Digital Designer - Temporary to Hire

Follett

NOBODY SEES EDUCATION QUITE LIKE WE DO.

Follett has been a trusted partner to Pre-K and K-12 schools, districts, and college campuses for more than 140 years, taking care of the critical details that make it easier for schools to run, teachers to teach and students to learn.

Every day, we serve over half of the students in the United States, and work with 80,000 schools as a leading provider of education technology, services and print and digital content. We're higher education's largest campus retailer and a hub for school spirit and community as we operate nearly 1,200 local campus stores and over 1,600 virtual stores across the continent.

Our vantage point and presence in the market – from early childhood all the way through higher education – gives us a unique perspective to know what teachers are teaching and how students are learning; to know what professors are adopting; to know what college students are buying, and to know how they are acquiring content and interacting with new technologies and retail environments available to them.

We're more than just a book company, we're a gateway to knowledge—harnessing our insights to help improve student outcomes and shape the future of education as we know it.

https://www.follett.com


Position Details

Digital Designer - Temporary to Hire
Job
Full-time
7/30/2018
Northern Illinois
McHenry, IL

Immediately seeking an Intermediate Digital Designer with a heavy focus on email design and coding to join our highly creative and hardworking Marketing Communications team at Follett School Solutions. This is an opportunity to work in a highly rewarding industry contributing to improving education and literacy.

The Digital Designer works on a creative team with our Copywriters to transform their words into engaging custom email designs, web banners, social media graphics and/or the occasional web landing page. Their role is to design within brand standards while spearheading new ways to evolve both the design and technology. The Digital Designer handles the entire process from initial concepts to coding and testing HTML/CSS responsive emails or landing pages. They work closely with our print designers to develop campaigns visually aligned across both print and web, with some opportunities to create print pieces. As a shared services team, we support multiple business segments, which makes every day exciting and busy given the diverse audiences we target and channels we support.

Requirements:

  • 3 to 5 years digital design experience. Agency experience preferred. 
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent 
  • HTML and CSS coding experience 
  • UX design experience a plus 
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills

McHenry, IL, it's an easy reverse commute and a friendly work environment. As a family-owned company with 140-year history, we understand the importance of our team members enjoying work/life balance which is why we offer:

  • Flex Schedules 
  • Remote Work 
  • Generous PTO 
  • Onsite Cafeteria 
  • Tuition Reimbursement 
  • Flexible Business Casual Environment 
  • And more...


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