• Job Description

  Req#: 26006

  Join Purdue University Fort Wayne:

  Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW) seeks to develop and nurture its diversity. PFW is committed to maintaining an inclusive community that recognizes and values the inherent worth and dignity of every person; fosters tolerance, sensitivity, understanding, and mutual respect. We strive to add hardworking people to our team and we are currently seeking an Associate Director of Design in our Office of Communications and Marketing.

  Your day to day:

  • Conceptualize, develop, design, collaborate, and execute highly visible communication and design strategies, projects, and initiatives while ensuring brand consistency and effectiveness.
  • Engage on brand-focused projects, and help cultivate, integrate, manage, and guide multi-faceted projects through all phases of execution.
  • Serve as back-up for the Director and help manage the design studio and related projects.
  • Develop and execute innovative, creative, and integrated visual approaches to support and enhance multi-tiered branding, marketing, and communications campaigns.
  • Design and creatively inform a variety of strategic communications for print, web, advertising and mail campaigns, social media and digital assets, event-based materials, presentations, etc. that supports the PFW community.
  • Develop visual creative concepts and project specifications for assigned communications materials, including branded initiatives, signature institutional and publications, advertising, web and online assets, and identity development.
  • Meet with University partners and external vendors and help oversee, create, and expand brand on identified projects from concept through completion.
  • Develop and direct highly customized photography, illustration, and related graphic assets.
  • Coordinate and align branding across many brand platforms, while following related campaign assets through stages to ensure quality control.
  • Execute and direct a robust variety of high-end and often technically complex design solutions utilizing leading industry software programs.
  • Provide guidance, support, and best-practice for other team members and maintain expert awareness required to achieve results in a wide variety of evolving design trends.
  • Manage relevant aspects of extensive departmental electronic file resources into organized libraries and archives in accordance with design studio guidelines.
  • Cross-departmental responsibilities for achieving effective collaboration, coordination, and results across both Communications and Marketing and the University.
  • Assist in managing identified initiatives of graphic design staff, freelance staff, and student employees.
  • Other duties as assigned.

  Why we’ll love you:

  • You have worked hard to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in a graphic design, advertising, communications, or related field.
  • You have at least five years of experience in developing design, integrated marketing collateral, identifying systems, branding, communications, marketing pieces, and advertising campaigns.
  • You possess professional experience in a higher education in-house creative team, corporate or nonprofit in-house creative team, or advertising/marketing/branding agency.
  • You are able to demonstrate mastery of leading creative development software, hardware, and file creation.
  • You are proficient in key components of Adobe Creative Cloud, project management systems such as Basecamp, and Macintosh networking, file sharing, and archiving environments.
  • You possess a strong knowledge of core online, digital, social considerations, as well as printing and manufacturing, including pre-press.
  • You have experience in developing high-quality, results-driven communications and marketing materials.

  Why you’ll love us:

  • Free tuition through Purdue University Global.
  • Fee remission for a traditional Purdue degree for yourself, your spouse, and your children.
  • Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance available on first day of employment.
  • Additional voluntary benefits.
  • Retirement benefits.
  • Paid Time Off.
  • Support for professional development opportunities.
  • Live and work in an affordable, family-friendly community.

  Additional Information:

  • For highest consideration, please submit a resume cover letter, and contact information for three professional references.
  • Purdue will not sponsor employment authorization for this position.
  • A background check and misconduct screen will be required for employment in this position.
  • FLSA: Exempt (Not Eligible for Overtime).
  • Retirement Eligibility: Defined Contribution Waiting Period.

  Purdue Fort Wayne is an EEO/AA employer fully committed to achieving a diverse workforce. All individuals, including minorities, women, persons with disabilities, and protected veterans are encouraged to apply.

• About the company

  Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system.

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