Graphic Designer/ Brand Designer

Who We Need:

This position will help support Southwest Funding with various brand-level marketing needs through design to create visual materials that represent the company’s brand and style standards. You will be responsible for producing specific creative pieces from concept to execution for various creative needs specifically for the company’s internal marketing efforts.

What You Will Do:

• Creates and maintains image and icon libraries for both static and motion assets.
• Understands and solves brand, marketing, and business-orientated problems with minimal to no need for supervision.
• Breaks down meeting notes into actionable design tasks where applicable and apply those takeaways to independently design assets for final review.
• Works comfortably both individually and with internal and external partners and teams.
• Takes final design direction from Marketing Lead, even if it varies from the feedback given by cross-functional teammates.
• Follows the direction of the Marketing Lead and works well with other designers and writers throughout the creative process.
• Has the ability to shift between differing brand identities depending on the project or material needed.
• Seeks approval and feedback as necessary and saves all assets in specific folders for others to easily access and utilize.
• Performs creative asset research for marketing materials and clearly visualizes target audiences to meet brand and business goals.
• Has the ability to balance and deliver multiple projects with differing and aggressive timelines, deliverables, and expectations.
• Executes brand identity to shape the look and feel of both digital and physical concepts.
• Practices clean and organized file and asset management skills
• Other projects as required, including but not limited to: long form guides and eBooks, motion assets such as GIFs, presentation design, and the creation of form-fill documents.
• Has the ability to move a project along by following the project management process and not relying on a project manager to do so for you.
• Creates social media posts for varying brands and social networks on a tight timeline.
• Effectively and efficiently translates creative thinking into visuals and leads and develops the graphic design function within the creative team.

What You Need:

• Ability to work and communicate with the team in an online collaboration platform.
• Must be fluent in Google Apps (i.e., Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, etc.).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills is a must.
• Digital and physical brand-building experience is a plus.
• Video and motion graphic knowledge is a plus.
• Mortgage, financial services, or banking experience/knowledge is a plus.
• Must be fluent in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, etc.)
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in fine arts, graphic design, or marketing.
• 5+ years of experience in a graphic design role. (provide portfolio for examples)

What We Offer:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• 401(k)
• Opportunity for growth
• Strength, stability, and vision
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off