Temporary Junior Designer, Brand & Communication

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NPRMultimedia Organization
A location of your choosing within the United States that is supported by NPRTemporaryJunior
Salary32 - 33 USD per hour
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Job Details

Experience
1-3 years
Required Skills
Adobe Creative SuiteAdobe PhotoshopFigma

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree, Design degree, or equivalent in work experience
  • 1-3 years of experience in graphic design and digital advertising (or equivalent portfolio demonstrating strong design skills)
  • Experience with branding
  • Experience with typography
  • Experience with key art
  • Experience with digital design
  • Experience with social media design
  • Interest in motion graphics and animation, with a willingness to learn and develop these skills
  • Passionate about brands, marketing, and creative campaigns
  • Growing understanding of advertising best practices
  • Able to work in a fast-paced, constantly evolving, news-driven environment
  • Open and receptive to feedback from senior team members and stakeholders
  • Ability to interpret feedback and make thoughtful design revisions
  • Self-motivated and enthusiastic
  • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team
  • Able to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines while maintaining attention to detail and visual quality
  • Strong proficiency in Figma
  • Strong proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator)
  • Basic knowledge of Premiere and/or After Effects is a plus
  • Experience working with copywriters is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Build out brand assets and systems following concepts and creative direction from senior designers, including: logos, podcast tiles, key art, typography applications, color palette implementations, brand patterns, social media templates, and brand kit packages.
  • Apply existing brand guidelines to create compelling visual assets that express the unique ethos and editorial mission of NPR podcasts, programs, and editorial properties.
  • Support the reimagining of existing NPR editorial property brands to resonate with diverse audiences.
  • May conceptualize and execute complete brand systems for smaller, lower-visibility NPR projects and properties.
  • Collaborate with senior team members to ensure brand work aligns with the NPR parent brand and overall brand family/hierarchy.
  • Create marketing campaigns that follow existing brand guidelines and systems.
  • Help develop the overall campaign approach, contributing to art direction and creative concepts alongside copywriters and senior designers.
  • Build campaign assets required for each campaign: digital and social ads, Apple/Spotify art, illustrations, animations, video beginning/end slates, and graphic systems.
  • Pay attention to audience research and user testing, adapting to new insights and applying learnings to your work.
  • Actively contribute ideas to team brainstorms, whether in the room or via collaboration tools.
  • Partner with copywriters and senior designers to support brand directions and campaign visions.
  • Create visual designs based on target audience data, project requirements, and limitations articulated in creative briefs.
  • May create presentation decks and supporting materials for campaigns and brand projects.
  • Ensure final graphics and layouts are high-quality, align with brand standards, and maintain consistency across brands and campaigns.
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