Communications Designer Job Description
Communications designer
provides graphic design expertise in agency front office to support production of a range of publications in multiple mediums.
Communications Designer Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Manage NA budget, including liase with NA finance dept
Create stand-alone animations and motion graphics with After Effects (30%)
Being able to record Audio with camera mounted microphones like the RODE Video Mics
Familiarity of different types of lighting (tungsten, LED, daylight, diffused, lowlight, .) Understanding of color temperature from 3200K to 5600K
Provide support to the Global Communications team in conceptualizing, strategizing, creating content and market deployment for PR campaigns of new product launches
Work closely with the Global Communications team to ideate and execute launch programs and partnerships with strong digital integration and PR specific angles
Create product launch assets including toolkits, press releases and support materials such as pitch angles, Q&As, event guidelines, creative materials and presentations
Work closely with Global Communications team to collate and evaluate international market strategies and launch plans to ensure alignment with overall global communications strategy and brand goals/messages
Manage day-to-day communication with international markets and cultivate collaborative relationships with affiliate PR managers to understand local needs and trends so global tools are the most impactful
Liaise directly with licensors to coordinate collateral needs, develop detailed PR event guidelines and secure approvals for market activations
Communications Designer Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Communications Designer
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: RCDD, CTS, OSP, DCDC, BICSI, CCDA
Education for Communications Designer
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the communications designer job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Graphic Design, Design, Communications, Education, Marketing, Art, Communication, Journalism, Visual Communications, Writing
Skills for Communications Designer
Desired skills for communications designer include:
Microsoft Office
Brand policies and standards
Adobe Creative Suite
Photoshop
Keynote
Sketch
Current best practices for graphic and message design and production
HTML and CSS
Illustrator
InDesign
Desired experience for communications designer includes:
4+ years’ experience with graphic design across media (print, web, motion) and
Come up with creative concepts and execute designs for all digital advertising platforms – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Mobile, Video, Native, Display
Evolve creative and design to elevate Zoosk brand
Be the creative engine of Zoosk
Articulate design decisions to marketing team, and collaborate to iterate on designs
Manage creative requests in a client facing manner from a fast paced, deadline driven team
Communications Designer Examples
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Communications Designer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking to fill the role of communications designer. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for communications designer
- Consistently and proactively look to evolve process within the Global Communications team
- Oversea Coordinator in the collection and internal distribution of top media placements, event reports and awards for international markets
- Spearhead the management of the press preview sample offering process for all international markets
- Assist in budget management and invoice processing
- Help manage and coach Coordinator by identifying areas of potential, and creating an open, inspiring and effective working partnership
- Manage & schedule AV programming using media player AV technology
- Work collaboratively across our global brand portfolio to elevate the many exciting things happening at our company
- Provide technical support and assist in the creation and implementation of strategic marketing and communications goals
- Advocate for exceptional visual design and produce pixel-perfect solutions
- Performs daily checks on the health of the digital signage network distributed by the Internet Strategy Team’s Digital Media Group
Qualifications for communications designer
- Drive ongoing digital A/B and multivariate testing strategy to increase click-through and conversion rates of advertisements and landing pages through thoughtful design iteration
- Manage and mentor Jr
- 3-5 years of graphic and digital design experience required
- 5+ years of graphic design experience has lead you to develop a deep understanding of branding, technology, and marketing
- Ability to translate a brief into meaningful concepts and lead team critiques to help evaluate directions and move a project forward
- Expertise in interaction design and designing responsive digital communications
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Our company is looking to fill the role of communications designer. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for communications designer
- Strong hardware and software, pc troubleshooting skills, , troubleshooting skills with a variety of digital signage equipment, such as displays and video cabling
- Ability to communicate complex, technical issues to non-technical clients
- Excellent creative, artistic and communication skills to support the management and creation of signage content in motion graphics and video post production
- Understand our mission, objectives and strategy, and create designs that support these
- Design, build and maintain slide presentations, masters and templates
- Presentation design
- Experience designing and communicating in a multi-lingual environment preferred
- Incorporates customer feedback and usability findings to ensure successful and timely Web design and development to support overall user experience and design strategy, including related designs and layouts for web pages and web based applications
- Stays abreast of UX development and design trends, and incorporates industry best practice into design and development projects
- Supports templates for all of the HopkinsMedicine.org content management system (CMS), intranet content management system, and development of new templates, application layouts and related front-end development
