Creative Graphic Designer

Company Description

Northrop Realty represents buyers and sellers of residential real estate in the Baltimore and Washington metropolitan regions with offices in Annapolis, Baltimore, Clarksville, Columbia, Ellicott City, Fallston, Frederick, Lutherville-Timonium, Phoenix and Sykesville, MD. Northrop Realty also operates coastal office locations in Bethany Beach, Fenwick Island, Lewes-Rehoboth, Millsboro and Newark, DE in addition to Oak Island and Southport, NC.

At Northrop Realty, we proudly offer a comprehensive benefits package to full-time employees after a 90-day introductory period, designed to enhance your health, well-being, and professional growth. Benefits include health insurance (medical, dental, and vision – Individual & Family), health coaching through NOOM, 80 hours of prorated PTO in your first year, 120 hours of PTO afterward, 11 paid holidays including one floating holiday and your birthday. We also provide two weeks of paid parental leave for new parents who have completed at least six months of service. 

In addition to a competitive IRA retirement plan with matching contributions, we also offer supplemental benefits including life insurance, disability coverage, and accident insurance providing you with extra peace of mind.

Job Description

As Northrop Realty’s Creative Graphic Designer, you work on print and digital collateral and branded media for the company. You produce visual solutions to the communication needs of the company, using a combination of creative skills and awareness. Further, you possess an imaginative flair, knowledge of current trends in the visual arts, and an understanding of material costs and time limits, all of which can impact the design of the project.

Essential Functions:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Concepts and designs marketing materials that maintain brand standards.
• Participates in Marketing Department meetings for assignment of tasks and to check on the progress of jobs and initial new projects.
• Provides marketing support in design and production of custom flyers, brochures and other marketing materials, as well as final artwork for print and/or digital advertising.
• Works with individual sales agents as well as sales teams to design, prepare proofs and final artwork to include, but not limited to a variety of marketing collateral, such as direct mail pieces, flyers, brochures, templates, business cards, product/info sheets, ads, banners, presentations, etc.
• Multi-tasks: works on multiple designs at one time to produce accurate and high-quality work.
• Uses innovation to redefine a design and meet the constraints of cost, time and the company.
• Contributes creative ideas and design artwork towards successful completion of projects.
• Communicates with outside vendors for project production as needed.
• Coordinates production and delivery of marketing materials when required.
• Works well with a team of marketing specialists.
• Maintains version control of all marketing materials created. 
• Validates all materials to ensure content is accurate, including the proofreading of these materials to determine proper formatting and grammar.
• Communicates and collaborate with all levels of leadership to achieve results.
• Performs other marketing and designer duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None.

Qualifications

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Ability and willingness to quickly adapt to new technologies and to stay current on design trends.
• Knowledge about design elements, such as color and composition.
• Knowledge of artistic sensibility to include artistic ability and creativity.
• Knowledge on how to effectively present ideas, both verbally and visually.
• Knowledge of organizational skills needed to meet deadlines and stay within a budget.
• Develop, design and produce work that exceeds the expectations of the creative brief.
• Feed off and into a passionate creative team with a high energy level and an "above and beyond mentality" to get the job done.
• Ensure accuracy, quality, and consistency of all marketing and creative projects.
• Provide backup support if/when needed for marketing department activities.
• Must be driven and work well in an extremely fast-paced environment.
• Be able to effectively manage resources and expectations.

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent required; Bachelor’s degree in marketing or a related field preferred.
• Real estate experience a plus.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite including InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Photoshop.
• Proficient in G Suite and Microsoft Office.

Physical Demands:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 15 pounds at times. 

Travel Required:

• None.

Additional Information

Please note that this is an in-office position.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The salary range for the Creative Graphic Designer role is between $52,000 and $60,000 annually, translating to an hourly rate of approximately $25.00 to $28.85.

Confidentiality

This role may be privy to confidential information which shall not be shared other than with the parties involved in the transactions. Any breach in confidentiality may result in immediate termination. 

Other duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.