Multimedia Graphic Designer

Multimedia Graphic Designer Location Dallas, TX : Overview: At United Way, we believe in the power of unity to create lasting change. We're committed to strengthening education, income and health - the building blocks of opportunity - in our community. And for nearly 100 years, North Texans who share this passion have joined with us to LIVE UNITED. Our movement of community change-agents and hand-raisers is growing, and we're looking for a Multimedia Graphic Designer to help build on this momentum. As the Multimedia Graphic Designer at United Way you design and support strategically sound, breakthrough creative experiences for many different audiences through a variety of platforms including print, web and social. You are a visual storyteller that thrives in making a compelling, emotional connection between our message and our audience. You achieve this by holding your work to the the highest standards of graphic design including type, graphics, illustration, photography and motion design that align to the creative strategy. You are a team player with excellent communication skills capable of building collaborative relationships with our team members and internal clients, you can sell new ideas to an audience and accurately manage projects, processes and timelines. You work on every stage of a project, from conception to completion, start the work understanding the available insights and creative brief, you brainstorm concepts with the Marketing team, work closely with the assigned team to create drafts, present materials to internal stakeholders for approval and work with vendors throughout the process. You are a creative first with branding as your north star, so every piece of communication starts with our mission of creating opportunities in education, income and health for all North Texans. You are a great multi-tasker able to work on several projects under tight deadlines. You are also adaptable and know to expect change when you work on creative.

United Way of Metropolitan Dallas is fully committed in all aspects of our work to becoming a fully inclusive, multicultural, antiracist organization. Those who share in this commitment and who are willing to actively engage antiracist ideas, behaviors, and actions are invited to apply for open positions. To perform the job successfully, applicants should demonstrate the following:

• Mission-Focused : Create real social change that leads to improving lives in our community.
• Relationship-Oriented : Is able to communicate effectively to develop, grow and sustain productive relationships. Knows how to capture and record relevant information and how to interpret and utilize the information to forge partnerships, collaborate, cultivate, grow, sustain and strengthen internal and external relationships.
• Results-Driven : Dedicated to shared and measurable goals; creating, resourcing, scaling and leveraging strategies and innovations for broad impact.
• Stewards : Our actions, behaviors and decisions on behalf of our donors must be transparent, meet the highest ethical standards and align with organizational goals.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain the consistency of the United Way brand across all channels
• Create digital designs for web pages, emails, social media, online advertising, brand designs for UI-UX and more.
• Create motion design experiences to improve the effectiveness of our content for all media
• Assist with project management & maintenance of the project managing software
• Create engaging print designs for brochures, fliers, invitations, direct mail and more
• Enhance key web content by developing Flash, Java and other rich components
• Collaborate with writers and other designers to make sure that text and design work together effectively
• Brainstorm with Marketing colleagues and other coworkers about the best solutions to particular communications opportunities
• Present design solutions to teammates and internal stakeholders in an effective manner
• Prepare digital files for print and provide clear instructions to vendors to make sure they are printed correctly. Must be extremely detail-oriented with the double-checking of work.
• Work with vendors to create accurate, competitive quotes that help internal stakeholders develop reasonable budgets and timelines
• Photo editing, photo manipulation, cropping and color correction

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ATTRIBUTES

• Experience designing and producing e-communications
• Capacity to create animations in Premier or After Effects
• Strong working knowledge of writing and troubleshooting within HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• Understanding of user interface design
• Experience navigating CRM platforms like HubSpot to design graphics for email layouts
• Four-color print design background with experience in preparing digital files for print
• Must be proficient in OS X platforms with extensive experience in InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat and Microsoft Office
• Experience working with vendors to get quotes/bids and negotiating reduced rates
• Demonstrated excellence working as part of a team, including clear communication in person and by email
• Willingness to listen to feedback from others and find the best ways to incorporate their input
• Excellent client service skills
• Flexibility to deal with unanticipated projects that have tight turnaround times by adjusting schedules for other projects and clearly communicating those changes to teammates
• Strong Problem solving ability including metrics-driven thinking

Qualifications: Education: Undergraduate degree or art school certification in graphic design, web design, visual communication, advertising or related field. Experience: Three to five years of related experience; Creative agency background very desirable; Nonprofit experience a plus.