Graphic Design Manager

Graphic Design Manager

Job Level: W2T Consultant

Job Location: Remote

Travel Expectations: 0%

Job Classification: Temporary (W2T), Contractor (1099)

Join Centric Consulting - A Culture You'll Love

At Centric Consulting, we've cultivated a unique approach to business. Our business is built on three fundamental principles: Enjoy the people you work with, have fun, and do great work. These principles define our consulting model and have crafted one of the most vibrant cultures in the consulting industry - celebrating individuals, collaboration, and lifelong friendships.

In this role, you will:

• Serve as a design subject matter expert to all within Centric Consulting, which means regularly communicating with stakeholders to set expectations and present design thinking and rationale.
• Lead initiatives to evolve the Centric brand look and feel across all digital and print channels.
• Maintain, update and modernize brand materials, including brand guidelines, sales presentations, one-pagers, RFP responses, advertisements and other marketing collateral.
• Build, cultivate and maintain a strong design network. This includes:
  
  
  
  • Establishing a bench of design resources/contractors to support department needs as they ebb and flow.
  • Managing the recruitment, vetting, hiring and training process of new contractors.
  • Assisting in the sourcing of other creative vendors including video, animation, and photography, while also managing project deliverables of those vendors as needed to ensure brand alignment.
  • Inspiring, motivating and educating graphic designers to deliver innovative design concepts that generate business value while ensuring brand consistency.
  
  
  
  
• Handle the design request intake and fulfillment process. This includes:
  
  
  
  • Vetting project and task requests as they come into the queue to determine needs, lead times, determining assignment (whether you'll keep or assign to a contractor), and communicating with stakeholders until completion.
  • Assigning project work, as needed, to contractors and handling design feedback and questions.
  • Collaborating with other marketing team members using our project management software (Asana) and Microsoft Teams to ensure project success.
  
  
  
  
• Serve as the lead designer charged with taking complex ideas and translating them into powerful designs across web, email, social and print mediums. This includes:
  
  
  
  • PowerPoint Presentations
  • Infographics
  • Whitepapers
  • Blog Graphics
  • Social Media Graphics
  • Landing Pages
  • Emails
  • Advertising Campaigns
  
  
  
  
• Craft compelling creative concepts that balance strategy, design creativity and alignment to business and marketing goals.
• Organize and maintain brand asset library and all design guidelines, files and processes, stock photo repository, etc.
• Work at a fast pace on multiple projects without compromising quality.
• Use resources efficiently, meet deadlines, and keep others informed of work plans and progress toward goals.

Who You Are:

• Minimum 10-15 years of experience in marketing design; agency experience and/or in-house B2B highly preferred. Project and people management experience required.
• Must provide an online portfolio that demonstrates brand, marketing and design work.
• Bachelor's degree in a communications or creative field required.
• Experience with creating visuals and designing master templates in Microsoft PowerPoint required.
• Excellent knowledge of and hands-on skills in the latest software versions across the Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, Acrobat) and PowerPoint capabilities.
• Experience with CSS, HTML and marketing automation platforms (Marketo) preferred.
• Ability to ideate and execute on-brand design deliverables, communicating design rationale clearly and effectively.
• Organization, flexibility, and a passion for graphic design and marketing.
• Ability to balance creative vision with business goals
• Ability to gracefully defend your design decisions to senior leadership and advocate for quality work that supports brand and business objectives.
• Problem solving mastery with ability to react to directional changes and ambiguity quickly and positively across multiple projects
• Polished illustration, photography, and creative motion graphics skills are a plus.

Total Rewards:

We proudly offer competitive compensation, a comprehensive and well-rounded benefits package for full-time employees that have been designed to nourish your well-being, such as health coverage, wellness programs, 401K company match, self-managed PTO, and other unique incentives that celebrate your accomplishments.

• Remote and Hybrid Work
• Time Off When You Need It
• Benefits That Flex
• Professional Development

While benefits eligibility may vary for roles that are not full-time, we provide unique opportunities for growth, skill development, and more. Regardless of your role, you'll be part of a collaborative environment where every team member contributes to our shared success.

Discover more about our benefits by exploring additional details here benefits.

Who We Are:

Founded in 1999 with a remote workforce, we combine the benefits of experience, flexibility, and cost efficiency to create tailored solutions centered on what's best for businesses. Now numbering more than 1,400 employees in the U.S. and India, we're committed to solving clients' toughest problems and delivering on our mission of providing unmatched experiences.

Our purpose at Centric Consulting is to bringunmatched experiencesto clients and employees. These aren't just words we use - it's how we became a company and who we are today. Providing an unmatched experience means we approach each other as human beings and lead with empathy and humility. It means we work diligently to ensure we are a place where everyone can create a sense of belonging and feel respected for who they are.

What Makes Centric a Great Place to Work?

We know that creating and sustaining an authentically welcoming culture requires that we all play a part inpromotingdiversity, equity, and inclusion, from our business practice to how we show up for employees and communities. This is how we bringour mission and core valuesto life, working together to provide the highestqualityservices to our clients while allowing our employees to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team if you require accommodations during the application or interview process.