Regional Graphic Designer

About Aramark

Our Mission

Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet.

At Aramark, we believe that every employee should enjoy equal employment opportunity and be free to participate in all aspects of the company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military status, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

About Aramark

The people of Aramark proudly serve millions of guests every day through food and facilities in 15 countries around the world. Rooted in service and united by our purpose, we strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and our planet. We believe a career should develop your talents, fuel your passions, and empower your professional growth. So, no matter what you're pursuing - a new challenge, a sense of belonging, or just a great place to work - our focus is helping you reach your full potential. Learn more about working here at http://www.aramarkcareers.com or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Job Description

This role is a key member of the Mid-Atlantic Region Marketing Team, which covers all Higher Ed accounts in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland & West Virginia. 

The Regional Graphic Designer is a key member within the creative arm of our group that will support the Region in communication and executes all aspects of the design, layout, and final delivery of complex projects for operations, marketing, meal plans, events, promotions and sales materials.  The Regional Graphic Designer both assists the marketing team and region in all aspects of production design, layout, edits and final delivery, he/she also spearheads and delivers many projects himself/herself. 

Gifted story-teller with the ability to take a statement like, “I have this little idea,” and convert it into a clear, impactful deliverable. Often this is done while collaborating with talented colleagues including our Regional Marketing Director, Sr. District Marketing Managers and Region team members.

Job Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

• Utilize InDesign skills to produce highly complex sales, operations, and internal support materials: flow-in text, insert pictures, apply style guides, page numbers, formatting, spell checking, etc. for a variety of documents.
• Expert PhotoShop skills to deliver graphic design projects, as well as graphic design work requiring an advanced to expert level in Illustrator.
• Support region in internal and external communication and resources.
• Continually improve and demonstrate best practices to peers, clients, and organization.
• Gain clarification, approval, and feedback from team members on projects.
• Assist in the integrity, coordination and organization of shared electronic files.
• Ensure quality assurance for all documents and materials for assigned clients. Ensure corporate identity compliance, high-quality photographs, and accurate content. Maintain quality throughout draft, editorial, and production phases. Participate in production of documents as needed.
• May be required to work non-traditional work hours to accommodate workload and delivery of deadline-driven projects.
• Commitment to and consistent ability to meet project deadlines, while managing multiple client priorities.
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Qualifications

• A positive, can-do attitude with a deep desire to constantly be looking to improve, better and grow the team.
• Expert project management skills, with the ability to multi-task while still maintaining quality of work and meet deadlines.
• Assignments are broad in nature and require efficiency, speed and consistency.
• Excellent verbal and writing skills with thorough attention to detail.
• Ability to think creatively and approach a wide variety of projects from new angles.
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to manage up and down the organization.
• Exhibit strong customer service traits and has a proven record of high customer satisfaction feedback.
• Must be able to handle deadline pressures and multiple assignments and clients. Track record of taking a leadership role in proactively creating and maintaining timelines, updating team on progression and proactively following up on adherence to timelines, and performing work within specified response and turnaround times.
• Advanced to expert level proficiency in PhotoShop, plus a proven advanced to expert proficiency level with Illustrator.
• Advanced knowledge Adobe Creative Suite with a superior command of InDesign as well as Microsoft Office with an emphasis on PowerPoint
• Must be comfortable in a PC format.
• Recent graduate to 3+ years of relevant professional experience. College degree in design, business, or communications, or comparable work experience. Coursework in advertising, marketing and graphics is desirable.
• Portfolio of relevant marketing or sales materials is required at interview stage.

Education