Job Summary
The Graphic Designer position has two main responsibilities–one technical and one creative-that provide a bridge between creative vision and technical execution. The technical focus involves pre-press operations transforming design concepts into production-ready files for print and digital media. They ensure accuracy, consistency, and adherence to our customer’s brand standards, while preparing appropriate digital assets for final output.
The creative responsibilities make up less of the volume of daily work but are just as important. Those activities involve creating on brand visual solutions and graphic components for our clients. Those components communicate concepts, provide wayfinding, promote brand identity, and engage with customers in a manner that adheres to our client’s brand standards, are visually appealing, and mirror our graphic production capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
Prepare and finalize our clients’ or internally produced digital art files for production, ensuring accurate and correct color profiles, resolution, appropriate bleed, and technical specifications.
Prepare component specification drawings that convey all critical information for accurate production of graphic components.
Create layouts, illustrations, and designs for a wide variety of customer facing communications such as in store graphics, wayfinding signage, and other marketing materials.
Work closely with project managers, account executives, and clients to ensure we understand their needs and priorities to create designs that meet or exceed their expectations.
Receive and review client provided art files to ensure they meet our production requirements, and the ability to communicate and articulate effectively what is needed if they don’t.
Ensure our clients’ brand integrity and visual identity by understanding and applying brand guidelines across all design projects and components.
Always remain current with design trends, tools, software, and best practices within the design, graphic production, and other related fields.
Required Skills & Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, Visual Arts, or related field.
Minimum of 5 years’ experience in graphic design and digital art production
Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and familiarity with digital art production and pre-press standards.
Strong conceptual thinking, color theory, and typography skills.
Ability and comfort level to communicate, discuss, and present design concepts effectively to customers through verbal and visual communication.
Ability to produce accurate, high-quality work under tight deadlines.
Ability to manage multiple projects with minimal oversite or supervision.
Salary Pay Range:
$65,000 - $80,000 annually dependent on experience*
*pay range may be adjusted depending on cost of living
Bonus/Incentive Pay:
Annual performance bonus opportunity based on Company and specific business unit ROI and PBOP achievement criteria and individual job responsibility and performance.
Benefits currently offered to our employees:
Medical insurance
Health savings account with company contribution
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Basic and voluntary life insurance
Disability insurance
401(k) plan with company match
Paid vacation and holidays
Stock purchase program with employee discount
Educational reimbursement
Wellness programs and challenges
Other supplemental benefits
The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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What We Do
UFP Industries is a holding company whose operating subsidiaries – UFP Packaging, UFP Construction and UFP Retail Solutions – manufacture, distribute and sell a wide variety of products used in residential and commercial construction, packaging and industrial applications. Founded in 1955, the company has operations in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
