DEPARTMENT: Marketing and Communications

CLASSIFICATION: Hourly, Full Time

Position Summary

The Graphic Designer is responsible for designing effective marketing materials and ensuring consistency with United Way Worldwide brand standards. Promotional materials should have clear messaging, share the mission, and inspire people to get involved with United Way of Palm Beach County.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Use creative design and innovation to produce strategic marketing materials and promotional materials for all areas of the organization
• Create invitations, brochures, annual reports, flyers, digital assets, and additional materials needed for all departments
• Assist in creating and editing copy for print materials, videos, newsletters, etc.
• Ensure brand consistency for all outgoing materials and communications
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Manage and maintain the organization’s photo library
• Perform other duties as opportunities are presented and/or assigned by the Vice President of Marketing and Communications
• Assist, as assigned by management, with the organization’s disaster response efforts
• Perform other duties as opportunities are presented and/or assigned

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field preferred
• 3+ years of marketing, graphic design, and communications experience
• Experience working in multiple media channels
• Strong organizational, time management, and project management skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Flexible to change
• Ability to work independently with strong problem-solving skills
• Strong experience with Adobe Creative Suite software
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel, Publisher, and PowerPoint

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Note

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” relationship.

United Way of Palm Beach County is an Equal Opportunity Employer, drug-free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.