Posted January 23, 2019

Full-time Graphic Design Position Available

We’re looking for a full-time graphic designer for print, brand, and web work within a small, but rapidly growing Chattanooga agency. We are a fun, diversely talented team with a casual atmosphere, an emphasis on excellence, and a business mindset.

Who we are looking for:

• Work well both independently as well as collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Have an obsession with making things better, always, and have no issue doing what it takes to get it right.
• Love creative thinking but love iterative fast-paced doing.
• Consider Adobe programs to be a natural extension of your brain.
• Fearless when it comes to learning new tools.
• Have a lead by example mentality.
• Comfortable leading projects from start to finish as well as following.
• Resourceful— if you don’t know the answer, seek it out.
• Comfortable in all phases of design, from front-end generation of unexpected ideas to backend execution of market-ready commercial assets.
• Experience in production techniques and working closely with printers and other vendors.
• Able to juggle multiple projects while hitting aggressive deadlines.
• Love crafting stories and communicating ideas to the team, clients, and the world.
• Have a few lateral creative skills— coding, photography, copywriting, etc.
• Wired into what’s happening in popular culture, design, and technology globally.
• Believe any problem can be solved through creativity.

Job Responsibilities will include:

• Design of ads, brochures, posters, logos, icons, social media graphics, and other branded print/web material for 100+ clients using Adobe Programs such as Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, and Dreamweaver.
• Sending print material to press— knowledge of bleed, color, and paper types is essential.
• Website design and working with developers and project managers to execute design.
• Mid-level front-end development, such as adding/updating html, CSS, and WordPress and Joomla websites.
• Designing marketing emails using platforms such as Constant Contact, Send in Blue, Mail Chimp, Zen Reach, and Chamaileon. Custom html email coding is a plus.
• Retrieving print quotes and making orders with local and regional vendors.
• Presenting fully-formed design/brand solutions to team or client.
• Providing exceptional customer service to clients.

Concrete Requirements for Position:

• Must have an online portfolio that includes examples of the candidate’s ability to produce high-quality designs for websites, logos, web and print material.
• Must have expert to mastery level skills in Adobe Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat.
• BFA in Graphic Design or comparable level of work experience.

Think this is the job for you? Email your resume and a link to your portfolio to Amy Price at jobs@riverworks.biz.