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State of New York - Albany, NY
posted 19 days ago
Full-time
Remote - Albany, NY
Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
About the position
The NYS Office of General Services (OGS) seeks a creative professional to serve as a Digital Designer. The Public Information Specialist 1 (Digital Content) will function as a Digital Designer within the NYS Digital Media Services Center team to support digital assets across multiple channels, including websites, applications, mobile, social media, and email.
Responsibilities
- Create digital assets for various New York State social media channels on multiple platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
- Contribute and help support New York State brand and design standards.
- Develop and contribute to our design template system used across our websites and applications.
- Participate in brainstorming sessions with the content strategy and product teams to understand needs and user requirements to design new interactive features.
- Present designs and concepts to various stakeholders
- Provide detailed design briefs for development teams.
- Ensure all designs are accessible.
- Collaborate with the development team to oversee and test the implementation of designs.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Six years of experience in public relations, social media, and digital communications.
- Substitutions: A degree in Communications, English, Public Relations, Social Media, Digital Communications, or a similar degree may substitute as follows: Associate degree: two years of required experience; Bachelor's degree: four years of required experience; Master's degree: five years of required experience.
Nice-to-haves
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Ability to collaborate with others and work within a team environment.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience using design software, including Figma and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc.)
- Experience with presentation software (PowerPoint, Keynote)
- Experience designing for a website content management system.
- Experience using social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
- Familiarity with accessibility compliance (WCAG 2.0 AA)
- Familiarity with mobile and responsive web design, HTML & CSS
- Experience working in a team environment to contribute to a brand or design system.
Benefits
- Equal opportunity employer
- Diversity in workforce
- Telecommuting options available
