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University Recreation Graphic Designer

UWM On-Campus Employment Office
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The UREC Graphic Designer will create professional digital designs for a variety of media outlets to effectively promote UREC. 

Essential Duties: 

  • Create printable designs ranging in sizes, up to 8’x8’  
  • Create high quality digital images to be utilized on video screens, websites and social media  
  • Consult with UREC team members regarding all aspects of projects including design expectations and turnaround time  
  • Collaborate with UREC Marketing Specialist to develop social media content for various marketing campaigns  
  • Check Microsoft Teams and project management platform regularly to keep up to date with project assignments  
  • Work well independently and manage own project list to complete projects by assigned due dates.  
  • Be able to manage time and workload, understanding that some weeks of the semester may have many more project deadlines than others.  
  • Maintain a thorough understanding of all available UREC programs and services  
  • Maintain thorough understanding of UWM Brand Standards  
  • Attend weekly graphic design team meetings to stay up to date on current UREC happenings and marketing initiatives  

Required Qualifications: 

  • Must be at least a part time student or graduate student at UWM.  
  • Flexible hours with a minimum of 4 hours a week of scheduled hours, with the ability to add more during busy periods  
  • Experience with Adobe Creative suite - primarily InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop  
  • Experience with Office 365, specifically Microsoft Teams  
  • Interpersonal skills to work effectively with the UREC Team  
  • Ability to work well in a fast-paced, collaborative environment  
  • Creative mindset to input own ideas into project requests  
  • Knowledge of size requirements for graphics to be posted on Instagram and Facebook

Preferred:  

  • Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite
  • 1 semester of UREC Fitness Center or Operations work experience 
  • Graphic design work experience  
  • Winter break and Summer break availability is preferred 

Panther Edge Competencies

  • Tech Savviness is developed through work with marketing management and content creation tools that create engaging, informative, and fun content aimed at a UWM student audience
  • Communication is developed through creating clear, concise, and effective marketing that communicates the benefit of a program or service to students, as well as through day-to-day updates on tasks and projects
  • Critical Thinking is developed through creating and updating projects based on relevancy, tone, grammatical correctness, and a focus on student first marketing.  

Pay rate: $12.50 / hour