Designer, NextGen

Educational Media Foundation • Franklin, TN

4d

About The Position

Reporting to the Visual Art Director, the NextGen Designer is a world-class creative responsible for developing compelling, spiritually engaging, and culturally relevant visual content that supports campaigns and branded content across physical and digital platforms. This role contributes to our core excellence by creating graphics and mixed media designs that inspire hope and reflect God's Word and promises. The Designer collaborates on brand aesthetics, leads creative planning and brainstorming. This position partners with the web content team on assets for web, mobile apps, and email, and provides branding direction to the UI/UX designer to ensure visual continuity across digital experiences. Here's some of what you will be doing... Lead the creative execution of assigned campaigns and brand initiatives, proactively managing project timelines, deliverables, and team milestones in alignment with direction from the Visual Art Director. Drive the development of compelling key art and content with a “Social First” mindset, incorporating produced photography, video, and basic motion into static and digital formats. Conceptualize and deliver original creative solutions for creative collateral including merch, websites, social media, ad banners, email campaigns, and both internal and external communications. Develop graphic sketches, design compositions, and copy layouts that follow layout principles and aesthetic design standards, with particular focus on print production needs. Collaborate with the Visual Art Director to provide creative input and contribute to the ideation and execution of creative initiatives. Apply deep understanding of audience segmentation and brand culture to generate designs that are fresh, relevant, and aligned with strategic messaging. Create and refresh visual content for websites, mobile apps, social media, and video projects, ensuring accuracy and brand continuity. Participate in photo and video shoots, providing creative direction or support to ensure high-quality assets are captured for future use. Maintain and organize creative assets using digital platforms such as WIDEN (Digital Asset Management system) and BOX (team file server). Actively partner with members of the Next Gen, Digital Media and Marketing Teams, contributing to brainstorming sessions and cross-functional collaboration efforts. Ability to work in video and photography mediums a bonus. Assist with internal events as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design or Fine Arts or equivalent experience
• A minimum of 3+ years in-house or ad agency experience.
• Ability to deliver inspired concepts under the guidance of the Visual Art Director, quickly and intuitively, thriving under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Ability to apply feedback and direction from the Visual Art Director to produce the strongest possible output and grow design capabilities.
• Strong understanding of fundamental design principles for web and print that affect typography, composition, color, use of space and hierarchy of information.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects), Keynote, PowerPoints and familiarity with digital asset management systems and web design best practices.
• Self-disciplined, strong work ethic and background, with the ability to work in a team environment.
• Excellent attention to detail and efficiency, comfortable with mega-multi-tasking, resolving competing priorities, and meeting project deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to represent the Ministry professionally.
• Commitment to staying up to date with emerging design technologies and tools, including approved AI-driven applications including those in the Adobe Creative Cloud, to ensure innovative and efficient creative solutions.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to work in video and photography mediums a bonus.
• Experience in Sketch, AfterAffects, and Premier is a plus.
• Experience in designing environmental graphics is a plus.
• Strong skills in HTML and CSS, with a keen eye for future technology.
• Exhibits a love for learning and creative thinking.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creative execution of assigned campaigns and brand initiatives, proactively managing project timelines, deliverables, and team milestones in alignment with direction from the Visual Art Director.
• Drive the development of compelling key art and content with a “Social First” mindset, incorporating produced photography, video, and basic motion into static and digital formats.
• Conceptualize and deliver original creative solutions for creative collateral including merch, websites, social media, ad banners, email campaigns, and both internal and external communications.
• Develop graphic sketches, design compositions, and copy layouts that follow layout principles and aesthetic design standards, with particular focus on print production needs.
• Collaborate with the Visual Art Director to provide creative input and contribute to the ideation and execution of creative initiatives.
• Apply deep understanding of audience segmentation and brand culture to generate designs that are fresh, relevant, and aligned with strategic messaging.
• Create and refresh visual content for websites, mobile apps, social media, and video projects, ensuring accuracy and brand continuity.
• Participate in photo and video shoots, providing creative direction or support to ensure high-quality assets are captured for future use.
• Maintain and organize creative assets using digital platforms such as WIDEN (Digital Asset Management system) and BOX (team file server).
• Actively partner with members of the Next Gen, Digital Media and Marketing Teams, contributing to brainstorming sessions and cross-functional collaboration efforts.
• Assist with internal events as needed.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance, Vision Insurance and company paid Dental
• Company paid life insurance and short term/long term disability insurance
• Company 401k with a generous company match
• Parental leave with Baby Bonding pay
• Generous paid vacation, sick leave and holiday time off
• Amazing company culture that includes exclusive access to concerts, movie premieres, media industry events, etc.
• Free access to LinkedIn Learning platform

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level