Senior Graphic Designer

**Senior Graphic Designer** Westminster University **Position Type: Full-Time, BenefitedWork Location: Westminster University Campus1840 South 1300 EastSalt Lake City, UT 84105** **Position Summary:** The Senior Graphic Designer is a key creative member within Westminster University's Office of Marketing, Communication, and Events. Reporting to the Director of Marketing, this role serves as the university's visual brand steward, ensuring consistency and excellence across print, digital, social, advertising, and editorial materials. Working under the creative direction of the Director of Marketing and in collaboration with the Junior Graphic Designer, the Senior Graphic Designer brings ideas to the table, contributes creative concepts and campaign thinking, and translates strategic objectives into compelling visual solutions. This role is responsible for executing and evolving Westminster's brand across print, digital, social, and editorial platforms while maintaining high visual standards and cohesion. The ideal candidate combines strong design skills with strategic thinking, proactively identifying creative opportunities and bringing fresh ideas to projects while collaborating closely with marketing, communications, events, web, and campus partners. **Minimum Qualifications:** - Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, or a related field - 3+ years of professional graphic design experience, with meaningful time spent in an agency or client-facing environment - Strong portfolio demonstrating brand campaign work, multi-channel execution, and design across print, digital, social, and web, with a strong understanding of visual design principles—including layout, hierarchy, typography, contrast, and composition—and exceptional attention to detail - Demonstrated experience in client-facing roles, including asking the right questions, presenting concepts, and navigating feedback - Familiarity with tools campus clients commonly use, including Canva and PowerPoint, to support and guide them effectively - Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and deliver on tight deadlines without sacrificing quality - Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma - Exceptional written, verbal, and visual communication skills **Preferred Qualifications:** - Experience with motion graphics or basic animation (Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, or similar) - Illustration skills or, alternatively, demonstrated experience writing briefs for and managing illustrators and specialty creatives - Experience working in higher education or similarly complex institutional environments **Essential Duties and Responsibilities:** **CREATIVE DIRECTION AND BRAND** - Execute Westminster's visual brand across print, digital, social, advertising, and editorial materials - Contribute creative concepts, campaign ideas, and strategic design solutions that advance university goals, strengthen Westminster's brand, and elevate projects from concept through execution. - Partner with the Director of Marketing and MarComm teams to translate institutional priorities into compelling visual communications, using strategic design thinking to create effective solutions across multiple channels - Ensure consistency, quality, and brand alignment across all university marketing and communications materials **BRAND OPERATIONS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT** - Participate in project intake alongside the Director of Marketing, bringing curiosity and design-specific questions to help define project goals and creative briefs. - Manage individual design projects and deadlines in collaboration with the Director of Marketing to ensure high-quality, timely execution - Strategize, design, and produce the Westminster Review magazine, annual event invitations, and other institutional editorial publications in print and digital formats - Manage and maintain university-wide design templates, including Canva, PowerPoint, and other branded resources, ensuring acces…