Junior Graphic Designer

We're Apogee. Nice to meet you. At our core, we're an IT-services organization that happens to focus on higher education. We touch the lives of binge-watching, music-loving, game-playing, finals-taking, seminar-attending, class-selecting students by providing IT infrastructure that meets today's needs technology-savvy generation.

We work hard, celebrate success, and challenge everyone in our organization to be a problem solver. If you are as passionate as we are about the intersection of technology and education, join us today.

In this role you serve as the graphic designer and content specialist for Apogee's Campus Engagement Services (CES). CES is a platform that allows campus news, information and #collegelife to be on full display using a portal designed by Apogee.

Apogee serves as an extension of the University's marketing and student affairs teams, and allows information to be delivered that inspires action and student engagement. You can read how different campuses use this product here, https://www.apogee.us/case_texo/campus-engagement/

Apogee is based in Austin, TX and is open to hiring remotely for this work-from-home position. You must live in the continental US.

In this role you will:

• You will help our clients create content using graphic design skills (online graphic design, promotional campaigns, social media design).
• You'll be the go to person for customer accounts including coordination of the hiring and managing of student interns known as ambassadors and responding to client account requests.
• You will run some small-scale social media campaigns for clients.
• Daily Review and approval of content through our platform.
• Work with CES and Apogee teams to ensure the CES platform is both available and engaging for our campuses.
• Validate and update operational practices and technologies through documentation and testing

Some other things you know about:

• PowerPoint, Word, Excel
• Windows 8+
• Photoshop, Pixelmator or equivalent presentation/graphic design software
• Social media platforms, it's not enough to be on Facebook, have you administered a campaign?
• University/Campus life

Requirements

• At least 1 year work experience OR equivalent combination of education and freelance experience in Graphic Design
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Adobe XD, Illustrator, Photoshop)

You'll love this job if this describes you:

Action Orientation. Deeply engrained self-motivation. You're motivated to get work done. That means that you love efficiency and are driven to complete a project. Your work directly impacts others being able to do theirs.

Clear Communication Skills. Your written and verbal communications are friendly, to the point, and professional. You have a natural, but realistic tone to your communication style, and you're not afraid of tough conversations.

Technical Learning. Picks up on technical things quickly; can learn new skills and knowledge; is good at learning new industry, company, product, or technical knowledge; does well in technical courses and seminars.

Comfort with a growing and changing business. We're a growing business, and you need to be comfortable doing work in a constantly changing environment. You're ability to work with some ambiguity, and willingness to get the job done are great assets.

Customer Service in a technical environment. We are a technology company, and your comfort in a technical environment will help you ramp up quickly

Inherent Time Management. You have a natural strength in managing your time, and it's demonstrated in the work systems, and approach you take with your job.

Benefits

Our employees enjoy benefits that make them more productive and contribute directly to the development of their professional skills. We want to be able to attract the best of the best and make sure they keep getting better so here is what we are offering:

• An attractive salary
• Health insurance plan including Health Savings Account matching program
• Monthly technology stipend
• Engineering and Technical teams receive cash bonuses for obtaining certifications
• Maternity and Paternity leave
• Peer recognition program
• Career development programs

At Apogee, we believe education is a doorway to a fair and just society. Within our own walls, we stand committed to creating a healthy culture of diversity and inclusion, empowering one another as advocates for an inclusive workplace, and doing so transparently. Apogee employees founded three employee-led groups in 2020 including Diversity and Inclusion, Civic Awareness, and Apogee Veterans.

Accommodations:

If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to Human Resources, [email protected].