Graphic Designer

Title: Graphic Designer

Duration: 4 Months - Possible Extension

Location: Portland, OR - Hybrid 1 day a week on site.

Key Responsibilities

• Executes creative projects from concept to completion and provides highest-quality work with careful attention to detail and timeline; prioritizes tasks; ensures projects conform to companys strategic direction, products, processes, customers and overall marketplace.
  
• Develop collateral and material for a full range of assignments/projects or direct others to do so; maintains consistent brand standards; stays abreast of and applies creative trends.
  
• Collaborates with clients and communications teams to assess project requirements, objectives and creative direction; determines appropriate visual, content and animated elements of projects; assesses time requirements for each task and collaborates with team to establish appropriate project time line.
  
• Coordinates with internal staff and with vendors (e.g., graphic designers, art directors, copy writers, photographers and printers) on assignments/projects.
  
• Ensures every communication product for customers delivers on our brand promise.
  

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities)

Functional Competencies

• Intermediate knowledge of and skill in applying graphic design, content and audio/visual principles, standards, techniques, and methodologies and brand guidelines
  
• Intermediate knowledge of user interface design and digital graphics
  
• Intermediate knowledge of design software
  
• Advanced knowledge of print and digital production and archiving best practices
  
• Intermediate computer skills in systems used in department
  
• Intermediate skills in developing and maintaining systems for file naming, organization and archiving
  

General Competencies

• Intermediate analytical thinking skills
  
• Intermediate conflict management skills
  
• Intermediate influence skills
  
• Intermediate negotiation skills
  
• Intermediate organization and prioritization skills
  
• Intermediate problem-solving skills
  
• Intermediate project management skills
  
• Intermediate written and oral communication skills
  

Requirements

REQUIREMENTS

• 3-6 years’ experience in graphic design.
  
• Education Requirements (Experience in Lieu of Degree): BA in Graphic design or 5 years’ experience
  
• Is utilities experience required? (Y/N): No
  
• Ability to absorb complex topics and help partners tell effective and compelling stories through simple visual representations
  
• Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite (particularly Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), MS Office (particularly PPT)
  
• Working knowledge of Figma or XD
  
• Experience developing corporate reports and presentations
  
• Self-starter, comfortable asking questions until complete understanding is achieved.
  

Top 3 Nice-To-Haves (Hard and/or Soft Skills)

• Experience with Creatopy, Ceros, Canva
  
• Comfortable with ambiguity, sound judgement when to escalate for certainty.
  
• Proficient in Spanish