Graphic Design Consultant

at  Lockton Inc

Working at Lockton
At Lockton, we’re passionate about helping our people achieve their ultimate potential. Our people are curious, action-oriented and always striving to make ourselves and those around us better. We’re active listeners working to ensure understanding and problem solvers developing innovative solutions. If you can see yourself delivering excellent service to clients, giving back to our communities and being a part of our caring culture, you belong here.
Business unit
Lockton Management, LLC
Schedule
Full-time
Job type
Standard
Workplace
In Office
Your Responsibilities
This position is responsible for planning, organizing, and managing available resources in order to meet Lockton’s internal client demands to provide best-in-class client deliverables for Lockton clients within given timeframes. Serves as a Lockton corporate brand ambassador and design expert.
Responsibilities
Implements best practices for Lockton’s design technique and application for design teams globally.
Serves as a core, contributing member of Lockton’s Communication Team.
Creates new and updates existing design procedures and best practices by analyzing operating practices, record-keeping systems, forms of control, and implementing change when needed.
Keeps abreast of technical changes in the design field and associated software by attending relevant workshops, reviewing technical publications and training resources provided.
Develops Kansas City design and general processing team members regarding design concepts, technique, and application.
Communicates graphic design trends and product release updates to design teams globally.
Keeps department manager abreast of ongoing corporate initiatives and potential brand, design, and technical issues.
Provides design expertise and input for corporate initiatives and provides available resources for initiative implementation.
Reviews design work product for visual appeal and brand compliance.
Supports the Kansas City design team during peak workload.
Creates and maintains Lockton’s master documents to ensure current and accurate information.
Organizes and leads graphic discussion topics as needed and consults with Lockton’s Graphic Consultant and other key design team members globally.
Serves as internal creative consultant for graphic design team.
Partner with third-party creative agencies and provide direction for special projects.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in the creative arts/graphic design field.
Experience working with print house vendors regarding print specifications, color management, and print quality press checks.
Substantial skill using graphic design, imaging, video, and presentation software.
Strong understanding of HTML language.
Strong knowledge of print production.
Exceptional ability to demonstrate creativity and exercise latitude under short time frame constraints.
Serve as the internal graphic design resource, providing solutions to technical issues and reviewing work product to provide guidance to ensure team members provide visually appealing products to internal clients and uphold Lockton’s Global Identity Guidelines.
Ability to remain abreast of technological advances in the field and be able to identify areas of use within the company.
Must have an expert knowledge of InDesign, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Adobe Illustrator, and Photoshop.
Knowledge of fonts and technical applications.
Ability to be a team player and assist other Associates.
Organizational and time-management skills to prioritize a heavy individual workload to meet required deadlines.
Ability to produce a large volume of creative, artistic products in a demanding environment while maintaining a high level of quality.
Ability to delegate and manage project to completion.
Highly self motivated with ability to balance on-going administrative tasks and new design concepts.
Understand basic marketing principles and ability to think critically about content effectiveness as it relates to layout.
High-level verbal, written, listening, and interpersonal communication skills to interact with Associates at all levels of responsibility.
Ability to generate and manipulate graphic images, animations, sound, text, and video into consolidated and seamless multimedia programs.
Exemplary ability to use graphic and Web design concepts and elements of design to create visually pleasing products to meet end-user design specifications.
Ability to work with all levels of the organization to capture design requirements and elements for collateral materials with minimal rework involvement.
Desire and ability to expand knowledge and effectiveness in the graphic arts area by successful completion of extended classes and workshops related to graphic arts.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Lockton Companies is proud to provide everyone an equal opportunity to grow and advance. We are committed to an inclusive culture and environment where our people, clients and communities are treated with respect and dignity.
At Lockton, supporting diversity, equity and inclusion is ingrained in our values, and we believe that we are at our best when we fully embrace everyone. We strive to cultivate a caring culture that learns from, celebrates and thrives because of our breadth of differences. As such, we recognize that recruiting, developing and retaining people with diverse backgrounds and experiences is vital and enabling our people to thrive personally and professionally is critical to our long-term success.
About Lockton
Lockton is the largest privately held independent insurance brokerage in the world. Since 1966, our independence has allowed us to serve our clients, take care of our people and give back to our communities. As such, our 10,000+ Associates doing business in over 100 countries are empowered to do what’s right every day.
At Lockton, we believe in the power of all people. You belong at Lockton.
How We Will Support You
At Lockton, we empower you to be true to yourself in all that you do. Your success is our success, and we provide opportunities to help you grow and create a rewarding career path, however you envision it.
We are ready to meet you where you are today, and as your needs change over time. In addition to industry-leading health insurance, we offer additional options to support your overall health and wellbeing.
No Agencies Please
Any Employment Agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant’s resume will become the property of Lockton Companies, Inc. Lockton Companies will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting Employment Agency, person or entity. Employment Agencies, who have fee Agreements with Lockton Companies must submit applicants to the designated Lockton Companies Employment Coordinator to be eligible for placement fees

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