Graphic Designer

THE JOHN GORE ORGANIZATION is the leading presenter, distributor, and marketer of Broadway theatre worldwide.  Under the leadership of theater producer and owner John Gore, its family of companies includes Broadway Across America, Broadway.com, The Broadway Channel, BroadwayBox.com and Group Sales Box Office.  Its productions span Broadway, Off Broadway, London’s West End, Japan and 48 North American markets. It has won Tonys in every producing category as well as numerous other Drama League, Drama Desk and Olivier awards.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and supportive culture, where employees have equal opportunity for growth.

$26.50/hour

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Summary

Broadway Across America (BAA) is the foremost market leader for live touring theatre in North America.

BAA is the leading presenter of touring Broadway, with a presence in 47 regional markets. BAA possesses the local marketing rights, secures the performance venue, manages local event production, and sells tickets. Tickets are sold as subscriptions, groups, eCLUB membership and single tickets. The presenting business is supported by its 4 million name database of ticket buyers, including hundreds of thousands of subscribers, across the United States and Canada.

BAA also owns or operates five historic theaters in Baltimore, Boston and Minneapolis.

The Marketing division of Broadway Across America is seeking a motivated individual to join our in-house creative team on a part-time basis. The ideal candidate is incredibly creative, collaborative, and is always focused on creating assets that are attractive and functional. Our creative team is responsible for laying out and designing marketing collateral for our regional marketing team’s campaigns ­– including responsive and accessible emails, digital display ads, print, outdoor, social media graphics, video editing, etc. The deliverables created by this position would be utilized to execute marketing and advertising plans for hundreds of performances of touring Broadway productions in 25+ cities across North America.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist with concepting, designing, and/or coding marketing collateral, including:
  • Email, digital display, print, outdoor, video, social media graphics, etc., creating balance between the aesthetic of the show’s key artwork and the local brand’s identity.
• Receive feedback from the Director of Creative and/or Senior Graphic Designer, and members of the regional marketing teams and/or productions, and make all necessary changes
• Prioritizing and managing self-workload to see projects to completion, from concept to finished piece
• Collaborating with regional marketing teams to support local marketing initiatives with collateral and various creative

Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Cooperation
  • Establishes and maintains effective relationships
  • Active listener
  • Offers assistance and support to co-workers
  • Work effectively both as an individual or cooperatively in group situations
• Adaptability
  • Able to work around unexpected changes of circumstance or workload
  • Modifies a planned course of action based on new circumstances
  • Changes communication style to achieve the best results
  • Ability to multi-task and work with strict deadlines
  • Able to future-proof and understandably organize work, files, project layers, etc., for future use by self and others on the team
• Functional Competencies
  • Basic knowledge of layouts, typography, composition, color, and other graphic design fundamentals
  • Understanding of web and mobile responsive design and concepts
  • Basic experience with HTML coding
  • Strong visual aesthetics
  • Compelling portfolio of graphic design work
  • Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills
  • Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness

Qualifications a.k.a. KSAOs

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Knowledge and proficiency in HTML coding – must have experience coding emails, websites, etc.
• Knowledge and proficiency with the Adobe Creative Suite – must be strongly proficient in InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator
• Knowledge of HTML5, JavaScript, WordPress, and CSS, a plus
• Motion graphics and video editing experience with proficiency in After Effects and Pre