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Graphic Designer, Student Affairs Marketing

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Department: Student Affairs Marketing

Salary/Grade: EXS/6

Job Summary: The Graphic Designer works collaboratively with other staff to plan, design, create, and distribute effective integrated marketing communications and social media campaigns that promote the Division of Student Affairs and its departments to the Northwestern University community. The Graphic Designer oversees large‑scale marketing campaigns while adhering to established design standards and project procedures. This position provides input to the marketing strategy for Student Affairs. The Graphic Designer oversees the work of 4–8 graphic design student workers, providing creative mentoring and project supervision.

Pay Range: $58,000 to $60,000 depending on experience, skills, and internal equity.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Use effective graphic design principles to design and implement integrated marketing, communication, and social media campaigns across print, digital, and social platforms.
• Design large‑scale projects such as booklets, newsletters, signage, and presentations for high‑priority clients.
• Analyze user experience and engagement for digital and social platforms.
• Oversee student workers, including recruiting, hiring, onboarding, assigning tasks, and providing feedback.
• Ensure adherence to university and division branding guidelines across multiple platforms.
• Manage the process from initial request to strategy to design to implementation to assessment using project management software.
• Collaborate with partners and clients to create marketing solutions.
• Attend and contribute to department and division meetings and external vendor relationships.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Marketing, Communications, or related field.
• 1–3 years of experience in Marketing, Communications, or a creative field.
• 1–3 years of experience with graphic design across digital and print mediums.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a marketing or public relations department for a university or communications firm.
• Experience marketing to college students.
• Experience with Adobe Flash, After Effects, or related software.
• Video shooting and editing experience with Premiere or similar.

Competencies

• Planning, creating, implementing, and measuring integrated marketing communication campaigns.
• Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop) and other graphic design software.
• Familiarity with effective design principles, basic marketing, social media strategies, and HTML/web design.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Project management skills and experience with tools such as Asana, Monday, Trello.

Working Conditions

Nights and weekends as required depending on workload.

Benefits

Health care plans, retirement benefits, tuition discounts and more. Visit https://www.northwestern.edu/hr/benefits/index.html to learn more.

Work‑Life and Wellness

Comprehensive programs and services to help you and your family. Visit https://www.northwestern.edu/hr/benefits/work-life/index.html to learn more.

Professional Growth and Development

Employee career development resources. Visit https://www.northwestern.edu/hr/learning/index.html to learn more.

Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics, including disability and veteran status. View Northwestern’s non‑discrimination statement. Job applicants who wish to request an accommodation in the application or hiring process should contact the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX Compliance. View additional information on the accommodations process.