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Job Summary:

Essential Duties:

• Direct and manage all graphic design projects that support the Libraries' brand strategy.
• Plan, prepare, design, and execute professional graphic artwork including, but not limited to, print, websites, digital, and social media applications.
• Determine design requirements and conceptualize visuals based on those requirements.
• Work with copywriters to produce final designs.
• Test graphics across various media and amend designs after feedback.
• Provide leadership and superior customer service and collaboration to colleagues in the Libraries to ensure marketing and graphics expectations are exceeded through the project and design cycle.
• Serve as expert for branding and style guidelines for the UTA Libraries, in accordance with the university policy.
• Lead quality control for brand specifications for design projects.
• In collaboration with other members of the marketing and communications team, partner with Libraries clients to develop designs, promotional strategies, and branding elements that elevate and advance the Libraries.
• Supervise and mentor graphic design student employees through teaching, critique, management, development, and evaluation.
• Confer with and advise Libraries staff regarding project specifications such as graphic content, layout, paper stock, and media requirements; may create composites and develop concepts depending on needs and budgetary considerations.
• Establish and develop relationships with outside vendors and production teams to ensure effective partnerships.
• Performs other duties assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in graphic art, design, communication, fine arts, or related field.
• Four to six (4-6) years of advanced experience as a production artist or designer with extensive knowledge of all phases of print production and web design.
• Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced experience designing, developing, and implementing graphic and web design within higher education, a corporate environment, or a similar large organization.

• Expert in Adobe Creative Suite, which includes Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.
• Excellent communication skills and strong customer service orientation.
• Vision for graphic design campaigns that reach target audiences and meet other measures of accountability for success.
• Ability to foster creative environment for new ideas and influences.
• Establish culture for critique to ensure advanced skill development and exceptional design.
• Proactive design to align with current trends.
• Be an advocate and ally for equity, diversity, justice, and inclusion.
• Ability to work independently and under pressure to meet deadlines and production schedules.
• Proven proficiency in project management and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the principles and techniques of communications and graphic design theory.
• Advanced problem-solving skills.
• Solid detail-orientation.

Special Instructions:

EEO Statement:

UTA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action institution. Minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Additionally, the University prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation. A criminal background check will be conducted on finalists. The UTA is a tobacco free campus.

Open Until Filled: No

Location: Arlington

About The University of Texas at Arlington

With annual research expenditures in excess of $100M, the University of Texas at Arlington is a Carnegie Research-1 “highest research activity” institution committed to life-enhancing discovery, innovative instruction, and caring community engagement. A leading institution in the heart of the thriving North Texas region, UTA nurtures minds within an environment that values excellence, ingenuity, and diversity. With a total global enrollment of over 59,000 in AY 2018-19, UTA is one of the largest institutions in the University of Texas System. Guided by its Strategic Plan Bold Solutions | Global Impact, UTA fosters interdisciplinary research and teaching to enable the sustainable megacity of the future within four broad themes: health and the human condition, sustainable urban communities, global environmental impact, and data-driven discovery. UTA was cited by U.S. News & World Report as having the second lowest average student debt among U.S. universities in 2018. U.S. News & World Report also ranks UTA fourth in the nation for undergraduate diversity. The University is a Hispanic-Serving Institution and is ranked as the top four-year college in Texas for veterans on Military Times’ 2018 Best for Vets list.

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