Creative Designer

84452BR

Campus: Tempe

Creative Designer

Job Description

Arizona State University is committed to the success of each unique student. The Student Success Innovations team in the Office of the University Provost supports this mission by guiding ASU in delivering a supportive experience to help students’ achieve their academic and personal goals. To achieve this, the skills of a creative designer are essential in communicating to students and delivering a student-centric experience.

Student Success Innovations is looking for a creative professional to use their design and storytelling skills to facilitate strategic communications and engage students. This team member will prepare a variety of skilled graphic designs and layouts for various marketing and communications materials using production techniques which may include computer graphic systems and software.

Job Family

Graphic & Visual Arts

Department Name

Provost University Center

Full-Time/Part-Time

Full-Time

Grant Funded Position

This is not a grant funded position and is not contingent on future grant funding.

Salary Range

$56,160 – $78,000 per year; DOE

Close Date

07-October-2022

Essential Duties

• Prepares highly effective and visually engaging stories, presentations and reports for specific audiences, informed by a broad understanding of audience needs and the department’s mission and goals.
• Communicates with key stakeholders to understand complex concepts and projects and the interests of department leadership; applies that understanding and visual design expertise to create concise visualizations.
• Leads internal efforts to promote effective presentation design.
• Assists in creating and maintaining content for ASU digital engagement technologies, as well as producing training materials for university staff.
• Works with others to obtain appropriate data to tell a story or make a point.
• Discovers, evaluates and prototypes new and emerging design and storytelling techniques and technologies.
• Creates and designs graphics for layout of emails, social media graphics, posters, presentations, videos and web pages as requested by using the latest design methods.
• Confers with stakeholders, ASU marketing staff and others regarding project specifications such as graphic content, layout and media requirements; may create composites and develop concepts depending on needs.
• Ensures quality and accuracy of design materials by critically evaluating, thoroughly testing and proofing campaigns and complying with industry standards.
• Maintains a high degree of technical knowledge and serves as a point of contact for all campaign production and best practices.
• Assumes or coordinates other duties or projects as assigned or directed.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in arts, humanities or a related field AND five (5) years of experience working in a design/communications capacity; OR, Any equivalent combination of education and/or experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Desired Qualifications

• Demonstrated knowledge of marketing practices and principles.
• Demonstrated knowledge of presentation design best practices and tools.
• Demonstrated knowledge of visual design best practice principles, theories, and integration strategies.
• Demonstrated knowledge of principles, practices and techniques used in email, mobile app, social media and web design technologies.
• Demonstrated knowledge of computer-generated graphics programs.
• Demonstrated knowledge and skill in graphic design and layout.
• Demonstrated knowledge of digital content and management concepts, principles and practices.
• Experience in building HTML templates, websites and email campaigns based on ASU brand and industry standards.
• Experience in the utilization of specified computerized graphic design programs.
• Experience in effectively communicating marketing concepts clearly and in context to a variety of audiences with varying levels of understanding.
• Experience in working in an environment subject to quickly changing priorities and tight deadlines.
• Experience in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
• Evidence of effective communication skills.
• Experience in organization and attention to detail and accuracy.
• Experience in problem solving and decision-making.

Working Environment

• Activities are performed in an environmentally controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding and manipulating a computer mouse; required to stand for varying lengths of time and walk moderate distances to perform work.
• Occasional bending, reaching, lifting, pushing and pulling up to 25 pounds.
• Regular activities require the ability to quickly change priorities, which may include and/or are subject to resolution of conflicts.
• Ability to clearly communicate to perform essential functions.
• Regular use of standard office equipment including, but not limited to: computer workstation/laptop (keyboard, monitor, mouse), printer, telephone and associated computer/technology peripherals.
• Under general supervision.

Department Statement

Student Success Innovations is charged with operationalizing a responsive, student-centric culture that focuses on balancing technology and touch in achieving ASU students’ success. Through a collective commitment to the success of each student, the team implements data driven strategies at scale that aim to optimize the use of technology (for students and staff), simplify complexities within systems and processes and coordinate student-centric communication.

ASU Statement

Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 100,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation’s fifth largest city. ASU champions intellectual and cultural diversity, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.

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Background Check Statement

ASU conducts pre-employment screening for all positions which includes a criminal background check, verification of work history, academic credentials, licenses, and certifications. Employment is contingent upon successful passing of the background check.

Instructions to Apply

Application deadline is 3:00PM Arizona time on the date indicated.

Please include all employment information in month/year format (e.g., 6/88 to 8/94), job title, job duties and name of employer for each position.

Resume should clearly illustrate how prior knowledge and experience meets the Minimum and Desired qualifications of this position.

ASU does not pay for travel expenses associated with interviews, unless otherwise indicated.

Only electronic applications are accepted for this position.

IMPORTANT NOTE: What is the meaning of “equivalent combination” in the minimum qualifications? It means one year of higher education or 24 credit hours, is equal to one year of experience. For example, a four year Bachelor’s degree is equal to four years of experience.