Digital Designer

Company Description: The Parish Group is a 38-year old higher education marketing and enrollment management agency based in Asheville, North Carolina. We're located in a creative loft space overlooking downtown Asheville's historic Pack Square.

Role: We're seeking a Digital Designer to join the team at our Asheville office. While we will give preference to local talent who can be in-person, we will consider remote workers based in North Carolina.

This is a full-time position. Hours are 8:30am-5:30pm EST Monday to Friday. Our workplace culture is collaborative and creative. We won’t require you to wear a suit and tie–we’re a more casual bunch, but serious about our work and the success we build for our partner institutions.

Specific Responsibilities Include:

• Digital design for social media posts, blog graphics, and digital marketing materials including emails, digital ads, presentations, newsletter, and proposals
• Web design, including coding ability in HTML / CSS / basic JavaScript, knowledge of WCAG guidelines, and responsive design best practices.
• Design and creation of short animations/motion graphics to include in organic and paid marketing materials
• Video editing of our Slate 101 series and recorded presentations
• Email design and build, including responsive layouts, HTML/CSS, and understanding of SEO and email client best practices

This position's workload splits at around 35% web design and 65% digital design.

Qualities We'd Like to See:

• Precision and attention to detail
• Extremely organized with ability to work on multiple projects at once
• Team player who's unafraid to share ideas on how to optimize projects
• Creativity with a deep understanding of design aesthetics
• Ability to adhere to brand guidelines while keeping brand fresh

Experience with the Following Tools:

• Figma and/or Adobe InDesign (This is a must)
• Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects)
• WordPress / Elementor / ACF
• Monday.com (preferred, but not required)
• Slate CRM (preferred, not required)

Additional Preferred Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Web Design, Digital Media, UI/UX Design, Graphic Design, or simliar
• 3 years experience with web and digital design
• Ad / Creative Agency

What Success Looks Like in the First 90 Days:

• Completing and launching company's new website (60% in-progress)
• Creating new look for proposal templates

Benefits:

• $62.5k starting range, with salary increase potential after 90 days
• 8 paid sick days annually
• Paid day off on birthday
• 5 paid vacation days after 90 days; 10 paid vacation days after 24 months employment
• 80% Insurance Stipend after 90 days
• Profit sharing plan after one year employment
• 401k contribution plan
• 6 weeks paid maternity/parental leave after one year employment
• Company-covered parking in downtown Asheville
• "Life Happens" PTO — If you have an appointment or need to do something that takes 3 consecutive hours or less, we offer unlimited "Life Happens" PTO. If anything takes over 3 hours, you must count it towards vacation time.