Visual Communications Designer

Blue Cottage of CannonDesign has an exciting opportunity for a Visual Communications Designer to join our team. Take a look at the description below. If you think your skills and experience make you a good match for this position, we'd love to hear from you. We're looking for creative, curious, empathetic people to join our Living-Centered Design movement.

ABOUT OUR FIRM

Blue Cottage of CannonDesign is an industry-leading consulting firm. Our team works with organizational leaders to define their ideal future and plan processes, organizational strategies, equipment and facilities to create this future, and our projects are anchored by any of the following services: strategic transformation, design thinking, experience strategy, space and functional programming, operational planning, organization design, change management, and transition and activation planning.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Visual Communications Designer with crazy-good web and digital design skills, you are part of our Brand, Marketing and Business Development (BMBD) Team. You are an energetic, inventive designer who is eager to create meaningful impressions alongside a hub of marketing and graphic design peers to advance the visual voice and creative direction of work planned project deliverables and to win pursuits. You collaborate across the BMBD community and technical direct labor to deliver creative excellence with a shared focus on project deliverables, pursuits, public relations, collateral, brand-building efforts and more.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

PROJECT MILESTONE DELIVERABLES
- Support web and digital design standards, templating, development, and deployment.
- Support the development of project deliverable standards, visual assets, and materials including basic template set-up at project kick-off.
- Collaborate with Project Leaders or delegated Project Managers to curate customized templates that meet a client's expectations when feasible and appropriate.

PROPOSAL MARKETING
- Support web and digital design standards, templating, development, and deployment.
- Support the development of project deliverable standards and materials including basic template set-up at project kick-off.
- Create visual assets and layouts for proposals, presentations, and related marketing materials using our design templates as inspiration, and working within our brand standards.
- Participate in the development of collateral that supports our markets, offices, and services.

BRAND MARKETING
- Lead marketing activities, such as sponsorships, award submissions, and events, that align with our PR/Communications objectives and increase our brand visibility.

FIRM KNOWLEDGE & SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE
- Develop strong, in-depth knowledge of the firm's portfolio, personnel and offerings.

OPERATIONS
- Self-review all work for accuracy and quality of content.
- Provide peer review and oversight for accuracy and quality of content.

OTHER
- May participate in external marketing activities.
- May perform other duties as required.

ABOUT YOUR QUALIFICATIONS
- Must have a bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Marketing, Communications or a related field.
- A minimum of three years of related work experience required.
- Evidence of a strong web and digital media portfolio required. Please submit samples.
- Related experience working in a graphic design or marketing role for a professional services firm preferred.
- Must be proactive, self-driven, organized, detail-oriented and have an enthusiasm for innovation.
- Strong time and project management skills are essential, along with the ability to work in a deadline-driven environment.
- Solid skills in strategic thinking, creativity, and design—with the potential and/or interest to further develop/excel in at least one of these areas.
- Deep expertise with Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Adobe DreamWeaver, PHP and/or WordPress.
- Strong proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign) and Microsoft Office 365 (Teams, Word, Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint).

ABOUT WORKING HERE
- We are a start-up culture in an established firm: nimble, energetic, innovative and fun.
- We are relentless in our pursuit of client adoration (not simply satisfaction). Consistent delivery of the best service is what we are.
- We are committed to ensuring our practice is equitable for all employees, representative of the communities around us - and focused on the future of design. We advocate for equity, diversity and inclusion efforts through the leadership of our Diversity + Inclusion Council, Women's Forum, and other community advocacy initiatives.
- We're about communication and transparency here. If you want to talk to someone about an idea you have, or a challenge that needs addressing, we're ready for you.

As a condition of employment, all employees are expected to complete mandatory training, including compliance training, within required timeframes and adhere to our internal policies and our Code of Conduct.