Graphic Designer

• Work closely with UWW internal stakeholders to conceptualize, design, execute, and deliver interactive digital media including but not limited to: email marketing and social media assets (static and animated), digital publications, marketing/product collateral (print and digital) and other graphic media for UWW internal stakeholders, local United Ways, and high-profile national partners
• Ensure technical compliance with United Way Brand Standards & Guidelines (including Digital Standards) across all design work
• Evaluates multiple competing initiatives and allocates own time to maximize organizational impact
• Serve as a connection point and subject matter expert across functions. Provide technical assistance to UWW internal stakeholders and local United Ways, on an as-needed basis, to resolve design questions and support compliance with the United Way Brand Standards & Guidelines
• Maintain efficient and scalable production of all digital assets--templates, resizing and versioning
• Can distill complex ideas and content into clear design recommendations and presents options with clarity and purpose
• Properly manage and organize all final digital and social media assets including accessible organization, tagging, distributing, archiving and storage (including all applicable sites)
• Provide design support for United Way's flagship website (unitedway.org), subsidiary websites and other publicly available digital projects
• Execute other duties, as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree (Visual Arts or Graphic Design preferred) or commensurate experience
• At least 7 years of progressive experience in a similar role
• Significant professional experience and advanced proficiency in: Adobe Creative Suite (specifically InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop) Adobe Premier Pro, Microsoft Office
• Strong familiarity with illustration, electronic communications and social media platforms as well as an immaculate sense of typography, layout, both print and digital design
• Experience with Digital Asset Management platforms
• Superb detail orientation
• ensuring technical compliance for all assets in alignment with United Way Brand Standards & Guidelines (and Digital Guidelines)
• Strong project and time management skills, with a proven track record of consistently delivering projects on time, and with a high level of quality
• proven ability to effectively manage multiple concurrent projects with minimal supervision
• Demonstrated relationship management expertise, preferably in a large decentralized, matrix organization
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills as well as detail orientation
• Must be a creative and innovative digital and graphic designer with a keen understanding of how to leverage digital/social graphics to clearly define and articulate the United Way brand in a compelling way, spanning varying applications and audiences
• Must be team-oriented with a strategic and collaborative approach to creative development in a demanding fast-paced deadline-driven environment
• Design portfolio required: PDF portfolio upload (or URL to online portfolio) is a requirement for consideration

• Experience with Smartsheet is a plus
• Advertising Agency experience a plus
• Agency experience a plus

health, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability, employee assistance program, 403(b) plan, tuition assistance, paid time off, family sick leave, medical appointment leave, parental/adoption leave, dress for your day, free parking, onsite gym, monthly volunteering opportunities, and more