POSITION CLOSED: Flock and Rally is hiring a Graphic Artist
Graphic Artist
Job Description
Overview of Position
Flock and Rally Integrated Communications & Marketing, a progressive, women-owned agency based in Columbia, South Carolina, is seeking a graphic artist to join our team of #flockstars.
This is a full-time or part-time position focused heavily on creative art development that tells the story of a brand and their campaigns — alongside teammates who are coordinating and implementing integrated communications and marketing initiatives across multiple channels. This position will be responsible for bringing a client’s vision to life, working with others including senior art director and multiple contracted production artists.
As a thinker and a creator, you will have direct responsibility for visual guidelines, graphic design and illustration and visual web design all from an audience-first perspective. As a highly creative, motivated and detail-oriented person you will be joining our values-driven agency of unicorns, flamingos, data nerds and responsible grown-ups directly supporting our executive team and clients. This position is based in our downtown Columbia, S.C., headquarters, and reports to the managing director. Compensation is based on experience.
You are: obsessed with good quality design. Not just graphic design but interior design, architecture, fashion, craft beer cans, and everything in between. The world around you influences you with every step. You recognize that a true master never stops learning. You have a proven track record of turning clients’ visions into reality and telling compelling stories in an illustrated and graphic format. You approach each client with a strategic mind and fresh eyes to create work that is truly distinctive.
Benefits and perks of working at Flock and Rally
Our agency offers benefits to full-time staff including:
Five weeks paid time off in the first year of full-time employment, with annual increases.
Medical benefits.
Paid family leave.
SIMPLE IRA match.
Flexible and innovative working environment.
Work from home opportunities.
Ten official company holidays.
Annual professional development allowance.
Employees can take up to five “on the clock” hours each month to volunteer at a charity or a board of their choice.
Roles and Responsibilities
Graphic Design and Illustration
Responsible for ideating, developing, designing, and producing creative concepts.
Develop brands from the ground up for a wide variety of clients.
Design and/or Illustrate a wide range of materials, including logo & identity design, brand development and guidelines, design templates, advertising, collateral, social media graphics, websites, presentations and more.
Maintain the highest standards of creative excellence.
Execute creative concepts that are innovative, compelling, inherently shareable and rooted in strategy and insight.
Enjoy an iterative process and are always looking for ways to improve.
Aware of new trends and introduce new concepts to the company and our clients.Photo and Video Management
Skills
You possess a strong command of design principles, visual composition, typography, color theory and conceptual thinking.
When it comes to design, you notice the details and have the desire to produce consistently professional, accurate work.
You have the capacity to absorb feedback thoughtfully and iterate quickly.
You’re current with — and ahead of — ongoing cultural, creative and industry trends, especially those relevant to key clients/accounts. In particular, you can identify risks that may impact current projects and opportunities to pitch relevant new ideas.
You have experience complying to ADA design standards.
You have designed a wide range of assets for different formats and channels. You have the ability to switch back and forth between digital and print in a blink.
You have a superior portfolio showcasing an elevated design aesthetic and thoughtful creative problem-solving.
You have excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to take on multiple projects simultaneously, producing high-quality work.
You take direction and perform well under tight deadlines.
Qualifications
3-5 years of graphics or visual communications experience. Illustration experience is a plus.
Expert knowledge of Google Suite, Dropbox and required desktop publishing tools, including Adobe's Creative Suite — with a focus in Photoshop, Illustrator, & InDesign.
Experience using collaborative team communication and project management applications like Asana.
Candidate must live in the Columbia, South Carolina region. While the firm observes a hybrid and flexible work environment, employee must be regularly available for local meetings and client needs.
About Flock and Rally: Integrated Marketing and Communications
Customized, High-Impact Work that Elevates the Status Quo.
Founded in 2010, Flock and Rally is a full-service, women-owned creative agency based in Columbia, South Carolina. The firm integrates branding, public relations, marketing, traditional advertising, digital advertising, community engagement, social media and more into campaigns for a diverse base of clients, ranging from local nonprofits to large-scale businesses and national organizations. The firm has earned more than 70 awards, including Best in Show awards from both the SCPRSA and the IABC/SC, a Shining Star Award from the Southeast Tourism Society, and multiple ADDY Awards. Serving industry sectors ranging from hospitality, lifestyle and tourism to business, technology, real estate, higher education, transit, economic development and more, our mission is to rally our community around great ideas. Learn more about Flock and Rally at www.flockandrally.com and find us on social at @flockandrally.
How To Apply
Email resume and cover letter (as well as selected work portfolio items or link(s) to work examples online, if desired) to rachel@flockandrally.com.
Equal Opportunity Employment
Flock and Rally is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, biological sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, gender presentation, sexual orientation, veteran status, and/or any other category protected by law. We do not discriminate based on genetic information in accordance with the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.