Graphic/Visual Designer
- Company: Dolphin Management Shared Services
- Location: Lakewood, CO 80401
- Industries: Telecommunications Services
- Job Type: Full Time Employee
- Salary: $45,000.00 - $55,000.00 /year
http://www.actconferencing.com/downloads/careers/Graphic-Designer.pdf
General Purpose:
ACT is seeking a contributor to join our global marketing team to take responsibility for leading ACT’s global video, animation and graphic content initiatives to produce a full range of media including still images, animations, audio, text & video.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Produce graphic & visual content for applications including but not limited to web commercials, demonstrations, advertisements, video clips, vignettes, training, press releases & website content
- Work closely with & have a solid understanding of the Product & Marketing team’s purpose to achieve results and meet business objectives
- Create video and animation content supporting Product and Marketing needs
- Create visual design frameworks and assets for a variety of purposes and maintain style guides
- Work with user experience and user interface developers to understand and effectively communicate the user benefits of ACT’s design element, functionality and services
- Create Power Point presentations and graphics in support of customer presentations, demos and speaking engagements
- Recommend techniques & treatments & take original concepts through to completion using independent judgment across various communication mediums to ensure graphic deliverables
- Produce static and animated graphics for video portions of electronic broadcasts and website commercials.
- Communicate & Coordinate with marketing, web content and web technical staff to define visual communication requirements that implements & delivers the intended purpose.
- Participate in team work sessions
- Work with Legal to ensure compliance
- Must possess an artistic approach for creating videos, graphics and animated content through products that inspire & create emotional resonance
Other Duties/Responsibilities:
- As determined by the Marketing Manager and Sr. Product Director
Supervisory Responsibilities:
None
Education & Experience Required:
- Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design or related discipline
- Marketing communications or agency experience a plus
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:
- Graphic & visual design experience, with emphasis on video and animation creation and production
- Skilled in After Effects, Video Editing, Sound Editing, Illustrator skills, 3D animation
- Skilled in with Adobe Creative Suite 4 or above, including Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Dreamweaver
- ActionScript, JavaScript, HTML, Ajax skills and user interface design a plus
- Strong office computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Familiarity with Search Engine Optimization (SEO) a plus
- Possess problem solving & critical thinking skills with an ability to adapt to constraints, ability to work independently & collaboratively with team members, clients, vendors and contractors.
- Strong understanding and knowledge of web programming, animation techniques, electronic illustration, multi-page document layout, presentation graphics, promotional packaging, and other production techniques
- Strong knowledge of available external graphic design, printing, publication resources and the proven ability to leverage graphics production tools and software to create deliverables
Certificates or Training Required or Recommended:
- Web design experience
- Marketing and branding experience a plus
- Animation and video editing experience required
Equipment used:
PC or Apple (tbd)
Work Environment:
- Professional environment at ACT’s corporate headquarters in Lakewood Colorado.
- Some limited international travel to Europe, Hong Kong, Australia or Canada may be required.
