Senior Graphic Designer - Cambridge, MA

Job Description

Senior Graphic Designer - Cambridge, MA

Cambridge, MA /

Marketing /

Full-time

CIC is looking for a creative Senior Graphic Designer to join a growing team of marketing professionals, copywriters, and strategists in developing comprehensive marketing campaign visual materials for various markets globally.

Working closely with the Global Marketing Director and Marketing team, you would be responsible for ideating, creating, and collaborating with team members to present effective campaigns. From brand identity and web presence to media and end user materials, you will grow brand awareness through compelling visual materials.

ABOUT CIC

CIC is a global leader in building and operating innovation communities. Founded in 1999 in Cambridge, MA, CIC is one of the first companies to offer flexible office space and coworking options, providing a platform for the world's most impactful entrepreneurs to innovate better and faster.

We have locations in Boston, Cambridge... Miami, Philadelphia, Providence, Rotterdam, St. Louis, Warsaw, and Tokyo and are growing into other cities, within the US and abroad. CIC has supported over 6,000 startups, growth companies, and branches of larger organizations, representing for-profit, mission-driven, and non-profit sectors across a wide array of industries.

CIC co-founded a number of mission-aligned organizations including Venture Cafe, CIC's primary non-profit programming partner, and CIC Health, offering COVID-19 testing services to companies and the public.

We invite you to explore all our openings and learn more about our teams here .

YOUR DAY-TO-DAY WORK

You will join our CIC's growing marketing team to ensure CIC's visual identity supports the global growth and expansion of our products and services. The work will focus on external materials branded in recognizable and easily digestible ways, and internal support materials to support clients and staff. Some work will be independent while other work will require collaboration with external creative agencies and other CIC teams, such as local CIC centers' events and relationship management teams.

Your responsibilities will include:

• In collaboration with the Manager, planning and developing all necessary graphic communication materials for marketing assets (physical and digital), supporting the creation of social media assets.
• Designing, reviewing and overseeing communications around materials being created from the visual and graphic perspective.
• Creating a variety of deck templates and appealing marketing materials as needed by CIC teams.
• Support the strengthening of consumer brand awareness through compelling graphic storytelling.
• Project managing production plans and timelines for all visual projects - digital and print.
• Managing and mentoring the Social Media Coordinator with regards to all visual graphics.
• Managing and mentoring a junior graphic designer as the team expands.

ABOUT YOU

Our ideal candidate is a service-minded individual who is reliable, clever, and able to work independently. As CIC responds and grows with the shifting realities of the pandemic, you will demonstrate poise, flexibility, and acuity to make week to week adjustments. You are experienced with creative direction, art direction, and graphic storytelling all in the service of graphic design development and production.

More specifically, as our ideal candidate, you:

• Have strong visual as well as written and verbal communication.
• Work well in a highly collaborative environment and team.
• Demonstrate meticulous attention to detail.
• Are well versed with translating concepts and ideas into easily digestible visual formats.

YOU HAVE

• At least 10 years of professional experience.
• Exquisite design sensibilities both in graphic and digital design. (Dev experience is a plus.)
• Possess excellent knowledge and understanding of printing. Experience with photography and illustration (a plus).
• A high level of proficiency with the Adobe Creative Suite tools and squarespace, animation and other digital platforms (a plus).
• Experience working in any of these fields: hospitality, entertainment, retail, or real estate. Start-up-to-growth organizations (a plus and not required).

As of August 2021, a condition of employment for all new CIC employees in the U.S. is full COVID-19 vaccination, more details will be shared during the interview process.

If you don't meet all the requirements or qualifications but bring some other unique skills and Iexperience that would be valuable in this role, please apply and highlight those attributes for us in your cover letter.

OUR OFFER

• Starting compensation is commensurate with experience.
• 100% company paid premium healthcare and dental benefits.
• 100% company paid long and short-term disability, and life insurance.
• 401k (must be 21+).
• Three weeks of vacation (more with seniority) plus thirteen holidays from the start.

ATTRACTIONS OF THE JOB

In addition to helping our clients achieve great things, we work to ensure that our employees are healthy and supported. Some of the benefits of being here include:

• Fun people in a dynamic space. We pride ourselves on finding driven and bright collaborators who are eager to lend their own unique skills to the team, as well as to our inspiring clientele. The number one reason CICers say they like working here is because of their colleagues!
• Personal growth. This is a great opportunity to learn and develop skills within the epicenter of the innovation community at a growing company.
• Discounted services and memberships on tools to make your life happier/healthier such as gym memberships, tech and design support, hotel stays, and other fantastic options.
• Central CIC location and remote work available.
• Free weekly COVID-19 testing when required to work on site.

CIC is committed to building teams that reflect the fabric of the cities we support. We welcome all candidates regardless of race, color, ancestry, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, Veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Any other human expressions and experiences not mentioned here are equally welcome. If you require an accommodation please let us know. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer