Contract Graphic Designer
March 1, 2024 – May 6, 2024
Reports to Marketing Manager
Compensation: $7500
Please submit a resume/cover letter and a link to your portfolio.
We are looking for a graphic designer to create engaging on-brand graphics using SeriesFest’s brand guidelines. The ideal candidate will have strong, agile creative skills and a portfolio of work which demonstrates their process and experience.
GENERAL
- Full time / 40 Hours Per Week
- Hybrid: Downtown Denver, CO
- A degree or equivalent work experience in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Fine Arts or related field
- Festival or event experience is preferred.
SKILLS
- A keen eye for aesthetics, detail, and clarity
- An affinity for solving design problems in a fast paced festival/event environment
- The flexibility to employ best practices while leaving room for innovation
- The creativity to design varied, impactful materials (most often using an established brand kit)
- Proactivity in communication and action
- Ability to balance autonomous and collaborative work environments
- Knowledge of commercial printing requirements and practices (prepress)
- Management skills to coordinate multiple tasks and deadlines as they are assigned throughout the contract.
TECHNOLOGY
- Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, and G-Suite are required
- Familiarity with Airtable is preferred
DUTIES & TASKS
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Providing graphic design support, testing graphics across media, and ensuring output aligns with SeriesFest’s brand & standards.
- Compiling and organizing feedback from various channels, ensuring final output aligns with requirements.
- Conceptualizing visuals and layout for marketing materials using our media and brand toolkit.
- Participating in design reviews and revisions.
- Proofing copy for efficacy, spelling, and grammar.
- Conceptualizing, designing, and facilitating production for marketing materials (not limited to festival badges, signs/posters, programs, flyers, ads, merchandise, step and repeats, invitations, email, social media, and web graphics).
- Preparing files for commercial printing (prepress) and checking printer proofs.
- All SeriesFest staffers are expected to support each guest, staff member, and department. We are all here to ensure the success of SeriesFest: Season 10 and beyond.
AAP/EEO Statement: SeriesFest provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
