Senior Graphic + Visual Designer

Collegis Education is a holistic marketing and technology organization focused on higher-education growth. The Senior Digital Designer position will be collaborating on a variety of integrated marketing campaigns, digital products, and web projects balancing between graphic designer, visual designer and mentor.

Our work environment appeals to self-motivated, flexible team players that have great interpersonal skills and lots of curiosity. We believe in peer relationships rather than hierarchies; in teams rather than lone thinkers. Collegis is all about an open collaborative approach and we think it is the key enabler for us to deliver innovative, ground-breaking work.

Responsibilities:

• Mentor junior designers and review work under a brand lens while also executing own projects 
• Apply conceptual thinking to create world-class digital services across multiple platforms, bringing together user needs, business goals and technical realities resulting in smart creative 
• Develop sound UX concepts, including the definition of customer needs, task analysis, and the creation of personas, storyboards, scenarios, user flows and use cases 
• Develop the digital brand and identity strategy for our partners 
• Translate concepts into designs that illustrate simplicity despite system complexity 
• Create quick concepts for the team and the client through storytelling and rapid prototyping methods, ranging from paper sketching to digital prototyping 
• Develop concepts through storyboarding, scenarios, mood boards, iconography, photography and illustrations 
• Give data meaning through information visualization 
• Create style guides and brand guidelines to support print and web initiatives 
• Effectively communicate research findings, conceptual ideas, detailed design, and design rationale both verbally and visually 
• Work closely with development teams to ensure that design specifications are implemented 
• Participate as a contributor to an interdisciplinary team that includes copy writers, content writers, front and back-end developers, account managers and project managers 
• Mentor junior designers in concept, rationale, presentation and reviewing of assets 
• Vocalize opinions and ideas to project team.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in graphic design 
• 2-8+ years of professional design experience 
• Extensive knowledge in Adobe Creative Suite, basic knowledge of HTML/CSS a plus 
• Strong web design portfolio with comprehension of user experience and responsive design 
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written 
• Knowledge of printing procedures, photography, illustration and verbal and written communication 
• Knowledge of marketing best practices and industry trends as it relates to lead generation, digital conversion, social media and SEO