Job Description
CIC is looking for a creative and enthusiastic Senior Graphic Designer to join a growing team of marketing professionals, copywriters, and strategists in developing comprehensive marketing materials to support growth and expansion of our business.
Working closely with the Global Marketing Director and Marketing team, the senior graphic designer is responsible for ideating, creating, and collaborating with team members to come up with effective marketing programs that support the mission of the company and engage our audiences in compelling and engaging ways. From brand identity and web presence to media and end user materials, you will grow brand awareness through elegant and purposeful design that visually enhances our story.
ABOUT CICCIC is a global leader in building and operating innovation communities. Founded in 1999 in Cambridge, MA, CIC is one of the first companies to offer flexible office space and coworking options, providing a platform for the world’s most impactful entrepreneurs to innovate better and faster.We have locations in Boston, Cambridge, Miami, Philadelphia, Providence, Rotterdam, St. Louis, Warsaw, and Tokyo and are growing into other cities, within the US and abroad.
CIC has supported over 6,000 startups, growth companies, and branches of larger organizations, representing for-profit, mission-driven, and non-profit sectors across a wide array of industries.
CIC co-founded a number of mission-aligned organizations including Venture Café, CIC’s primary non-profit programming partner, and CIC Health, offering COVID-19 testing services to companies and the public.
We invite you to explore all our openings and learn more about our teamshere.
YOUR DAY-TO-DAY WORKYou will join our CIC’s growing marketing team to ensure CIC’s visual identity supports the global growth and expansion of our products and services. The work will focus on external materials branded in recognizable and easily digestible ways, and internal support materials for clients and staff. Some work will be independent while other work will require collaboration with external creative agencies and other CIC teams, such as local CIC centers’ events and relationship management teams.
Your responsibilities will include:• In collaboration with the Manager, planning and developing all necessary graphic communication materials for marketing assets (physical and digital), supporting the creation of social media assets.• Designing, reviewing and overseeing communications around materials being created from the visual and graphic perspective.• Creating a variety of deck templates and appealing marketing materials as needed by CIC teams.• Support the strengthening of consumer brand awareness through compelling graphic storytelling.• Project managing production plans and timelines for all visual projects digital and print.• Managing and mentoring the Social Media Coordinator with regards to all visual graphics.• Managing and mentoring a junior graphic designer as the team expands.
ABOUT YOUOur ideal candidate is a service-minded individual who is reliable, clever, and able to work independently. As CIC responds and grows with the shifting realities of the pandemic, you will demonstrate poise, flexibility, and acuity to make week-to-week adjustments. You are experienced with creative direction, art direction, and graphic storytelling all in the service of graphic design development and production.
More specifically, as our ideal candidate, you:• Take a conceptual approach to developing design solutions that are elegant and effective, inspiring our audience to engage further.• Are well versed with translating concepts and ideas into easily digestible visual formats.• Have a POV and present work with confidence and clarity.• Work well in a highly collaborative environment and are comfortable taking an iterative approach to design.• Demonstrate meticulous attention to detail.• Passion for mentoring others and critiquing work meaningfully.
YOU HAVE• At least 10 years of professional experience.• Exquisite design sensibilities both in graphic and digital design (dev experience is a plus.)• Knowledgeable about best practices across print and digital.• Sophisticated handle on branding, typography, illustration and photography.• Possess excellent knowledge and understanding of printing. • Experience with photography and illustration (a plus).• A high level of proficiency with the Adobe Creative Suite tools; Squarespace, animation and other digital platforms a plus.• Experience working in any of these fields: hospitality, entertainment, retail, or real estate. • Experience with start-up-to-growth organizations (a plus and not required).
As of August 2021, a condition of employment for all new CIC employees in the U.S.is full COVID-19 vaccination, more details will be sharedduring the interview process.
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