City Staffing: Freelance Graphic Designer

Graphic Designer is needed in Chicago, IL, United States.

Client: City Staffing

Location: Chicago, IL

Contract: Contractor

Job Description:

This is a remote freelance role that includes the ability to set your own hours. Start Date: ASAP… Pay Range: $50-57 Schedule: 10 hours a week on average (~20 hours a week if busier, ~5 hours if slower) Location: Remote, with a few in-office requirements in Downtown Chicago

Responsibilities:

• Design 70%
• Designs and executes highly creative material that supports the association’s overall brand strategy
• Independently produces deliverables including but not limited to: short video clips, animated clips, downloadable resources, webinar and podcast graphics, social media graphics, brochures, 1-pagers, PowerPoint presentations, and other design needs for the education center
• Independently illustrates concepts by designing rough layouts of art and copy regarding arrangement, size, type size, style, and related aesthetic concepts
• Communicates with vendors to independently adhere to asset requirements and initiate design conception to propose to manager
• Closely adheres to industry standards and core association design tenets to ensure designs express desired ideas, represent products/programs/services accurately, and adhere to existing brand standards
• Maintains the education center design brand guidelines and collaborates with other units to adhere to design and branding standards
• Coordinates printing, fulfillment, and delivery of creative projects including, but not limited to, print collateral and premium imprinting
• Collaboration and Innovation 30%
• Responds to team’s design needs in a timely fashion and independently manages storage of design assets to be shared with the marketing team
• Collaborates as part of a cross-functional team of internal and external collaborators to develop new approaches to creating innovative and expressive graphics that support the association’s core initiatives
• Explores generative design AI platforms and brainstorms to propose and adopt solutions to improve design process efficiencies
• Contributes to site UX/UI enhancements by providing fresh, thoughtful, creative ideas by leveraging color theory, typography and design composition knowledge
• Offers input to group critique sessions, providing feedback on colleagues’ creative products in addition to ideas for new work
• May include other responsibilities as assigned

Candidate Profile:

1. Bachelor’s degree in graphic arts, interactive multimedia or equivalent required; concentration in marketing and/or advertising preferred
2. Minimum 10 years of work experience at creative agency or in-house creative team
3. Conceptual thinker who can develop and execute creative ideas in effective design
4. Strong experience working on team-based projects/portfolio work (copywriters, photographers, etc.)
5. Proficient knowledge of core Adobe CC (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.), Microsoft PowerPoint, and knowledge of video creation software like Biteable or others. Adobe Premiere or After Effects knowledge a plus.
6. UX design experience, from working in an agency or within an organization’s UX team, preferred
7. Ability to apply understanding of visual design principles, especially typography, color, iconography, and information hierarchy
8. Ability to work in a changing, fast-paced environment with proven ability to meet deadlines
9. Self-starter who is comfortable working on multiple complex projects simultaneously while maintaining a high degree of attention to detail
10. Team player with excellent interpersonal skills
11. Experience with Asana, Monday.com, or other project management tools highly desired
12. Ability to absorb and apply constructive criticism from peers and other departments. Diplomatic and professional presence and demeanor