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Senior Designer
Location:
Madison, WI
Description:
Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Position Description Position Title: Senior Designer Department: Marketing & Brand strategy Reports to: Vice President of Marketing & brand strategy Position(s) Supervised: N/A FLSA Status: Exempt Position Summary The Senior Designer is responsible for concepting and creating of design solutions in alignment with WEDC brand standards. The Senior Designer ensures consistent graphic presentation of inventive concepts that have superior visual impact, including but not limited to reports, event marketing materials, presentations, brochures, advertising, sign displays, etc. In addition to hands-on design work, the role is responsible for managing and coordinating all of WEDC's design resources, including marketing agency and freelance resources, and enforcing WEDC's visual brand standards across the enterprise. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Responsibilities The Senior Designer will spend a majority of their time in these activities: Enforcing WEDC's visual brand standards across the enterprise by providing input, guidance, training, and judgement to safeguard and advance WEDC's brand. Creating print and digital marketing materials in support of organization and divisional communication goals. Managing independent, freelance, agency, and/or contract design professionals to provide additional design capacity, achieve superior results, and deliver responsive solutions for the organization. Participate in developing and maintaining project-management systems to direct project workflow, ensuring necessary resources are acquired and scheduled to meet project deadlines. Collaborate with other units of Wisconsin government as requested to provide design services and manage design projects. Design business attraction proposals. Managing graphic files and adapting to meet various media specifications. Creating and managing WEDC's library of visual assets. Creating and maintaining self-service templates for common design projects that empower WEDC personnel to rapidly create professional, brand-compliant presentations and other tools. Providing design leadership and production for WEDC presentations. Adapting advertising materials produced by WEDC's marketing agency to fulfill WEDC-directed paid media opportunities. Managing printer and other production vendor relationships; obtain and compare printing quotes. Assisting in the execution of WEDC marketing plan. Act as business partner by modifying, recommending, interpreting and implementing overall marketing objectives, policies and procedures. Lead design for all digital and printed collateral required to support WEDC events. Other duties as assigned. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree in marketing or related field, or comparable education/experience/training is preferred. Minimum of five years of experience in related field required. Specialized graphic design training/education required. Skills and Talents: Expert knowledge in graphic design production process and print production processes. Proficiency in current versions of Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator. Experience with digital media promotions. Detail oriented with the ability to manage projects from inception through execution. Ability to work with a variety of internal clients on multiple, simultaneous projects with concurrent timelines. Strong creative, organizational, problem solving and time-management skills. Strong conceptual skills, high level sense of design, layout and typography in a variety of design solutions. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Strong organization and planning skills. Strong formal presentation skills and the ability to be persuasive and adaptive. Work well with tight deadlines in a team environment. Proficient Macintosh or PC skills. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Other Requirements State-wide travel will occur on an occasional basis, less than 20% of the time. Travel is anticipated to include day and overnight travel. Based on the responsibilities of this position, this position may need to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WEDC DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION & BELONGING STATEMENT WEDC must be a diverse and inclusive organization reflective of the businesses, communities, and people in Wisconsin and beyond. We believe that diversity drives innovation and commit to create an inclusive, equitable and diverse workplace where our differences are celebrated as drivers of our organization's performance.TO SUPPORT A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE AT WEDC, WE WILL WORK TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING GOALS: Increase WEDC's racial diversity, specifically with Black/African American, Native American and Latinx populations; Increase LGBTQ representation across WEDC; and Increase the diversity of WEDC's leadership. TO MEET OUR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION GOALS, WEDC WILL TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS: Create an intentional approach to recruit minority candidates by using targeted media channels to promote open positions; Ensure formal offers are made only after a diverse pool of candidates have been considered at each hiring stage; Identify and develop a variety of employee resource groups, including groups for African Americans, Hispanics and Latinos, LGBTQ+ and more; Post signage to highlight WEDC's commitment to diversity and inclusion; and Revisit EEO disclosures in our application process to highlight statements regarding WEDC's commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution and EEO/Affirmative Action Employer committed to excellence through diversity. Employment offers are made on the basis of qualifications, and without regard to race, sex, religion, national or ethnic origin, disability, age, veteran status, or sexual orientation. Veteran Declaration Applicants for employment are invited to participate in affirmative action program by reporting their status as a protected veteran or other minority. In extending this invitation, we advise you that: (a) workers (applicants) are under no obligation to respond but may do so in the future if they choose; (b) responses will remain confidential within the human resource department; and (c) responses will be used only for the necessary information. Refusal to provide this information will have no bearing on your application and will not subject you to any adverse treatment. ** PROTECTED VETERAN DEFINITION Protected veteran means a veteran who may be classified as an active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran, disabled veteran, Armed Forces service medal veteran or recently separated veteran. Active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense. Armed Forces service medal veteran means any veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985 (61 FR 1209, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 159). Disabled veteran means (1) a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or (2) a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability. Recently separated veteran means a veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran's discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service. * EEOC RACE/ETHNIC IDENTIFICATION CATEGORIES Hispanic or Latino - A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. White (not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East or North Africa. Black or African American (not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa or other Pacific Islands. Asian (not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia or the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand and Vietnam. American Indian or Alaska Native (not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) and who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment. Two or more races (not Hispanic or Latino) - All persons who identify with more than one of the above races.PDN-9b7ee9a1-2e4b-4071-b103-4064c1910e26
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Wisconsin Economic Development
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