Graphic Designer

Overview

Greater Purpose and Core Values: Athletico’s Greater Purpose is to empower people, inspire hope and transform lives. We accomplish this by providing exceptional, progressive, and cost-effective fitness, performance and rehabilitative services through personalized care that emphasizes education and prevention of future injury. This is accomplished through building on our Core Values of one team, understanding our business, recognition, people-focused, accountability, continuous innovation and trust and integrity, which are the foundation for our unique culture.

Position Summary:

The Graphic Designer will be responsible for supporting the Creative Team in executing a variety of print and digital deliverables for the Athletico brand including, but not limited to, web, email, social media, sales collateral, events, and internal communication. Qualified candidates will have a developing understanding of graphic design, layout principles, and general typography and typesetting skills to provide creative solutions to cross-functional stakeholders.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:.

• Designs print and digital media graphics for distribution through various platforms including advertisements, emails, social media, print collateral, signage, web banner ads, and promotional items.
• Serves as a consultant to Marketing Team regarding most effective design techniques to produce desired visual effect.
• Creates designs to satisfy an incredibly diverse array of project objectives.
• Develops new design ideas and concepts that leverage the Athletico brand and expands the quality of brand exposure and equity within all marketing executions.
• Studies briefs, determines requirements, prepares drafts and presents ideas to the team.
• Ensures timely and effective execution of assigned projects.
• Ensures final materials are accurate and error free, including file construction, organization, and prepping of files for printing.
• Researches and keeps current with new trends in digital and print design practices.

Qualifications:

• Education:
  • Bachelor’s degree in fine arts, graphic design, or related discipline required

• Work Experience:
  • Minimum 2 years of experience in the graphic design profession with demonstrated success
  • Experience in creating visual design for print and digital
  • Must have an online portfolio to be considered
• Certification/Licensure:
  • None required
• Knowledge and Technical Skills:
  • Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, specifically Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment with a variety of people and personalities.
  • Ability to work independently and take initiative in projects and ideas.
  • Excellent attention to detail and information organization.
  • Strong organizational and time-management skills.

Language Skills:

• Ability to read, write and speak English proficiently

HR Use Only:

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function.

Physical Demands:

• Ability to fulfill office activities including, but not limited to, remain stationary for extended periods of time (i.e., while working at a desk), stoop/kneel/crouch, travel around the office, communicate with others (verbal and written), and use fine motor skills including fine hand manipulation and keyboarding.
• Ability to see at close range, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 20-25 pounds.
• Some weekend and after-business hours work may be required four to eight times a year.

Work Environment:

• Consistent with a standard office environment, noise level is low with little to no extraordinary environmental factors.

Athletico provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Starting Pay At (Salary/Wage)