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Large Healthcare Organization seeks Graphic Designer to join their team!

Role Summary
The Graphic Designer is responsible for creating, preparing, optimizing, and producing digital and print-ready artwork that meets customer requirements, brand standards, and production specifications. The role combines creative design expertise with technical pre-press knowledge to ensure high-quality output across digital and printed communications.
Working as part of a customer-focused service delivery team, the Graphic Designer manages artwork throughout the production lifecycle, from job intake and design development through proofing, production, and file management. The role partners with clients, internal stakeholders, and external print suppliers to deliver projects as designed and in accordance with service level agreements.
Key Responsibilities
Design & Artwork Production
Work creatively within established corporate and client branding guidelines.
Create, edit, revise, and prepare artwork and graphic design solutions for digital and print applications.
Develop layouts, collateral materials, forms, and visual communications that meet customer and brand requirements.
Produce accurate artwork, typesetting, and document formatting for professional publication and reproduction.
Modify document layouts, impositions, and formats to achieve optimal finished results.
Re-engineer documents for migration from offset to digital print environments when required.

Pre-Press & Print Production
Prepare and inspect files to ensure print readiness before release to production.
Verify fonts, image resolution, image registration, color settings, and technical specifications.
Apply color management, color correction, trapping, image editing, and other pre-press techniques to optimize output quality.
Maintain expertise in digital and lithographic printing processes and associated limitations.
Review digital proofs, conduct quality checks within documents, and send approved files for production.
Customer & Stakeholder Management
Serve as a point of contact for design requests, job intake, and project communications.
Advise customers on effective visual communication and production solutions as needed.
Provide project updates and maintain clear communication throughout the production lifecycle.
Respond to customer inquiries, resolve issues, or escalate as appropriate.
Build productive relationships with customers, team members, suppliers, and production partners.
Workflow & Project Management
Track design projects through workflow management systems & excel document.
Coordinate designs with production timelines, budgets (if applicable), and expected customer delivery schedules.
Monitor project progress to ensure deadlines are achieved.
Archive, store, back up, and manage digital assets and files for future use and retrieval for internal team and external design team reviews within the designated SharePoint site.
Maintain accurate records and electronic file management practices.
Quality, Compliance & Continuous Improvement
Perform quality inspections before, during, and after production.
Ensure adherence to brand standards, audit requirements, and customer specifications.
Follow data protection, copyright, security, and document management requirements; no AI use permitted.
Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in design and print production.
Requirements
Education
Associate degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Fine Arts, School of Arts, or related discipline required.
Bachelor's degree in arts, Graphic Design, or related field preferred.
Additional training in graphic arts, template creation, print technology, networking, or related technical disciplines is advantageous.
Experience
Minimum 2-5 years of professional graphic design with digital print experience preferred. Design in Healthcare industry is advantageous.
Demonstrated ability to maintain and apply client brand standards.
Proven experience preparing artwork for print production and pre-press workflows.
Experience managing projects through design, proofing, production, and delivery stages.
Professional portfolio showcasing creative and technical design capabilities.
Experience with project management or similar application, i.e. Adobe Workfront - an enterprise work management software