Graphic Designer 4
BC Forward

BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated Graphic Designer 4 Job for an opportunity at Fully Remote!

Position Title: Graphic Designer 4

Location: Fully Remote (Candidates based in Puget Sound, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York highly preferred.)

Anticipated Start Date: ASAP

Please note this is the target date and is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.
Expected Duration: Contract of 12 Months

Job Type: Contract and Remote

Pay Range: $45 - $47/hr.

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.).
Top Skills:

Years of Experience Required: 8+ overall years of experience in the field.

Degrees or certifications required: N/A

Minimum 8 years' experience with Broad directional vision for visual design

Minimum 8 years' experience with Expert understanding of Adobe Illustrator

Minimum 8 years' experience with Thorough knowledge of the social and digital trends

Job Description:

The Graphic Designer 4 will be responsible for overall visual design and direction of campaigns and content across multiple channels and platforms. They will create visual content that supports major company announcements, relatable social moments, and boundary-pushing executions. They will address global design issues across product groups within social and digital spaces.

The Graphic Designer 4 will deliver innovative, fully accessible, global-ready, brand-approved content and design systems with guidance from the Art Director and Creative Director. They will be asked to maintain consistent, high-quality output. Knowledge of and adherence to Microsoft Brand Identity guidelines is critical. While traditional graphic design is the core of the position, this team also works across video, animation, and HTML, so all experience could be relevant, and all skills may be utilized.

Responsibilities:

• Ideate and execute on new, fresh, and exciting social media content and design systems
• Maintain clear, consistent communication with team producer, Art Director, Creative Director, and stakeholders to keep projects on-time, on-brand, and meeting or exceeding expectations
• Understand and embrace company-wide and product-specific brand guidelines, while ideating within them to create modern, digital-friendly content
• Keep up with social media platforms and digital trends, bringing this knowledge to help the team know when to (and when not to) engage
• Maintain a careful eye for the details, including copy (grammar, spelling, etc)
• Apply the highest accessibility standards to all content across all channels
• Approach all content with a global mindset, including knowing when to ask for additional diverse perspectives
• Bring yourself, your skills, and your interests to this team and its content
  
  Qualifications
  
  Required:
  
• 8+ years design experience is required
• Must have a proven record designing and managing complete projects with consistent, cohesive, and appropriate designs at a professional quality level.
• A strong portfolio available for review, with strong social and digital executions
• Strong knowledge of Adobe design suite (Photoshop, Illustrator)
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• A passion for social media and a thorough understanding of content trends on various platforms
• Experience creating new, unexpected executions within set brand guidelines
• Experience managing feedback from multiple stakeholders
  
  Additional skills that could be utilized:
  
• Familiarity and working knowledge of video editing and motion tools (Premiere, After Effects)
• Familiarity and working knowledge of UI design
• Professional photography / cinematography experience
• Animation experience
• Passion around core client values, including emerging technology, inclusive design, and sustainability

Benefits:

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.
About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

To learn more about how BCforward collects and uses personal information as part of the recruiting process, view our Privacy Notice and CCPA Addendum. As part of the recruitment process, we may ask for you to disclose and provide us with various categories of personal information, including identifiers, professional information, commercial information, education information, and other related information. BCforward will only use this information to complete the recruitment process.

This posting is not an offer of employment. All applicants applying for positions in the United States must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The submission of intentionally false or fraudulent information in response to this posting may render the applicant ineligible for the position. Any subsequent offer of employment will be considered employment at-will regardless of the anticipated assignment duration.

Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 223097 when responding to this ad.

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Salary Details

This salary was provided in the Job Posting.

$45-$47

Hourly Salary

Job Snapshot

Employee Type
Contractor

Location
Redmond, WA (Onsite)

Job Type
Design

Experience
Not Specified

Date Posted
06/13/2024

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