Senior Graphic Designer

SUMMARY

In support of the university’s mission and objectives, the Senior Graphic Designer develops innovative design concepts that effectively communicate and capture the PBA story. This position ensures brand consistency across all materials while providing creative support to various departments. Additional responsibilities include generating design proposals, reviewing deliverables, resolving project challenges, and creating compelling promotional content for both print and digital platforms.

Design Concepts

• Leads the design and production of high-quality visual materials.
• Explores new ways of thinking and fresh approaches to design to communicate the story of PBA in a visually compelling way.
• Generates creative design proposals to visualize the desired output and involves team members fostering a creative team environment.
• Provides video and event graphics designs for the Creative Services team.

Branding & Design Standards

• Ensures that the PBA brand and story is captured and conveyed in a compelling way.
• Serves as a subject matter expert on all PBA branding elements reinforcing brand standards across all designs.
• Reviews, mentors, and provides feedback to designers on creative deliverables ensuring consistency with brand guidelines.

Project Leadership

• Quickly identifies and resolves design project challenges ensuring seamless communication and timely completion.
• Recommends improvements on project processes and provides feedback to project managers with the goal of excellent project execution.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred, or equivalent experience. Discipline in Graphic Design, Marketing, or Visual Communications.
• 5+ years of experience in graphic design, preferably in higher education.

Essential Competencies

• Customer Service Orientation – Keeps internal and/or external key stakeholder(s), students, parents, faculty, staff and community partners in mind at all times. 
• Professionalism – Displays a high level of professionalism, e.g. timeliness, reliability, communication, and work ethic.
• Christ-first Faith – Provides spiritual support to community members, including students, on their Christian faith journey.
• Attention to Detail – Ability to efficiently and accurately focus on a specific task or number of tasks. Reviews details with a critical eye.
• Creativity – Ability to think creatively and design creative solutions to problems.
• Effective Communication – Expresses ideas and information in a clear and concise manner both verbally and in writing to convey clear, well-articulated messaging across a wide variety of audiences.
• Leadership/Influence – Ability to motivate, coach and develop others, as well as influence a group of people to achieve common goals, and implement university strategies. Strong supervisory skills.
• Problem-solving – Anticipates, evaluates, diagnoses, and resolves problems in a systematic and fact-based manner.
• Teamwork & Collaboration – Creates a climate that fosters commitment to a common vision and shared values that promote cooperation and working together through trust and support of others both departmentally and cross-functionally. 
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite and other relevant design tools. 
• Portfolio demonstrating a strong understanding of design principles in a variety of design projects with a strong visual aesthetic.

Additional Requirements

• Ability to work non-routine hours during certain times of the year
• Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time