Marketing Communications Specialist (Graphic Design & Digital Marketing)

Marketing Communications Specialist

Status: Full time 40 hours per week
Classification: Exempt

Lyngblomsten an award-winning Christian nonprofit organization serving older adults through healthcare housing and community-based services is hiring for a Marketing Communications Specialist (Focus Areas: Graphic Design & Digital Marketing). The specialist is responsible for producing and distributing a variety of materials through traditional and digital communication channels with the goal of advancing Lyngblomstens communication and marketing objectives. This position is a blend of graphic design and digital marketing.

The Marketing Communications team serves as an in-house marketing/design/PR agency for Lyngblomsten. We help achieve the mission of bettering the lives of older adults by providing high quality highly relevant work along with advancing Lyngblomstens reputation through strategic public relations transparent constituent communications and solid brand management.

Please submit a cover letter resume and at least three graphic design work samples.

Want to know more Check out the Key Responsibilities below.


Key Responsibilities:

Job focus areas for this Marketing Communications Specialist are graphic design and digital marketing. Key responsibilities include the following:

• Design and produce print and publicity materials (e.g. magazine brochures invitations programs annual reports ads signage) including developing appropriate layouts placing text and photos and preparing correct file formats and sizes
• Prepare project files for turnover to printer and other vendors; interface with vendors especially printing signage mailhouse services and promotional/imprinted items
• Create components (e.g. text graphics slides) for electronic distribution including on websites email campaigns social media channels and slideshows
• Assist clients (i.e. internal departments) with modifying and updating their communication materials (e.g. flyers newsletters)
• Help develop execute manage and monitor digital marketing initiatives specifically email campaigns social media and digital ads
• Help coordinate the ongoing functionality of Lyngblomstens websites including creating testing and deploying new content (e.g. copy web pages/sections submission forms) developing a schedule for reviewing and updating content and interfacing with website vendors for troubleshooting and technical requests
• Take photos and prepare them for print and digital use
• Monitor analytics for digital initiatives (e.g. website traffic email campaigns); provide reporting and recommendations as requested
• Help the team produce videos for promotional informative or educational purposes
• Participate effectively in a team setting and communicate regularly with project stakeholders helping to ensure deliverables meet the project vision specifications and timeline
• Work occasional evenings and weekends as needed

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Bachelors degree in communications graphic design visual communications marketing digital media or related field
• 2 or more years of successful related professional experience
• Strong skills with Adobe Creative Suite programs (InDesign Photoshop Illustrator and Acrobat Pro)
• Comfortable doing design on a PC platform (Windows Suite and Adobe Creative Suite
• Experience preparing print files for production
• Experience interfacing with vendors for print signage mailhouse services and promotional/imprinted items
• Experience with tools used for website content management social media management and CRM
• Experience with basic HTML and CMS (ideally WordPress)
• Knowledge of SEO/SEM best practices and trends and experience optimizing web content accordingly
• Experience designing testing and sending emails as part of marketing campaigns
• Strong writing spelling and proofreading skills
• High degree of accuracy and attention to details
• Experience with digital analytics and online advertising a plus
• Experience taking photos for publications using a DSLR camera a plus
• Experience capturing and editing video footage for marketing projects a plus

Lyngblomsten is an award-winning Christian nonprofit organization serving older adults through healthcare housing and community-based services since 1906. Join our team touch lives and make a difference!

Lyngblomsten does not discriminate in employment on any basis protected by law. Please tell us if you require any special arrangements during the interview process. Upon conditional job offer of employment all applicants will be subject to a State of MN background study.

We offer competitive pay and outstanding benefits paid training and scholarship opportunities.

Our benefits package shows how invested we are in our employees. At 30 hours a week you are eligible for:

• Low employee cost Medical and Dental
• HSA account plus an employer contribution
• Free Employee Life Ins. and LTD insurance
• 200% match of your 2% contribution to a 403B after 1 year
• Flex/PTO starting at 4.62 hours earned per 80 hours. (Up to 3 weeks the first year)
• Short-Term Disability Earn 56 hours per year

Lyngblomsten is an equal employment opportunity organization and affirmative action employer. Minority Disability Veteran LGBTQ.