AddressBlue Cottage of CannonDesign has an exciting opportunity for a Visual Communications Designer to join our team. Take a look at the description below. If you think your skills and experience make you a good match for this position, we'd love to hear from you. We're looking for creative, curious, empathetic people to join our Living-Centered Design movement.
ABOUT OUR FIRM
Blue Cottage of CannonDesign is an industry-leading consulting firm. Our team works with organizational leaders to define their ideal future and plan processes, organizational strategies, equipment and facilities to create this future, and our projects are anchored by any of the following services: strategic transformation, design thinking, experience strategy, space and functional programming, operational planning, organization design, change management, and transition and activation planning.
ABOUT THE ROLE
As a Visual Communications Designer with crazy-good web and digital design skills, you are part of our Brand, Marketing and Business Development (BMBD) Team. You are an energetic, inventive designer who is eager to create meaningful impressions alongside a hub of marketing and graphic design peers to advance the visual voice and creative direction of work planned project deliverables and to win pursuits. You collaborate across the BMBD community and technical direct labor to deliver creative excellence with a shared focus on project deliverables, pursuits, public relations, collateral, brand-building efforts and more.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
PROJECT MILESTONE DELIVERABLES
- Support web and digital design standards, templating, development, and deployment.
- Support the development of project deliverable standards, visual assets, and materials including basic template set-up at project kick-off.
- Collaborate with Project Leaders or delegated Project Managers to curate customized templates that meet a client's expectations when feasible and appropriate.
PROPOSAL MARKETING
- Support web and digital design standards, templating, development, and deployment.
- Support the development of project deliverable standards and materials including basic template set-up at project kick-off.
- Create visual assets and layouts for proposals, presentations, and related marketing materials using our design templates as inspiration, and working within our brand standards.
- Participate in the development of collateral that supports our markets, offices, and services.
BRAND MARKETING
- Lead marketing activities, such as sponsorships, award submissions, and events, that align with our PR/Communications objectives and increase our brand visibility.
FIRM KNOWLEDGE & SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE
- Develop strong, in-depth knowledge of the firm's portfolio, personnel and offerings.
- Develop subject matter expertise in web and digital design colleteral (across markets, typologies, services, technology or other) that adds value to our marketing initiatives and pursuit activities.
OPERATIONS
- Self-review all work for accuracy and quality of content.
- Provide peer review and oversight for accuracy and quality of content.
OTHER
- May participate in external marketing activities.
- May perform other duties as required.
ABOUT YOUR QUALIFICATIONS
- Must have a bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Marketing, Communications or a related field.
- A minimum of three years of related work experience required.
- Evidence of a strong web and digital media portfolio required. Please submit samples.
- Related experience working in a graphic design or marketing role for a professional services firm preferred.
- Must be proactive, self-driven, organized, detail-oriented and have an enthusiasm for innovation.
- Strong time and project management skills are essential, along with the ability to work in a deadline-driven environment.
- Solid skills in strategic thinking, creativity, and design-with the potential and/or interest to further develop/excel in at least one of these areas.
- Deep expertise with Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Adobe DreamWeaver, PHP and/or WordPress.
- Strong proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign) and Microsoft Office 365 (Teams, Word, Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint).
The salary range for this position is $57,000 to $71,250 annually. This salary range is the range we believe is the anticipated range of possible base compensation at the timing of the posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the anticipated salary range for the position. Employees may be eligible for discretionary bonuses. We offer a full benefit package including medical, dental and vision coverage and flexible spending account options and voluntary insurances. We have paid time off, flex-time summer hours, remote work options and a 401k plan and employee perk programs. For a general overview of our benefits, please visit our careers page at. Actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education and/or skill level.
ABOUT WORKING HERE
- We are a start-up culture in an established firm: nimble, energetic, innovative and fun.
- We are relentless in our pursuit of client adoration (not simply satisfaction). Consistent delivery of the best service is what we are about.
- We are committed to ensuring our practice is equitable for all employees, representative of the communities around us - and focused on the future of design. We advocate for equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts through the leadership of our DEI Council, Employee Resource Groups and other community advocacy initiatives.
- We're about communication and transparency here. If you want to talk to someone about an idea you have, or a challenge that needs addressing, we're ready for you.
Please note that candidates can only apply to our positions on our company Careers site. It's not uncommon for scammers to create positions that look legitimate on other sites; never enter your information or apply for CannonDesign positions on any platform. Should an issue arise that you feel we should be aware of, please contact us. Please provide your resume and portfolio when applying.
As a condition of employment, all employees are expected to complete mandatory training, including compliance training, within required timeframes and adhere to our internal policies and our Code of Conduct.
CannonDesign recognizes the value of diversity in our workforce. We are committed to equal opportunity. We consider all qualified employment applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, partnership status, protected veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. Individuals who hold legal work authorization applicable to employment at CannonDesign in the United States will be considered without regard to citizenship/alienage.
Minimum Salary: 31200.00Maximum Salary: 31200.00Salary Unit: Yearly
