Mid-Level Designer

Cappex

(Chicago, Illinois)

Full Time

Job Posting Details

About Cappex

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.

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.

Ideal Candidate

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