Graphic Design Manager

Job Title: Graphic Design Manager

Department: Marketing & Communications

Reports to: Creative Director

Status: Regular, Full-time, Exempt (Professional Exemption).

Summary:

The Graphic Design Manager realizes a broad range of visual projects to support the organization’s marketing and communications needs in addition to internal clients from a variety of departments.

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Essential Job Functions:

• Support the organization through leadership of creative design in all relevant projects.
• Maintain the Houston Symphony brand identity, ensuring consistency across all designed materials while constantly evaluating, modernizing, and optimizing all products.
• Lead design and management of the monthly printed program magazine, InTune, and all standalone programs. Includes design, organization, delivery and coordination with advertising sales representative (external), proofreader and printer.
• Oversee production and design of print materials, including brochures, inserts, calendars, postcards, signage, and posters.
• Oversee digital design projects including social and website graphics, show promotional trailers, animated graphics, etc.
• Collaborate with Creative Director, Marketing Director, and Senior Director of Marketing on concepts for each campaign and advise on design to best serve the projects.
• Schedule, delegate, and prioritize graphic design projects for the design department. Includes management of Graphics and Media Designer and freelance designers.
• Project manage jobs from start to finish, including print bids, production, printing oversight and print delivery.
• Work collaboratively with members of the marketing team as well as other departments.
• Work concert duty as required. Must be able to work some evenings and weekends, usually once or twice a month as needed.
• Perform additional duties as required by the Houston Symphony.

• Bachelor’s degree and/or formal training in graphic design
• 3–5 years job experience in graphic design and print production
• Strong design portfolio with print and digital examples
• Expertise in Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator required
• Experience in Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro preferred  
• Basic conceptual understanding of marketing preferred
• Strong digital illustration skills a plus
• Ability to take design direction and adapt to constructive criticism
• Experience with leading projects from start to finish and coordinating with various stakeholders to achieve desired results
• Familiarity with print production with knowledge of printing processes and materials preferred
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including good proofreading skills
• Positive attitude with a team approach to project conception and completion
• Excellent organizational skills and detail-oriented approach a mustBottom of Form
• Ability to lift 25-pound boxes, and load/transport materials as needed