Corporate Brand and Marketing Graphic Designer

$62,400 - $79,040/Yr

Aquent - Boston, MA

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Boston, MA

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Corporate Brand and Marketing Graphic Designer position is a temporary role within a leading defense and aerospace company that focuses on advancing aviation, building smarter defense systems, and creating innovations for space exploration. The designer will be responsible for developing concepts and executing visual designs for various projects and campaigns, ensuring that all designs align with the company's brand integrity while effectively engaging customers. This role requires collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, managing multiple projects with varying demands, and maintaining open communication to assess project vision, scope, and budget. The designer will work primarily with Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Cloud, with a strong emphasis on PowerPoint, Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign. The position involves preparing graphic files for different platforms while ensuring the integrity of the content, art, design, and brand. The designer will also be expected to manage vendor relationships, track project timelines, and maintain detailed notes in project management software. This role is fully remote and offers a flexible schedule based on client deadlines and project volume. The ideal candidate will possess a strong aptitude for problem-solving and critical thinking, with the ability to translate project scopes into creative solutions that support client strategies. They will need to demonstrate strong presentation skills and the ability to work collaboratively and independently under tight deadlines. The position requires a high level of flexibility and the capability to juggle multiple quick-turn projects and changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Design, lay out, and format graphic files to print and digital specifications while meeting client, brand, and quality requirements.
• Develop a keen understanding of clients' multiple visual brands, style guides, communication objectives, project scopes, requirements, and budget parameters and apply to specific project circumstances.
• Collaborate directly with a variety of customers to align vision, timeline, deliverables, and flexibility.
• Exhibit a high level of accuracy and attention to guidelines when reviewing externally supplied files, setting up client files, and/or pre-flight of newly produced files.
• Present creative concepts to colleagues and clients as required, articulating how the creative strategy will achieve specific objectives.
• Manage multiple projects and timelines concurrently, understand prioritization, and take ownership of all deliverables and communication for the project.
• Partner with creative direction leads to align expectations, project goals, milestone dates, and responsibilities.
• Proactively communicate about project changes, issues, or concerns, including issues of scope, schedule, process, and quality; resolve and communicate challenges effectively and collaboratively with the team.
• Accurately track and report time against projects, updating project tracking information and assisting as requested with estimating resources and project costs.
• Keep up to date detailed notes in a project management software interface (Workfront) and follow daily file maintenance protocol.
• Manage vendor relationships through the established vending process.
• Availability to work a flexible schedule depending on client deadlines and volume of projects.
• Work on special projects or other tasks, as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or comparable work experience.
• 5+ years of experience in in-house creative, design, marketing communications and/or environmental design/tradeshow design with at least 3 years designing compelling visual communications within corporate identity guidelines.
• Expert level in Adobe CC including Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and Acrobat. Proficiency in AfterEffects and XD is a plus.
• Expert level in Microsoft Office, with an emphasis on PowerPoint. Proficiency in Excel.
• Ability to create custom graphics/illustrations/diagrams with visual story flow based on defined parameters (In Adobe and Microsoft software).
• Strong ability to work with and understand brand guidelines and use of templates.

Nice-to-haves

• Proficiency in AfterEffects and XD is a plus.
• Willing and able to learn new software packages as needed.

Benefits

• $30-38/hr compensation
• Flexible schedule based on workload
• Fully remote work location
• Potential for up to 40 hours per week