What are the responsibilities and job description for the Graphic Designer position at Sovereign?
We are looking for a talented Graphic Designer to join our creative team. In this role, you help design and create digital marketing materials for social media and other platforms. This person will support brand guidelines in their day-to-day work and have a clear understanding of the customer.
Candidates should be familiar with Adobe Suite, Figma, other graphic design applications, and motion design. This is a mid-level role that reports to the art director. The Designer must understand the scope of each project request and how it impacts schedules, objectives, and deliverables. Candidates should be able to produce high-quality materials while adhering to deadlines and high quality creative excellence.
Compensation: $48.00 per hour
Contract length: This is a contract position that is expected to end around 3/27/2026
Primary duties and responsibilities:
- Build an understanding of our brand and lead the delivery of the brand standards through a variety of creative deliverables Responsible for outputting design solutions based on previous work for our print, web and email channels.
- Support brand guidelines in day-to-day work and have a clear understanding of the audience.
- Collaborate with other Agency team members to understand execution dependencies to create solutions and experiences that are executable.
- Collaborate with other team members to ensure that the creative execution maintains a strong, consistent look and feel.
- Actively participate in creative kickoff meeting, provide design recommendations as well as present concepts during creative reviews.
- Will work closely with the account services team to be balance client expectations, requirements and schedules and ensure design solutions effectively communicate to drive business initiatives.
- Understands marketing, digital, and media industry trends/developments and uses this knowledge to leverage ideas.
Skills:
- Associates Degree from a creative/design or a related area , Bachelor's Degree strongly preferred
- 4-5 years of experience in advertising/marketing focused design experience Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite
- Typography and Motion design a plus
- Strong online portfolio with examples of digital projects demonstrating creative thinking and execution.
- Experience designing across multiple platforms and/or devices
- Have strong project managements skills and ability to move quickly and comfortably between multiple projects.
- Must be motivated, highly organized, flexible during peak workload, detail oriented.
- Sense of humor, positive attitude
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Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Pay: $48.00 per hour
Education:
- Associate (Preferred)
Experience:
- Advertising graphic design: 5 years (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- Lincolnshire, IL 60069 (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $48