Creative Design Manager (Graphic Designer)
Creative Design Manager (Graphic Designer)
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12-06-2025
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Monthly Salary
$ 56200 - 70300
Vacancy
1 Vacancy
Posted on :
12-06-2025
Job Description
Position Title: Creative Design Manager (Graphic Designer)
Reports To:Senior Marketing & Communications Officer
Pay Grade E: $56200 - $70300
Position Status: Full Time
FLSA Status: Exempt
Posting Dates: June 10 2025 - June 20 2025
About KZCF:
KZCF established in 1925 has the vision of Kalamazoo County being the most equitable place to live with the mission to mobilize people resources and expertise and to advance racial social and economic justice. Learn more at .
Core Values:
Center Anti-Racism
Nurture Healing and Love
Cultivate Transformative Relationships
Serve the Greater Good
Learn and Grow
Embrace Joy
Position Summary:
The Creative Design Manager plays an integral role in creating design and layout for the Kalamazoo Community Foundations (KZCF) website social media publications events presentations signage and more. This role will in collaboration with the Senior Marketing & Communications Officerr and the Chief People & Public Policy Officer in increasing KZCFs visibility among key target audiences; educating the entire Kalamazoo County community and beyond about KZCFs mission and services through your art engaging existing stakeholders to continue their passion for the Foundations mission.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
Content Creation
- Envision and design all social media graphics both independently and in coordination with other members of the organization
- Create and develop all design elements for reports events training materials merchandise and other activities as requested
- Assist the communications team in the development of digital campaigns
- Track and report on the effectiveness of design initiatives as part of the teams larger data reporting efforts
- Create GIFs videos and other visual materials for use in email and social media campaigns
- Engage with alumni elected officials and partner organizations to collect stories manage projects and gather stories to be used in communications materials
- In coordination with the full communications team develop strategy to increase brand visibility and engagement across all platforms
- Maintain clear organized system to store and share all design materials
- Develop and share timely ideas to respond to current events and/or opportunities for design assets campaigns actions and other ideas. Creativity is welcome!
- Support the organizations on broader communications and training tasks as needed. This can include but is not limited to Giving Tuesday campaigns end of year giving campaigns training coverage on social media endorsement promotion highlighting elected officials work etc.
- In coordination with the Senior Marketing & Communications Officer develop engaging digestible action oriented digital campaigns for both NAL (C3) and NALAF (C4) platforms to mobilize advocates and promote action around organizational priorities and issues
- With the Senior Marketing & Communications Officerr make and implement recommendations for website updates.
Other Duties
- Performs special projects as directed by the Senior Marketing & Communications Officer and the Chief People & Public Policy Officer.
Diversity Inclusion Equity and Anti-Racism:
- Apply an equitable and anti-racist analysis to all functions to achieve organizational goals.
- Embrace support and integrate KZCFs philosophies related to diversity inclusiveness and anti-racism with a willingness to acknowledge and address other forms of bias.
- Ability to confront personal individual and internal systemic bias regarding race age gender gender- identity sexual orientation ability etc. which will require sharing and discussing personal identities related to the work environment.
- Ability to work and navigate emotionally taxing conversations related to power privilege racism and oppression on a regular basis.
- Must have strong emotional intelligence and resiliency skills to lead and/or actively participate in advancing our work relative to racial social and economic justice.
Professionalism:
- Support the mission vision and strategic goals as a part of the Performance Excellence Model of the Community Foundation to serve both internal and external customers.
- Follow and support Community Foundation policies and procedures.
- Evaluate own performance and assumes responsibility for professional development.
- Embrace philosophy of one actively engaged in lifelong learning.
- Demonstrate and models Process documentation for clarity and consistency.
- Maintain current knowledge of all changes affecting area of work.
- Conduct self in a professional manner and follows and support the core values commitments and behaviors.
- Maintain appropriate professional appearance and confidentiality.
Engagement/Participation:
- Actively represents KZCF at community-based meetings and events which may require evening and weekend engagement throughout the year
- Actively participate in meetings committees and volunteer opportunities within the organization
- Apply an anti-racism analysis and engage with others in support of learning ways to advance collective DEI understanding and skills.
- Participate as a team member utilizing a collaborative style to achieve mutual goals.
- Provide proactive creative cross-functional thinking and ideas to enhance services to customers.
- Demonstrate ability to work effectively with others.
Knowledge Skills & Abilities:
Required:
- Bachelors degree in graphic design communications marketing or related field or an equivalent combination of training and relevant work experience.
- Ability in photography and photo editing
- Some relevant experience with a proven track record of success and/or recommendations by teachers mentors or freelance clients
- High proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite with a proficiency in Canva and other design programs and social media applications
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and in video editing software a plus
- Highly organized creative and self-motivated with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple
- projects simultaneously
- Strong interpersonal and networking skills among diverse constituent groups
- Willingness to work some evenings and weekends
Preferred:
- Existing knowledge of the local community and philanthropic landscape a plus
- Portfolio of applicable communications work from current or past employment (i.e. press releases social media posts articles etc)
- Some knowledge of Canva or similar graphic design software.
- Some knowledge of marketing software such as customer relationship management and content management systems.
Physical/Mental Requirements:
- While working virtually must ensure remote environment has consistent access to high-speed internet generally free from distractions.
- Work in well-lit pleasant smoke-free office.
- Must be able to sit for long periods of time.
- Frequent requirement to stand; walk; use hands to finger handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms
- Frequently involves extended workdays and periodically involves irregular work hours.
- Regular group and public speaking.
- Occasional travel and/or overnight work schedules.
- Requires attention to detail and ability to concentrate on figures paperwork data etc.
- Frequent pressures related to meeting deadlines and fulfilling scheduling requirements.
- Frequent distracting influences such as people phone calls noise and so forth.
- Frequent simultaneous handling of multiple tasks and intermittent or cyclical work pressures.
- Occasionally requires on-call availability to handle work problems emergencies/crisis situations etc.
- Occasional work at multiple sites or travel.
Additional Eligibility Qualifications
The Kalamazoo Community Foundation shall not discriminate on the basis of race color religion (creed) gender gender expression age national origin (ancestry) disability marital status sexual orientation or military status in any of its activities or operations. These activities include hiring and termination of staff selecting volunteers selecting vendors and providing services.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
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