Mid-Level Designer

Cappex is a growing and successful small company with a great mission--to help and connect students and colleges--6 million+ high school students have used Cappex and we have more than 650 college clients! Cappex was named as one of the Top 100 Digital companies in Chicago by Built-In Chicago.org. We're located in downtown Chicago, are well established, and have perks that you would typically only find at a start-up:

Responsibilities - Responsible for creating digital and traditional visual assets that are detail oriented, of industry best practices and consistent with established brand standards. - Create visual designs and graphical assets originating from multiple sources to ensure consistency with established company standards and guidelines - including tone, style, legal requirements and brand compliance. Evolve and grow the brand and visuals when the project calls for it. - Champion the Cappex and College Greenlight brands and ensure the design and brand standards for both brands are being upheld and followed by internal and external resources. - Collaborate with UX specialists, product managers, front-end developers, and stakeholders. - Must be comfortable presenting creative concepts to business stakeholders, and delivering high quality work on time/on schedule. - Design and develop email and banner campaigns for marketing efforts using the best-in-class design and email development standards. - Design PDF's and other print materials used for promotion and marketing. Designer will work very often and closely with the marketing team to launch online, social and print initiatives. - Have the ability to design inline with new technologies; Product designs will always include desktop, tablet and mobile designs so having a good understanding of responsive design is important. - Be self-sufficient and take the initiative to improve design and usability where you see it. While working in a sprint environment, designer will manage a Design Sprint Board so deliverable to all teams are delivered promptly and in a timely manner.

Skills & Abilities - 5+ years of print and digital design experience required - Demonstrated success in responsive desktop, tablet and mobile digital projects. - Proficiency in Adobe CC (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator) is REQUIRED - Knowledge in HTML and CSS - Motion (Flash/After Effects) experience a plus but not required - Exceptional attention to detail and ability to develop high-quality creative and concepts - Excellent interpersonal communication, self-management and presentation skills