Visual Designer

$55,800 - $60,000/Yr

Scholastic - New York, NY

Full-time - Mid Level

New York, NY

Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers

About the position

THE OPPORTUNITY The Visual Designer position reports directly to the Director of Creative Services in the Trade Marketing department. Working with a team of marketers and designers, the visual designer is responsible for creating a wide range of materials to promote children's books for toddlers, middle-graders, and teens in support of our marketing, publicity, sales, and conventions teams. This position has a broad scope and successful candidates will ideally have working knowledge in graphic design for print and web, social media design, and animation. The ideal candidate is highly creative, self-motivated, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, friendly environment independently and within a team. The candidate is highly organized and able to multitask. They must be able to execute design solutions based on initial conceptual and visual direction. Excellent typography skills and experience building files to finished production standards using the most current Adobe Creative Suite programs are a must.

Responsibilities

• Help conceive/produce great ideas and design based on creative briefs and marketing strategy
• Develop design concepts independently and collaboratively, working closely with all levels of the creative team, including project managers, and art directors
• Design a variety of print materials, including advertisements, logos, posters, postcards, POP, bookmarks, invitations, signage, catalogs, and sell sheets
• Design a variety of digital marketing assets including website banner ads, graphics, social media posts, and animated gifs
• Prepare print and digital files for production

Requirements

• A mastery of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, After Effects, and Premiere)
• Strong understanding of the production process for both print and web; motion graphic and video experience a plus
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills, including the ability to multitask and shift priorities when needed
• Meticulous attention to design detail and quality
• Ability to collaborate with other staff and take direction from various people
• Ability to take initial direction and then execute independently with minimal supervision
• Ability to offer and receive design feedback in a group setting
• Strong conceptual planning, creative design, and typography skills
• Interest in book publishing; familiarity with children's book publishing a plus
• 2-4 years of experience in print and digital graphic design
• BA/BFA in Graphic Design

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in motion graphics
• Familiarity with children's book publishing

Benefits

• Full suite of health and wellness benefits (including a $0 deductible Medical Plan)
• Retirement Savings Plan 401(k) with options for both Roth and Traditional Contributions
• Tuition-Free programs for undergraduate and graduate degrees
• Generous Parental Leave Program
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with opportunity for discounted stock at a 15% discount