Does your creative career feel a bit unjustified? You kern for something more. A place where your creativity and skills improve the baseline. Your quick thinking and inquisitive nature make you a natural problem solver. You’re a craftsman, a thinker and instinctively work to find the right solution for the challenges you face. You enjoy having a framework but love having freedom within it to help others all while having a smile on your face. As a Design MacGyver, you’re ready for anything and prepared to do whatever it takes to accomplish the mission.

In this role as a Graphic Designer, you can apply your passion as a creative thinker to help inspire homeowners and business owners alike. You’ll be surrounded by an excellent staff of sales professionals and operational support members as you focus on a few key creative pursuits. Working with customers to develop inspiring, engaging and impactful advertising that you’ll be proud to add to your portfolio. Each month your work will be published and delivered to thousands in your community and your abilities will make that happen from start to finish.

If you desire to create design work that makes a real difference every month. That you have your hand in from start to finish. We’re a company you should seriously consider being part of. We are a business in which every square inch of our product needs to be designed. TheHomeMag is about creating amazing work that changes and improves the very community you live in. Ready to start doing work that matters? Apply today and never look back.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design - concepts and visuals for lead-generating, action-oriented advertisements
• Mindset - that requires working directly with clients, prospects and your teammates
• Discussion - of technical and conceptual advertising requirements and principles
• Participate - in everything: ad design, magazines, marketing, collateral, events, and initiatives
• Collaborate - with teammates, clients and prospects to find inventive solutions through design
• Archive - artwork, assets and client advertisements per current systems standards
• Guide - and promote TheHomeMag’s quality advertising standards and best practices.
• Proficiency - in the tools, techniques and software needed to be efficient and productive
• Ambassador - for the brand, team, and design as we positively impact and communicate with the community for the better

STRIVE TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING RESULTS:

• Clear the path to making it easy for others to succeed
• Grow my ability to quickly concept and develop an effective advertisement
• Support sales effort through the design of Spec Ads, marketing materials and collateral
• Support the design team with copy changes, proofing and tasks that help balance the workload
• Support marketing efforts to include social media, email campaigns, website, direct mail and more
• Communicate consistently and regularly with my team and clients
• Engage with peers, prospects, and clients to deliver results that meet their business needs
• Work efficiently to meet and/or beat deadlines while maintaining focus, responsiveness, and positive engagement with my team, prospects and clients
• Help to grow my local magazine every Issue per established goals
• Help to attain Sales Targets (pages, clients, revenue) per established goals
• Seek to recognize and proactively improve ad performance
• Minimize the likelihood of errors at every opportunity
• Assist with photography as needed as well as technical advice to achieve best images

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

• Present a positive and professional manner in working with clients and prospective clients while leading them through a design session that will honor our design best practices and deliver a quality, results focused ad or ad campaign.
• Engage directly with prospects and clients to ensure we are making the process easy
• Ads will be designed to the highest possible quality standards for each issue
• Ad proofs sent with adequate time for clients to review, comment and approve (if required)
• Clients receive proper follow-up to insure smooth approvals and a positive experience.
• Attend meetings to share, contribute, communicate and enjoy the collaborative culture
• Active participation in design training and modules for continuous skill improvement
• Incredible attention to detail and awareness of the details, specifically spelling and ad copy
• Always working to find solutions, remove obstacles and help others experience the positive impact of great design

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Degree in Graphic Arts Design (preferred)
• Proficient with Adobe Suite especially InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator
• Ability to quickly develop a variety of idea concepts and build them for presentation
• Proficient in selecting appropriate images and technically preparing them for print production
• Ability to multitask in a high volume team while still maintaining attention to detail and always honoring deadlines
• Basic knowledge of social media and email campaign creation and best practices
• Photography experience a plus

WORK SCHEDULE:
Monday - Friday 8 AM - to 5 PM; occasionally later to meet magazine deadlines

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $51,000.00 - $60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

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