ARA’s Creative Media Group is seeking an experienced Graphic Designer/Animator with strong creative and technical ability in graphic arts, publication design, and web design. We are looking for someone who is organized, highly motivated, able to execute multiple projects from inception to completion, able to design within brand guidelines, and able to meet short deadlines while working in a group setting.
Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite applications, especially Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign, is desired. Experience with HTML5 web design and animation are highly favored. A portfolio of work is required.
Daily Activities May Include
This position is a part of a creative team that works together to assess project needs and recommend appropriate design solutions for clients to meet their project and messaging goals.
- Effectively conceptualize, design, and create high quality, custom visuals.
- Create or assist in the creation of advertising and promotion concepts for new product literature and/or specialty items.
- Establish format, style, layout, etc. for multi-page publications.
- Assist in the creation of themes and designs for large format displays and exhibits.
- Coordinate with instructional designers to develop multimedia content for online training courses.
- Optimize multimedia for web delivery.
- Manipulate and reformat photographic images for use in different environments (print, online).
- Retouch product images to ensure color accuracy and consistency of lighting, drop shadows, and backgrounds.
- Create animations in Adobe Animate or HTML5.
- Develop, test, and implement interactive designs and publications.
- Maintain organized, archived project folders and image files.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in a related field with two to four years of relevant experience; or an Associate’s degree in a related field with four to six years of relevant experience; or a High School diploma with eight to ten years of relevant experience is required. A degree in graphic design or similar is preferred.
Travel: Travel may be required at times but will be minimal.
