all our job postings regardless of State. We set standard pay ranges for all roles based on function and level of expertise, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.

The base pay range for this position is: $32.14 - $40.17 hourly

Perks Important to You:

Our Team Members enjoy the following rewards and benefits:

• Competitive pay
• Subsidized health care including medical, dental and vision
• FSA and HSA
• Company-Paid Life and A&D insurance
• Discounts on loans (must be a member)
• Paid Vacation, Holiday, and Sick time
• 401k Retirement Saving Plan with a 6% safe harbor employer match
• Educational Assistance Program and more!

About Us:

Founded in 1957, Premier America is one of the nation's largest credit unions, with over 100,000 members and more than $3 billion in assets. But more importantly, we are ever mindful of one crucial fact: we exist to serve the needs of all members - the owners of Premier America. With a large retail branch network, access to over 30,000+ surcharge-free ATMs; and the Shared Branch Network, Premier America provides financial services to those who live, work, worship or attend school in the Ventura and Los Angeles counties of California, and Harris County in Texas.

Credit unions, such as Premier America, have a rich history evolving from the idea that people working together can create better financial solutions, especially when as owners, members have a vested interest in their collective success. Whether offering higher savings rates and affordable mortgage options, loans for unexpected emergencies or financial counseling during difficult times, credit unions have always made a meaningful difference in the lives of members.