REQUIRED EDUCATION

Bachelor’s Degree

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

Three (3) years of relevant work experience required

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS CONSIDERED

• Proven proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and After Effects.
• Strong portfolio that demonstrates conceptual thinking, design systems, brand storytelling, and an eye for layout, color, and typography.
• Experience working with brand guidelines and contributing to their evolution through thoughtful, on-brand executions.
• Experience developing infographics, social media graphics, and presentation decks that simplify complex information and enhance visual communication.
• Familiarity with digital accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and how to apply them to visual design.
• Familiarity and examples of AI prompting for design and concepts.
• Familiarity with digital asset management (DAM), organizing and delivering assets to clients and effectively utilizing metadata for search and sort .
• Desirable skills include UX/UI principles, motion design, basic web development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript), data-driven design, and visual storytelling.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, with a track record of meeting deadlines in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and file management best practices.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to articulate design choices and receive feedback constructively.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Office environment/no specific unusual physical or environmental demands.

• Translate strategic goals and brand priorities into bold, digital-first design by crafting compelling assets for campaigns, motion graphics, dynamic assets, social media, web, email environmental branding and presentations.
• Design branded visual systems, templates, and toolkits that bring cohesion and clarity to UC’s storytelling across platforms and teams.
• Design and maintain UC’s visual identity standards and branded assets including logos, lockups, co-branded graphics, templates, and toolkits for MarCom, strategic partners, and the broader campus community, ensuring consistency, clarity, and brand integrity across all touchpoints.
• Design infographics, social graphics, and data-driven visuals that simplify complexity, highlight impact, and capture audience attention.
• Act as a design consultant and creative advisor, offering recommendations on formats, platforms, and executions that best meet campaign or content needs.
• Manage file organization, archiving and production processes—including prepping final art for deployment across digital, print, and environmental platforms.
• Support quality control by reviewing, refining, and proofing creative for accuracy, accessibility, and alignment with brand standards.
• Stay current with design trends, tools, and digital engagement strategies to bring new ideas and approaches to the team.
• Liaison or manage selected vendors, contractors, suppliers, etc. for assigned projects; write all specifications for needs, bids, etc.
• Perform related duties based on departmental need. This job description can be changed at anytime.