Junior Graphic Artist

Position Summary

The Junior Graphic Designer is a capable and detail-oriented creative professional who thrives in a corporate environment, values consistency, and brings technical design skill to templated communications. It plays a key role in executing and finalizing print and digital design requests for employee benefits using established branding and design. This is an entry-level position working under the supervision of more senior designers.

 Key Responsibilities

• Design Direction: Follows design direction to ensure projects are properly branded, engaging, scalable, and efficient. Assists in creative brainstorming and ensures designs align with overall communication strategies. Maintains brand consistency across all creative outputs.
• Mitigation: Has ability to quickly solve problems, issues, or delays regarding print or digital design and production deliverables.
• Departmental Support: On an as needed basis, work with departmental teams to create or update collateral that supports pre- and post-sales deliverables, such as custom previews of employee benefits campaigns, white papers, case studies, infographics, brochures, and other special projects.
• Professional Development: Identify new areas for learning to improve team skills and on-the-job performance.

Qualifications:

• 1-5 years of professional graphic design experience, ideally in a corporate or B2B environment.
• Bachelor's degree in design, communications, marketing, or a related field.
• Proficiency with Adobe, Asana, and Microsoft Office products required.
• Understanding of layout, typography, and visual hierarchy.
• Experience working with templates, paragraph/character styles, and style sheets.
• Ability to work within brand guidelines while maintaining creativity.
• Detail-oriented with excellent organizational and time-management skills.
• A collaborative team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Familiarity in preparing print and digital files for delivery and production.
• Ability to prioritize projects and work under high pressure.
• Embraces multiple different types of personalities and temperaments.
• Commitment to continuous learning.

Core Competencies:

• Leadership: Display leadership skills and ability to motivate fellow employees (If applicable)
• Ability to Analyze and Solve Problems: Skill in recognizing challenges, exploring options, and implementing effective solutions in a timely manner
• Attention to Detail: A strong focus on completing tasks and projects accurately and thoroughly
• Communication Skills: Capable of expressing ideas clearly in both verbal and written forms and engaging with various audiences
• Timely Task Completion: Ability to finish tasks and projects efficiently, managing resources and priorities effectively
• Team Collaboration: Willingness to work together with others, promoting teamwork and supporting shared goals
• Client Focus: Dedication to understanding and addressing the needs of clients and stakeholders to ensure their satisfaction
• Dependability: Acknowledgment of the importance of being present and punctual
• Creative Thinking: Openness to suggesting new ideas and methods to improve processes and outcome
• Organizational Skills: Capability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Adaptability: Willingness to adjust to changing situations and priorities, showing resilience in a dynamic work environment

• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Adaptable to new or changing situations and circumstances.
• Sensitive to client needs.

Systems:

• Proficient with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Proficiency with Adobe, Asana, and Microsoft Office products required.

Key Personal Qualities:

• High degree of accuracy.
• Exceptional customer service.
• Positive attitude and willingness to learn and be a part of a dynamic, fun team.
• Professional attitude and appearance.
• Ability to work calmly and manage multiple projects with competing deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Adaptable to new or changing situations and circumstances.
• Sensitive to client needs.

 Physical Requirements:

• Ability to lift 25 pounds
• Repeated use of sight to read documents and computer screens
• Repeated use of hearing and speech to communicate on telephone and in person
• Repetitive hand movements, such as keyboarding, writing, 10-key
• Walking, bending, sitting, reaching and stretching in all directions

Benefits & Compensation:

• Higginbotham offers medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, 401K, equity prescription incentive plan as well as multiple supplemental benefits for physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing.
• Company paid holidays, plus PTO
• Employee Wellness Program

Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies: To protect the interests of all parties, Higginbotham Insurance Agency, Inc., and our partners, will not accept unsolicited potential placements from any source other than directly from the candidate or a vendor partner under MSA with Higginbotham. Please do not contact or send unsolicited potential placements to our team members.

*Applications will be accepted until the position is filled