Senior Production Artist

State of Nebraska•Lincoln, NE

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Production Artist is part of the Nebraska Lottery marketing team, which manages various aspects of Nebraska Lottery services contracts and provides communications support to the statewide retailer network. The position is described as a 100% in-office role and will be understaffed as a Marketing and Communications Specialist II, with the listed Marketing and Communications Specialist III pay rate of $26.005. Daily work includes producing informational sheets and point-of-sale signage for new Scratch games and promotions; newsletters, quarterly publications, and annual reports; coupons for Scratch and Lotto games; social media artwork; winner-awareness banners and wobblers; custom-designed promotional items; retailer-location branding; drawing boxes and entry forms; store-specific signage; beneficiary fund promotion signage; and online fillable forms. The Department does not sponsor STEM Optional Practical Training or non-immigrant work visas for this position. At the final selection step, the Department conducts a background investigation, including records checks and fingerprinting. Applicants must provide fingerprints and complete a disclosure form. Certain convictions or forfeiture of constitutional rights that have not been restored make an applicant ineligible for employment with the Nebraska Lottery.

Requirements

For Marketing and Communications Specialist III: Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, marketing, public relations, advertising, graphic arts, digital media, videography, or a related field, and at least three years of experience developing, planning, and managing public relations/publicity campaigns, mass media communication activities, public information programs, and/or marketing/promotional campaigns.
Required experience may substitute for education on a year-for-year basis.
At the final selection step, applicants must provide fingerprints and complete a disclosure form for a background investigation.
Applicants with certain convictions involving moral turpitude, fraud, theft, theft of services, or theft by deception, or whose constitutional rights have been forfeited and not restored, are ineligible for employment with the Nebraska Lottery.

Nice To Haves

At least two years of experience in an advertising, marketing, or printing production environment.
Familiarity with appropriate software, equipment, and production processes.
Experience using a Mac computer and Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat Pro, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, and QuarkXPress.
Experience with a Konica Minolta AccurioPress C3070, HP Latex 630 Wide Format Printer, HP 64 inch Plus Cutter, Titan 200 Challenger paper cutter, and laminator.

Responsibilities

Create informational sheets for new Scratch games and promotions and accompanying point-of-sale signage.
Produce monthly newsletters and quarterly publications.
Create annual reports.
Produce coupons for Scratch and Lotto games.
Create artwork for social media applications, including web art and Facebook.
Produce winner-awareness materials, including banners and wobblers.
Design custom promotional items.
Create Lottery messaging and branding for retailer locations.
Produce drawing boxes and entry forms.
Create store-specific signage.
Produce beneficiary fund promotion signage.
Create online fillable forms.