Qualifications for communications designer
- Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, New Media, Communications, Marketing
- Or related design field
- Confidence to own projects and clear communication helps you get things started and collaborate with teams across Marketing, Engineering, and Business
- Experience working with vendors shows that you take responsibility to ensure our artwork is good to go
- Passion for copy writing and a deep understanding of how the voice of our communications complements the design
- 1+ years graphic design experience has allowed you to explore a wide range of design systems and develop a level of craft admired by all
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Our growing company is looking to fill the role of communications designer. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for communications designer
- Supports technical or developer training activities of the CMS, Web accessibility/usability standards
- Design and execute strong and compelling creative and visual designs, driven by strategy, for various mediums, including print, digital and interactive, PowerPoint and email communications
- Apply visual communications eye and expertise to improve all communications including email, digital, web, Intranet and employee and external presentations (eg, PowerPoint)
- Consistently apply and enforce brand and style guidelines
- Partner successfully with key stakeholders across marketing and communications teams to understand business and communications objectives and then translate into effective and compelling creative design
- Demonstrate clear and concise communication through written and verbal methods, throughout the proofing process with staff and clients
- Collaborate flexibly with Radius global senior leadership team and individual studios to take on design briefs from concept to completion to help raise brand awareness and drive qualified marketing leads
- Bring energy and execute, manage, and expand upon the visual assets of Radius worldwide
- Participate with the marketing and worldwide design team in identifying creative enhancements based on current trends/competitors
- Maintain project workflow processes to ensure on-time delivery of deadlines
Qualifications for communications designer
- Exceptional portfolio of work highlighting publication design, strong visual and typographic skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills helps you work with teams across Marketing, Engineering, and Business
- Understanding of brand systems and how to work within a styleguide to create on brand communications
- Ability to translate a brief into meaningful concepts and actively participate in team critiques to help evaluate directions and move a project forward
- 4-5 years public relations/communications experience
- Must be organized, detail-oriented and analytical
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of communications designer. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for communications designer
- Assist with managing external marketing/communications vendors
- Drive the visual representation of the brand that could includes new media, photography/video, animation, collateral, and other marketing media
- Design traditional and digital communications, including PowerPoint presentations, print collateral and digital design and graphics
- Provide guidance and solutions on brand compliance issues
- On-demand production of content assets to full M&C organization
- Develops design concepts to meet strategic and fiscal objectives in support of major, leadership and principal gifts for URMC Advancement
- Participate in the activities of appropriate professional organizations, establishing relationships with staff in comparable institutions to participate in information exchange, professional development activities, special projects
- Foster supportive and productive relationships with colleagues both within Advancement and the Medical Center as a whole
- Support the Executive Director and Director with special projects as needed
- Graphic design for training, product launches, incentives, initiatives and events – includes print collateral, digital assets (PDF, JPG, etc), and event signage
Qualifications for communications designer
- Proficiency in the Adobe software package and Keynote
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Creative, Social Sciences or other related discipline preferred
- Minimum of 5 years of experience partnering with creative agencies and/or in-house interactive teams on design initiatives
- Bachelor’s degree in communications, in a related IS or electronics field or related field or 3+ years of related experience
- Two to three years’ experience dealing with user support and networking in a Windows and Mac environment
- Able to perform LAN connectivity network testing, troubleshooting, and monitoring equipment in multi-protocol and mixed media environment as needed
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Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a communications designer. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for communications designer
- PowerPoint presentations for in-person trainings, webinars, digital training and stage events
- Collaboration with Training and Video team to produce video trainings
- Proof materials with strong attention to detail
- Work collaboratively and synergistically with field development, marketing, creative, product and merchandising teams
- Stay informed of industry trends, news, applications and best practices
- Understand the field experience – host an online or in-person Design Session once per quarter
- Communicate effectively in a cross-functional marketing and sales team and present ideas and designs effectively
- Design and implement print and digital assets
- Implement designs for use across various physical media
- Apply design sensibilities as they relate to applying a brand to experiential collateral
Qualifications for communications designer
- Knowledge of digital messaging screen system (SCALA) a plus
- Deadline drive
- Five to 10 years of graphic design experience
- A strong understanding of graphic design fundamentals (layout, balance, composition)
- An exceptional eye for detail and consistency
- Experience with and an understanding of working creatively within corporate brand guidelines