Creative Graphic Designer

Company Description

Northrop Realty represents buyers and sellers of residential real estate in the Baltimore and Washington metropolitan regions with offices in Annapolis, Baltimore, Clarksville, Columbia, Ellicott City, Fallston, Frederick, Lutherville-Timonium, Phoenix and Sykesville, MD. Northrop Realty also operates coastal office locations in Bethany Beach, Fenwick Island, Lewes-Rehoboth, Millsboro and Newark, DE in addition to Oak Island and Southport, NC.

At Northrop Realty, we proudly offer a comprehensive benefits package to full-time employees after a 90-day introductory period, designed to enhance employee health and well-being. Benefits include 100% employer paid health insurance (medical, dental, and vision – Individual & Family), health coaching through NOOM, 80 hours of prorated PTO in the first year, 11 paid holidays including one floating holiday and your birthday. We also provide two weeks of paid parental leave for new parents who have completed at least six months of service. 

In addition to an IRA retirement plan with matching contributions, we also offer supplemental benefits including life insurance, disability coverage, and accident insurance providing employees with extra peace of mind.

Job Description

Please note that this is an in-office position .

As a Northrop Realty Creative Designer, you’ll bring bold ideas to life across print and digital platforms. You’ll develop visually engaging solutions that resonate with our brand’s audience, blending artistry with strategic communication. You have a keen eye for detail and a passion for visual innovation. Your role involves crafting standout designs for everything from marketing campaigns to engaging presentations to animated digital assets, ensuring each project aligns with the latest design trends while staying true to the Northrop Realty identity. You understand how to balance creativity with functionality, timelines, and production costs. As a member of a collaborative design team, you will contribute to how we share our story with our agents, clients and the community.

Essential Functions:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Conceptualizes and designs marketing materials that maintain brand standards.

• Participates in Marketing Department meetings for assignment of tasks and to check on the progress of jobs and initial new projects.

• Provides marketing support in design and production of custom flyers, brochures and other marketing materials, as well as final artwork for print and/or digital advertising.

• Works with individual sales agents as well as sales teams to design, prepare proofs and final artwork to include, but not limited to a variety of marketing collateral, such as direct mail pieces, flyers, brochures, templates, business cards, product/info sheets, ads, banners, presentations, etc.

• Multi-tasks: works on multiple designs concurrently.

• Uses innovation to redefine a design and meet the constraints of cost, time, and the company.

• Contributes creative ideas and designs artwork towards successful completion of projects.

• Coordinates production and delivery of marketing materials when required.

• Works well with a team of other designers and marketing specialists.

• Maintains version control of all marketing materials created. 

• Produces accurate and high-quality work. Validates all materials to ensure content is correct, including the proofreading of these materials to determine proper formatting and grammar.

• Communicates and collaborates with all levels of leadership to achieve results.

• Performs other marketing and designer duties as assigned.

 

Supervisory Responsibilities: 

• None.

Qualifications

Required Skills/Abilities: 

• Ability and willingness to quickly adapt to new technologies and to stay current on design trends.

• Knowledge about design elements, such as color and composition.

• Knowledge of artistic sensibility to include artistic ability and creativity.

• Knowledge on how to effectively present ideas, both verbally and visually.

• Knowledge of organizational skills needed to meet deadlines and stay within a budget.

• Develop, design and produce work that exceeds the expectations of the creative brief.

• Feed off and into a passionate creative team with a high energy level and an "above and beyond mentality" to get the job done.

• Ensure accuracy, quality, and consistency of all marketing and creative projects.

• Provide backup support if/when needed for marketing department activities.

• Must be driven and work well in an extremely fast-paced environment.

• Be able to effectively manage resources and expectations.

 

Education and Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing or a related field, or equivalent experience.

• Email marketing experience is a plus.

• Experience with design platforms including Canva and the Adobe Creative Suite including InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Photoshop. 

• Proficient in G Suite and Microsoft Office.

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

• Strong organizational and time management skills.

• Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

• Attention to detail and a keen eye for quality.

• Experience working with clients and stakeholders.

 

Physical Demands:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

• Must be able to lift and carry up to 15 pounds at times. 

 

Travel Required:

• Some travel to Coastal offices is required

• Must maintain reliable transportation

 

Confidentiality

This role may be privy to confidential information which shall not be shared other than with the parties involved in the transactions. Any breach in confidentiality may result in immediate termination. 

 

Other duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. 

Additional Information

Please note that this is an in-office position .

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The pay range for the Creative Designer role is an hourly rate of approximately $25.79 to $28.65.

Confidentiality

This role may be privy to confidential information which shall not be shared other than with the parties involved in the transactions. Any breach in confidentiality may result in immediate termination. 

Other duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.