Layout Designer

Join Our Growing Team

NOV marketing is seeking a passionate, detail-oriented Layout Designer to join our diverse creative team. As a Layout Designer, you will assist with the composition and production of marketing collateral to support segment and company-wide business initiatives. The ideal candidate should be a self-driven individual with a strong aesthetic eye and fundamental knowledge of layout, typography, and color theory for both digital and print.

A current portfolio of work is required for consideration and submitted with application.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Communicate with brand managers and clients to understand the scope of a project and understand how to actualize the requests appropriately.
• Work collaboratively with a cross-functional team of fellow creatives.
• Deliver clear and compelling designs for a wide range of print and digital collateral including marketing and internal material, brochures, technical summaries, infographics, presentations, tradeshow graphics, and social media images.
• Edit/retouch photography.
• Uphold the visual integrity of the brand and possess the ability to manipulate it into creative solutions.
• Manage time wisely and responsibly.
• Self-proof for errors to produce accurate, high-quality work.
• Pre-flight files for production.
• Follow best practices for file and asset management in a shared server environment.
• Strive to continue evolving skills and technique
  

Qualifications:

• 5 or more years of professional experience required.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Communication/Fine Art, Marketing, or related discipline.
• Position is onsite located in Houston, TX.
• A current portfolio that showcases a variety of composition designs.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat).
• Experience in PowerPoint and Excel.
• Skilled at multi-tasking across multiple projects.
• Ability to conceptualize and communicate visually with strong typography and composition skills.
• Ability to understand and implement brand standards.
• Ability to absorb and execute artistic direction/feedback.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Knowledge of pre-flighting files for production.
• Strong organizational skills with excellent time management capability.
• Have a heightened awareness of current design trends.
• UI/UX skills a plus.