Graphic Designer - Industrial Safety Supply Distributor - Base Salary to 65k/year - Lanham, MD

• Our client is a full line industrial and safety products distributor.  They have been in business for over 40 years and sell primarily to local and state governments, along with fire and law enforcement, and emergency response.  They are looking for an enthusiastic Graphic Designer to support their busy marketing team.  This position will work out of their corporate office in Lanham, MD. The Graphic Designer position works closely with the Director of Marketing and the entire marketing department to develop and design marketing resources supporting multiple brands and sales channels.  This includes brand and logo development, corporate materials, website and social media graphics, digital, e-blasts, advertising and signage for the company, advertising for manufacturer partners, national promotions, flyers, brochures and more.
• The Graphic Designer is responsible for ensuring that the companies brand identities are accurately represented and carried out in everything they do.  This is a high production position that must be able to adapt to changing schedules and meet tight deadlines.

Responsibilities:

• Create scalable marketing/design solutions, templates and processes to efficiently support the sales team
• Create and edit multiple market-based product catalogs
• Design sales literature, brochures and resources
• Build out graphics for multiple websites, social media, e-blasts and other digital needs
• Utilize photo editing software to create high quality market and product-based images and advertisements
• Utilize Adobe Creative Suite design products, especially InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop, to create images of varying sizes for use in print and digital channels
• Create graphics and templates for company projects
• Create high resolution print quality graphics for advertisements
• Work with Director of Marketing on tradeshow graphics and imagery
• Work closely with Marketing Coordinator on sales team requests and branding assets
• Work with Social Media Coordinator on all social media imagery and advertisements
• Work with website team on updating web graphics and landing pages as needed
• Communicate with manufacturer representatives for marketing needs and brand guidelines
• Support each department with design needs
• Ensure quality, accuracy, and proper brand representation on all projects
• Updates and maintains Library’s brand style guide
• Uses Microsoft apps (Outlook, Word, Excel) and Google docs
• Participates in staff meetings and work sessions

Qualifications:

• Certificate or Associates degree in graphic design; Bachelor’s degree preferred
• 2+ years of consistent, successful graphic design experience may substitute for degree
• A strong portfolio with outstanding digital and print design work that demonstrates abilities
• A strong understanding of design principles and proven ability to produce compelling digital and print designs
• Highly developed skills using Adobe Creative Suite products, including InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Adobe XD and Acrobat Pro
• Experience in Microsoft Office Products
• Experience in Social Media advertising and imagery
• Knowledge of website platform, Wordpress.
• Knowledge of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) 

Compensation:

• Base salary in the 55k – 65k/year range plus annual bonus
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• 401k Program, etc.