Graphic Designer

Who We Are

We are a company built upon a common belief that senior living communities can and should be places of vibrancy and life. We honor recognize and empower the extraordinary team members on this journey with us knowing we are making the world of elderhood better together. Our individual differences life experiences knowledge unique capabilities and talent are significant to our culture resident experience and achievements!

What We Offer

• Benefits for all team members regardless of employment status:
  • Accrue vacation and sick time starting your first day!
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan after 90 days with employer match after one year.
  • Financial wellness education program.
  • Wellness and Fitness Resources with savings discounts.
  • Early access pay options
  • Career growth through ongoing training programs and mentorship opportunities.
• Additional benefits for full-time team members
  • Medical Dental Vision and Voluntary Benefit options
  • Employee and Family Assistance Program to support your emotional wellness.
  • Education reimbursement program.

If you are guided by goodness loyalty faith and fun and think you would be a good fit for our organization we would love to talk with you! With a resume or an application you are one step closer to this exciting opportunity!

POSITION OVERVIEW

Graphic Designer supports Compass Senior Living communities and Home Office initiatives by creating accurate engaging and on-brand visual communications across print and digital formats. The role independently manages multiple projects priorities timelines approvals and stakeholder communications while maintaining organized company-accessible design files and resources.

This position partners with community teams regional leaders Home Office departments vendors and other designers to translate business needs into effective creative solutions. The Graphic Designer is responsible for protecting brand consistency supporting companywide and community-specific campaigns coordinating specialized production maintaining assigned design systems and resources and providing training and process support.

Success in this role requires strong attention to detail organization responsiveness sound judgment and dependable follow-through. The Graphic Designer proactively communicates project status and barriers performs thorough quality-control reviews and ensures final materials are accurate properly formatted accessible to the Company and delivered within established timelines.

SUPERVISOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• This position does not have direct supervisory responsibilities unless otherwise assigned.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Graphic Design & Project Management

• Manage multiple concurrent graphic design projects with clear priorities realistic timelines and dependable follow-through.
• Review incoming requests for completeness urgency scope and required approvals; clarify missing information promptly.
• Confirm receipt of requests establish expected timelines create proofs manage revisions secure approvals and deliver final files in required formats.
• Maintain visibility of active pending blocked and completed projects and coordinate workload or coverage with other designers as needed.
• Provide day-to-day creative support for assigned regions and assigned Home Office work.
• Provide proactive status updates and identify barriers decisions or approvals needed before they affect deadlines.
• Use established request proofing approval and archiving processes consistently.

Brand & Collateral Management

• Maintain corporate and community logo libraries brand assets approved templates and related creative resources.
• Create and update business cards envelopes folders letterhead name badges notecards review cards QR cards rate materials tiered sheets brochures referral cards meal cards and other collateral.
• Support uniforms recruitment materials Warm Welcome items promotional products and other branded materials.
• Maintain editable source files print-ready files web-ready files and archived versions in organized company-accessible locations.
• Identify outdated or discontinued materials and remove them from active use in accordance with established processes.

Campaigns Events & Community Support

• Develop and maintain companywide and community-specific campaign and incentive graphics.
• Create community-branded versions of campaign materials and track completion across assigned communities.
• Create community-branded move-in and open-to-the-public event graphics and provide the various file formats required for use.
• Retain master templates and approved final versions to support efficient future updates.

Specialized Design & Production

• Create and coordinate specialized projects such as bus wraps flyer footers signage and other nonstandard formats.
• Support logo development and marketing collateral for new acquisitions rebrands and community transitions as assigned.
• Prepare production files using appropriate dimensions bleeds color profiles resolution and export settings.
• Coordinate vendor estimates proofs ordering production delivery and issue resolution for assigned projects.
• Perform quality-control reviews for spelling grammar branding dimensions contact details links print specifications and overall accuracy before release.

Systems & Platform Administration

• Maintain the SharePoint Graphic Design section libraries instructions links and current resources.
• Maintain Formsite forms used by Graphic Design Digital Marketing Employee Status Accounting/EHR and other assigned workflows including routing notifications administrators and documentation.
• Maintain Alpha Impressions collateral product information and one community login/access record per community.
• Maintain a clear and transparent project-tracking system including project details templates deadlines status updates and records. Example: Asana.
• Ensure platform ownership design assets and business files remain organized and under company-controlled accounts.

Training & Team Support

• Schedule and conduct Graphic Design Process training for new team members as assigned.
• Maintain training presentations written instructions examples and attendance records.
• Provide clear guidance regarding request submission proof review approvals and established graphic design processes.
• Keep training sessions organized on time and focused on the documented process.
• Collaborate professionally and efficiently with community teams regional leaders Home Office partners vendors and other designers.

Reporting Communication & Accountability

• Provide weekly written project status updates by established deadlines.
• Report completed work current priorities upcoming deadlines barriers and decisions needed.
• Escalate timeline risks before they affect launches events printing or community operations.
• Arrive prepared for one-on-one and project meetings with current status progress and next steps.
• Document significant project decisions and keep requestors informed through completion.
• Maintain awareness of active requests and communications so each project has a clear owner status deadline and next action.

Success Indicators

• Priority projects have a clear owner status deadline and next action.
• Requestors receive timely communication without repeated follow-up from leadership.
• Final materials are accurate on brand properly formatted and easy to locate.
• Time-sensitive initiatives are identified and advanced before deadlines become urgent.
• Training and support interactions are clear professional and appropriately paced.
• Leadership can understand current workload and risk from the project tracker and weekly update.
• Barriers or potential timeline impacts are communicated promptly to leadership so appropriate support can be provided.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Associate or bachelors degree in graphic design visual communications marketing or a related field preferred; equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may be considered.
• Professional graphic design experience producing both print and digital materials.
• Demonstrated proficiency with professional design software and tools used to create edit prepare and export production-ready creative materials.
• Experience managing multiple projects stakeholders revisions approvals and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Portfolio demonstrating strong layout typography branding and production skills.
• Experience supporting multi-location organizations senior living healthcare hospitality or a related service industry is preferred.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Strong understanding of graphic design principles typography layout branding color image resolution and print-production requirements.
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to independently proof work for accuracy and brand consistency.
• Strong organizational project-management prioritization and time-management skills.
• Clear professional written and verbal communication and the ability to translate stakeholder needs into effective creative solutions.
• Ability to manage competing priorities adapt to changing needs and communicate risks or barriers proactively.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with individuals across communities departments leadership levels and external vendors.
• Working knowledge of file organization version control digital asset management and company-controlled cloud collaboration environments.
• Ability to learn and maintain workflow platforms and systems used by the organization including SharePoint Formsite Asana vendor portals and related tools.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Creative Problem Solving
• Brand Stewardship
• Quality & Accuracy
• Project Management
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Accountability
• Organization
• Adaptability
• Customer Service
• Initiative
• Dependability

TRAVEL

Occasional travel may be required to support community projects meetings training production needs new community openings acquisitions rebrands or other organizational initiatives.

Compass Senior Living provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

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