Marketing Graphic Designer

Benefits:

• Wellness resources

Europa Village Wineries & Resort is looking for a full-time, Marketing Graphic Designer. The Marketing Graphic Designer will be a skilled designer responsible for maintaining creative guidelines and standards across all departments and platforms. Duties include managing graphic design tasks, refining projects, and generating creative ideas. The ideal candidate possesses extensive knowledge of graphic design, techniques, and implementing marketing campaigns. They are an effective communicator and team player, capable of incorporating feedback to enhance the final creative pieces. Collaborating with the marketing and communications team, they will concept, design, and produce digital and print materials, adhering to Europa Village guidelines and standards.

Marketing Graphic Designer Reports To:

• Senior Manager of Marketing

Responsibilities of Marketing Graphic Designer:

• Take on a pivotal role within the marketing department, generating meticulously designed graphic content that adheres to the brand guidelines. This includes creating illustrations, advertisements, professional presentations, infographics, and layouts for both print and digital platforms.
• Provide support and direction for social media and communication design, ensuring visual consistency and impactful messaging.
• Play a direct role in advancing the mission of growing the Europa Village brand.
• Design and modify marketing materials for guest-facing visual communication pieces, ensuring they effectively convey the desired message.
• Take ownership of projects from initiation to completion, collaborating with the marketing team, internal departments, external agencies, and printers. Secure manager approval and deliver final high-resolution files within set deadlines.
• Consistently deliver high-quality work, paying close attention to detail and meeting deadlines.
• Maintain brand consistency and uphold high-quality standards across all marketing projects.
• Demonstrate strong graphic design skills and creativity, employing them to deliver exceptional results.
• Foster collaboration across the organization, elevating creativity and communication standards.
• Proactively suggest creative ideas and communications to the marketing, social media, and communications teams.
• Develop comprehensive designs that seamlessly integrate across both physical and digital experiences.
• Excel in time management, effectively handling multiple projects concurrently.
• Welcome and incorporate feedback and recommendations from the team.
• Exhibit a goal-oriented and driven mindset, capable of self-guided work.
• Possess proficiency in Adobe design tools, desktop publishing software, and other graphic design applications.

Additional Responsibilities

• Assist with professionally sourced photoshoots, with department leaders when needed.
• Maintain, organize, and track projects on a daily basis, working against hard deadlines.
• Able to project manage, be organized, detail oriented, and have ability to prioritize.
• Manage and organize project library of completed work.
• Keep informed on latest design trends and software updates.
• Attend meetings as requested.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or similar field (i.e. Marketing) from an accredited college/university or equivalent work experience.
• Two years of professional graphic design experience preferred, for an in-house team or agency.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Self-motivated and focused.
• Strong organizational, problem solving and time-management skills.
• Ability to multi-task and balance multiple projects at once
• Adaptable and quick learner with ability to apply style guides creatively while upholding brand identity and standards.
• Possess strong conceptual skills, high level sense of design, layout, and typography.
• A broad thinker who can offer design solutions for a variety of needs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a professional customer-service approach.
• Attention to detail, proof-proving abilities, excellent follow-through, strong organizational and planning skills all preferred.
• Software experience
  • Required: Mid-to-High Level Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, Premier), Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher), Windows/PC Operating system
  • Nice to have: Experience using Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Photography and editing, video creation and editing, website editing via a CMS (Content Management System)