Production Designer

Description:

Reporting to the Manager, Graphic Design (Creative Services), this position helps produce and finalize visual communication design that support department and/or university initiatives and objectives. Finalizes design solutions and occasionally creates basic design assets that can be delivered through a variety of channels for both print and digital delivery. Also collaborates and/or supports the print services team, ADA-related production duties, and Brand Management team’s design production needs. Maintains visual themes in compliance with university brand standards to ensure all visual communications to all university audiences are consistently on-brand. Responsible for producing all final design files and pre-flighting all final files to ensure proper image quality and resolution, correct fonts, color specs, file sizes, traps, bleeds, crops, per final output whether print or digital. This position is the final checkpoint in the creative design process.

Visual Communication Production - 65%

• Creates final graphic design files to ensure all assets are ready for production whether in print or digital final delivery format. Occasionally creates some basic design assets from scratch per overall team volume.
• Understands the university brand’s visual communication strategies and can apply such to appropriate handling of the created materials.
• Plays a critical role in ensuring the quality of any design that represents the department or university.
• Identifies problems and potential improvements associated with the university’s marketing and communications materials creation and proposes recommendations for improvements to ensure effectiveness of the branding and marketing communications through print and digital design assets.
• Follows standard principles and guidelines with some latitude for personal decision making; any personal decision making is expected to utilize existing standards and procedures.

Team Collaboration - 30%

• Works with the Print Services team to provide ad-hoc print production support as needed. Creates simple designs, modified from existing templates, packaging/prepping files for print, pre-flighting, proof reviewing and approval. Ensure quality of all input and output.
• Supports ADA design team with design production needs.
• Supports the Brand Management Team’s ad-hoc design production needs.

Other - 5%

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate or bachelor's degree in graphic design, visual communications or related field.
• 2-4 years of relevant experience.
• Any equivalent combination of related education, experience, and/or training.