Senior Graphic Designer

University of North Texas System•Denton, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Graphic Designer performs advanced professional and skilled technical communication design work for targeted print and media production, including advertising campaigns, digital communications, marketing campaigns, publications, and social media. The position serves as a design team lead and works with project stakeholders to conceptualize, design, create, and produce print and digital communications that support the University of North Texas’s strategic goals and brand. The designer incorporates audience-specific research into campaigns and projects, applies UNT brand standards, and maintains the university’s institutional image through consistent use of brand marks, taglines, and other graphic identity elements. The role collaborates with the Director of Design, the Project Management team, and other internal and external stakeholders; manages project workflows and deadlines; prepares organized production files; and attends press checks as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or a related field and four years of professional graphic arts work experience in print, video, and/or electronic media production or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Ability to conceptualize, design, and produce unique, engaging, and original work.
Ability to understand and creatively, accurately, and effectively apply audience research to projects.
Ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders and align design work with strategic goals and initiatives.
Strong interpersonal communication and collaboration skills.
Mastery of Adobe Creative Cloud applications, including InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
Commitment to best practices in sourcing and licensing fonts, photography, and illustration.
Considerable knowledge of planning, methods, practices, and techniques for producing design, marketing, publications, and advertising materials for print and digital media.
Ability to meet deadlines, manage time productively, respond to direction and edits, and maintain organized production files.
Basic knowledge of popular design and art history movements and influential past and current artists and designers.

Nice To Haves

Adobe Animate or After Effects skills.
Illustration skills.
Familiarity with project management workflows and tools such as Smartsheet.
Knowledge of Adobe Express and Adobe Firefly and the impact of evolving technologies such as artificial intelligence.

Responsibilities

Analyze and incorporate relevant audience-specific research into the conceptualization, design, and production of campaigns and projects.
Conceptualize, plan, design, and produce print and digital communications in collaboration with the Director of Design and UNT and UBSC stakeholders.
Follow UNT brand standards and advise campus partners on brand best practices; maintain the university’s institutional image through consistent use of brand marks, taglines, and other identity elements.
Use Smartsheet to follow the internal review process with the Director of Design, Project Management team, and assigned team members.
Collaborate and communicate with the Director of Design and Project Management team to prioritize work, manage time, and meet deadlines.
Keep active projects organized and stored in the correct server locations, and provide teammates with clear information about remaining tasks when away.
Respond to changing needs and make edits promptly in collaboration with the team; receive and implement direction as part of the creative process.
Produce clean, well-organized files and folders, including professionally constructed files with appropriately named layers and no unnecessary layers.
Use the Preflight Quality Checklist when pre-flighting and packaging projects.
Attend press checks as needed, arrive on time, use the UBSC design area Press Check checklist, and obtain and return with press sheets for reference.
Notify the Project Management team and Director of Design when work is delayed or blocked.
Maintain reliable attendance, be reachable during work hours, and inform the Director of Design in advance of planned absences or as soon as possible in emergencies.
May serve as a team lead.