[Hiring] Designer @Thrivent

Role Description

In this creative role as Designer, Brand & Integrated Marketing, you will develop design for a range of channels that resonates with various audiences and helps achieve outcomes based on business and marketing objectives. You are comfortable working across digital and traditional channels and can deliver attention-grabbing content that resonates with our audiences, despite complex products and technical requirements. To be successful in this role, you must be able to balance creative thinking and business partner expectations to successfully communicate ideas that meet the project’s objectives. You are an advocate for the brand and challenge yourself to find the best way to apply the visual brand system across mediums and channels and solve problems.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop concepts and designs for a range of traditional and digital brand touchpoints including direct mail, print collateral, social media, digital advertising, email, and event and environmental graphics.
• Build trusted relationships with business partners, recommending the most appropriate method and style of communication to reach a given audience.
• Collaborate with fellow Creative team members to satisfy project needs and meet deadlines.
• Serve as brand steward by educating business partners on guidelines and by consistently applying brand standards to all materials.
• Maintain design skills and a broad knowledge of current trends and production techniques.
• Provide design rationale to team leadership and business partners on how the creative meets project objectives.
• Revise designs based on business partner or team feedback, making sure to deliver the best possible outcome.

Qualifications

• Required: Associate degree or bachelor’s degree (preferred) and 3-5 years of experience in graphic arts, including significant experience in layout, photography, illustration and designing for digital experiences.
• Thorough knowledge of – and experience in – the production of advertising, marketing and promotional materials.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite.
• Ability to work independently under tight deadlines while managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Thorough knowledge of visual design principles.
• Preferred: Experience in financial services or other highly regulated industry.
• Proficiency in Figma.
• Ability to manage input from multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent organizational skills including familiarity with project management platforms.

Benefits

• Various bonuses (including, for example, annual or long-term incentives).
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Health savings account.
• Flexible spending account.
• 401k.
• Pension.
• Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance.
• Disability insurance.
• Supplemental protection insurance.
• 20 days of Paid Time Off each year.
• Sick and Safe Time.
• 10 paid company holidays.
• Volunteer Time Off.
• Paid parental leave.
• EAP.
• Well-being benefits, and other employee benefits.