Freelance Graphics Designer Jobs in Ridgewood, NJ

THE JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION is the leading presenter, distributor, and marketer of Broadway theatre worldwide.  Under the leadership of theater producer and owner John Gore, its family of companies includes Broadway Across America, Broadway.com, The Broadway Channel, BroadwayBox.com and Group Sales Box Office.  Its productions span Broadway, Off Broadway, London’s West End, Japan and 48 North American markets. It has won Tonys in every producing category as well as numerous other Drama League, Drama Desk and Olivier awards.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and supportive culture, where employees have equal opportunity for growth.

$26.50/hour

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Summary

Broadway Across America (BAA) is the foremost market leader for live touring theatre in North America.

BAA is the leading presenter of touring Broadway, with a presence in 47 regional markets. BAA possesses the local marketing rights, secures the performance venue, manages local event production, and sells tickets. Tickets are sold as subscriptions, groups, eCLUB membership and single tickets. The presenting business is supported by its 4 million name database of ticket buyers, including hundreds of thousands of subscribers, across the United States and Canada.

BAA also owns or operates five historic theaters in Baltimore, Boston and Minneapolis.

The Marketing division of Broadway Across America is seeking a motivated individual to join our in-house creative team on a part-time basis. The ideal candidate is incredibly creative, collaborative, and is always focused on creating assets that are attractive and functional. Our creative team is responsible for laying out and designing marketing collateral for our regional marketing team’s campaigns ­– including responsive and accessible emails, digital display ads, print, outdoor, social media graphics, video editing, etc. The deliverables created by this position would be utilized to execute marketing and advertising plans for hundreds of performances of touring Broadway productions in 25+ cities across North America.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist with concepting, designing, and/or coding marketing collateral, including:
  • Email, digital display, print, outdoor, video, social media graphics, etc., creating balance between the aesthetic of the show’s key artwork and the local brand’s identity.
• Receive feedback from the Director of Creative and/or Senior Graphic Designer, and members of the regional marketing teams and/or productions, and make all necessary changes
• Prioritizing and managing self-workload to see projects to completion, from concept to finished piece
• Collaborating with regional marketing teams to support local marketing initiatives with collateral and various creative

Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Cooperation
  • Establishes and maintains effective relationships
  • Active listener
  • Offers assistance and support to co-workers
  • Work effectively both as an individual or cooperatively in group situations
• Adaptability
  • Able to work around unexpected changes of circumstance or workload
  • Modifies a planned course of action based on new circumstances
  • Changes communication style to achieve the best results
  • Ability to multi-task and work with strict deadlines
  • Able to future-proof and understandably organize work, files, project layers, etc., for future use by self and others on the team
• Functional Competencies
  • Basic knowledge of layouts, typography, composition, color, and other graphic design fundamentals
  • Understanding of web and mobile responsive design and concepts
  • Basic experience with HTML coding
  • Strong visual aesthetics
  • Compelling portfolio of graphic design work
  • Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills
  • Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness

Qualifications a.k.a. KSAOs

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Knowledge and proficiency in HTML coding – must have experience coding emails, websites, etc.
• Knowledge and proficiency with the Adobe Creative Suite – must be strongly proficient in InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator
• Knowledge of HTML5, JavaScript, WordPress, and CSS, a plus
• Motion graphics and video editing experience with proficiency in After Effects and Premiere Pro a plus

Education and/or Experience

• Graphic design work experience – freelance or full/part-time/internship employment – required
• Undergraduate or associate’s degree in graphic design – preferred

Communication Skills

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret creative briefs and HTML/CSS code
• Ability to effectively present information to national and regional marketing team members

Critical Thinking

• Understand, resolve conflict, and create balance between competing priorities of production and local brand identities

• Solve layout and information design challenges within specifications of requested deliverable
• Create deliverables with a mind on the accessibility of those assets by audiences with different physical and cognitive abilities

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to use a computer, keyboard and mouse (or equivalent).

Acknowledgement

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Employees will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.

Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

The John Gore Organization is an equal opportunity employer and affords equal employment opportunity to all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, gender, creed, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other legally protected classification under local, state or federal laws.

HIRING PRACTICES

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification or position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

The John Gore Organization’s recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. The John Gore Organization may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, Internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.