Job Description
Marketing Coordinator / Graphic Designer
JOB FUNCTION: Coordinator of Marketing
REPORTING TO: Marketing & Communications Manager
Coordinates and implements marketing design projects with responsibilities that include public relations, special events management, advertising, and creating brand awareness. Organizes the preparation of proposals and presentations, such as brochures, data, slides, photographs, and reports. Prepare status reports on marketing efforts. May require a degree in area of specialty and 0-2 years of experience in the field or in a related area. Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within graphic design. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks. Works under general supervision. A certain degree of creativity and latitude is required. Reports to a supervisor or manager.
Essential Functions:
· Receives work assignments from marketing communications manager based on current needs, experience of the specialist and specialist's particular strengths in advertising or communications.
· Meets with appropriate sales or marketing representative to discuss communication needs or participates as a member of the sales and marketing team.
· Reviews literature in the assigned marketing project, previous marketing materials used in the assignment area, and gathers materials of competitive companies in the field.
· Researches and develops sketches of supporting graphics, and consults with printing firm representatives on the needs of the particular project. Presents recommendations to marketing manager or committee.
· May develop and coordinate multimedia packages—letters, brochures, video, point-of-purchase displays—for particular assignments.
· Develops direct mail programs, as dictated by the assignment, and monitors roll-out of the campaign and checks for success level at conclusion.
· Develops layouts as part of campaign materials and presents to advertising manager for review and approval.
Additional Responsibilities:
1. May staff company booth or exhibit at trade and community fairs.
2. May be referral person for questions on department communications materials.
Qualifications:
1. A degree in graphic design, preferred.
2. Two years of graphic design experience, preferably in a product marketing environment.
3. Superior graphics skills, plus demonstrated skills to handle a variety of assignments simultaneously.
4. Ability to work under deadline pressure and extra hours if needed on assignments.
SALARY: $10 / hour
$10 an hour ... you want some to ceate an idenity for your company for $10 an hour ...... way to undervalue your company!!! The sad part is someone will take it for $10 an hour.
