Description:
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Common awareness of design principles, creative design and their application to collateral
- Support the strategic focus of brand consistency, identity development and their application in conceptual design
- Communicate and enforce brand guidelines for design consistency
- Understand relevant visual trends and their applications to our brand and collateral
- Develop complex creative from concept to completion, communicating their strategic approach and thought process behind the design
- Consult with Marketing colleagues and managers to identify and evaluate individual project needs
- Collaborate as needed with fellow Designers, Production Artists, Writers and Managers to meet project objectives
- Effectively produce final documents by reviewing and prepping files for release. Confirm correct styles applied to document elements and perform quality check for spelling, format and style
- Develop digital illustrations and graphics, modify existing vector art, digital images and layout according to specifications
- Work in Firm’s email marketing software to upload graphic design files; ensure graphics and links function correctly
- Maintain common awareness of design markets within legal industry
- Assist with coverage and other duties, as assigned
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the Duties and Responsibilities (the “Duties”) above satisfactorily and meet the requirements below. The requirements listed below are representative of the minimum knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. Employees or applicants who need an accommodation should contact Human Resources. If you need such an accommodation, please email staffrecruiting@sidley.com (current employees should contact Human Resources).
Education and/or Experience:
Required:
- Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university or equivalent relevant work experience with a strong design portfolio.
- A minimum 3 years of graphic design experience.
- Demonstrated knowledge of graphic design, typography for both print and digital media.
- Demonstrated advanced proficiency in HTML, CSS, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Excel.
- Experience with email marketing software such as Vuture; or a similar program
- Knowledge of the rendering of content for the internet and HTML 5 compliancy.
- Knowledge of print techniques including offset and digital production process and various stocks.
- Experience using design templates and translating design concepts into finished work product.
- Portfolio of work, both in print and digital form.