Senior Layout Designer Jobs in Ohio (NOW HIRING)

The Graphic Designer role involves partnering with the creative team, marketers, and technical staff to support layout and development of informational graphics for proposals, presentations, collateral, technical reports, and general communications. This includes utilizing standard processes, systems, and techniques that contribute to successful and efficient sales/marketing and project (billable) efforts. The position plays a key part in creating visual messages and layout formatting in support of winning new work and expanding awareness of the BC brand. The position is primarily a supportive role working with more senior designers and design leadership.

Responsibilities 

• Develop and apply knowledge of the visual brand assets, tools, templates and processes. 

• Support document layout, graphic and illustration development and revisions for pursuits, presentations, and deliverables.  

• Support slide formatting, interview graphics, animation and revisions for interviews and presentations. 

• Conduct reviews of final layouts, slides, and graphics to suggest improvements, and brand compliance. 

• Leverage existing or previously developed graphics that can be modified for current need. 

• Strive for “zero tolerance” of errors when editing/proofing/spell checking. Schedule time for a senior design review when applicable. 

• Attend team workload meetings and communicate project status and availability to graphic design project leads and supervisors. 

• Effectively manage and prioritize multiple deadlines simultaneously, with help as needed. 

• Adhere to expectations for level of effort, or budgeted hours on all projects. 

• Communicate effectively with design leads on schedule, revisions, and graphic needs through project completion. 

• Seek open design critique from senior-level team members and proactively ask for ways to continue to improve, explore resources, follow processes and guidelines.Ask questions when uncertainty arises. 

• Follow Creative Services standard practices, including standard file structure; project ticket requests; sharing best products, knowledge, and expertise, and actively contributing to Closeout process as defined by the Creative Services design community. 

• Flexibility to adapt and execute various additional assignments based on evolving needs. 

Skills and Competencies 

• Highly proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Acrobat, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop). 

• Able to coordinate and manage multiple tasks and excel in a fast-paced work environment while meeting deadlines. 

• Able to spot mistakes in work and ask for spot-check during review phases. 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to work with various departments to resolve challenges. 

• Desire to learn with a positive, collaborative, solution-seeking attitude. 

• High sense of personal responsibility and accountability. 

Experience 

• Typically, a minimum of 0-2 years of Graphic Design or related experience is required,  

• Experience in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. 

Preferred Experience

• Prior experience and proficiency using Adobe Illustrator or experience creating and manipulating illustrations for marketing materials.

Education 

• A bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, or related field or equivalent experience is required. 

Salary Range: The anticipated starting pay range for this position is based on the employee’s primary work location and may be more or less depending upon skills, experience, and education.  These ranges may be modified in the future.  

You can view which BC location applies to you here. If you have any questions, please speak with your Recruiter.  

Benefits and Other Compensation:  We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee health, performance, and success which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off and parental leave, paid holidays, 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match, performance-based bonus eligibility, employee referral bonuses, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance and long-term care insurance. Click here to see our full list of benefits.  

About Brown and Caldwell   

Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, Brown and Caldwell is a full-service environmental engineering and construction services firm with 50 offices and over 2,100 professionals across North America and the Pacific. For more than 75 years, we have created leading-edge environmental solutions for municipalities, private industry, and government agencies. We strive to be the company of choice—to our clients, who benefit from our passion for delivering exceptional quality, and to our employees, present and future, who share our commitment to client service, collaboration, and innovation. Join us, and you will find a home where you can do your best work, reach new levels of expertise, and enjoy exceptional development opportunities. For more information, visit www.brownandcaldwell.com  

This position is subject to a pre-employment background check and a pre-employment drug test.   

Notice to Third Party Agencies: Brown and Caldwell does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement and approved engagement request with Brown and Caldwell, Brown and Caldwell reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency.    

Brown and Caldwell is proud to be an EEO/AAP Employer. Brown and Caldwell encourages protected veterans, individuals with disabilities, and applicants from all backgrounds to apply. Brown and Caldwell ensures nondiscrimination in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.