Graphic Designer

The University of Virginia seeks a caring, creative, collaborative, and student-centered professional to serve as a graphic designer and creative marketer for Enrollment and its four constituent units: Student Financial Services, the Office of Undergraduate Admission, the Office of the University Registrar, and the Virginia College Advising Corps.

This position, reporting to the Director of Enrollment Communications, will work with communicators and colleagues across the four offices and the University as a whole to help develop and support a communications and marketing strategy that strengthens the excellence, diversity, success, and sense of community of the student body; increases the number of low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented high-school students across the Commonwealth of Virginia who enter and complete higher education; and advances the mission of the University. This position will be involved throughout the creative process - from concept development to final visual execution - to translate Enrollment strategy into clear, effective, and on-brand communications efforts that are relevant and compelling across multiple channels, including digital, print, and social media.

Core responsibilities will include:
Working as a member of the University Enrollment team to generate compelling marketing and communications efforts, with key responsibility for the visual design of these efforts.
Working with University Communications to develop Enrollment-specific applications of the University’s brand.
Collaborating with creative professionals including photographers, videographers, and printers to provide art direction and assist in the creation of projects and campaigns.
Utilizing design techniques; tools and principles; and advanced layout and typography to articulate the promise of the University to current and prospective students in fresh, effective, and accessible ways.
Honoring the University's graphic standards, techniques, methods, and style guides in the design process.
Participating in creative briefings, project meetings, design review, and content planning meetings.
Working with the Director of Enrollment Communications to ensure production tracking of day-to-day work and delivery of creative work.
Vetting and coordinating with appropriate vendors engaged to produce creative work on behalf of the Enrollment Unit.

The successful candidate will be familiar with emerging design and digital trends, with experience executing integrated marketing concepts across print, digital, and social platforms. They will have demonstrated understanding of page layout, typography, color theory, digital accessibility, and application of assets such as photography, illustration, and other digital graphics. They will also have experience in the creation of marketing materials that are part of an established brand identity, articulate creative strategies, and maintain high visual standards.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Passionate about understanding current and emerging design and digital trends, with experience executing marketing concepts across multiple platforms.
Collaborative, deadline-driven, willing to take creative direction, and able to manage successfully several projects at once.
A creative, conceptual thinker with advanced knowledge of design techniques, tools and principles including graphic design software such as Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop).
Demonstrated understanding of page layout, typography, color theory and choice/application of assets such as photography, illustration, and other digital graphics.
Familiarity with the creative process including the development and ownership of a project from concept through final production and knowledge of pre-press and printing processes.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Multimedia capabilities such as experience designing within a Content Management System (such as Drupal), and responsive web and mobile platforms.
Experience in simple animation using Adobe After Effects.
User experience/interface design.
Experience with brand development, strongly branded organizations and/or higher education.
Experience working with students to develop and execute creative content.

Required Experience
Candidates must have a bachelor's degree with 3 or more years of relevant professional experience in graphic and conceptual design for print, digital, and mobile.
Experience in the creation of digital and print marketing materials that are in keeping with an established brand identity, as well as the ability to articulate creative strategies and maintain high visual standards.

Required Applicant Materials

Applicant materials include cover letter, resume and access to portfolio of materials showing examples of work, either via attachment or digital portfolio link.

Anticipated Hiring Range: $65,000 to $85,000, commensurate with experience and corresponding job profile.

This position will remain open until filled. This is an Exempt level, benefited position. The University will perform background checks on all new hires prior to employment.

This position is Hybrid located in Charlottesville, VA .

To Apply:

External applicants please apply through our job board at h.

Internal applicants must apply through their UVA Workday profile by searching 'Find Jobs', and then search R0061289 Complete an application online with the following documents:
CV or Resume
Cover letter
Portfolio

Upload all materials into the resume submission field, multiple documents can be submitted into this one field. Alternatively, merge all documents into one PDF for submission. Applications that do not contain all required documents will not receive full consideration.

References will be completed via UVA’s standardized process Skill Survey. A total of five references will be requested via Skill Survey during the final phase of the interview process.

For questions about the position or the application process, please contact Jon Freeman, Academic Recruiter at

The University of Virginia, i ncluding the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physician’s Group and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran status, and family medical or genetic information.

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