Junior Graphic Designer

Overview: Lockton is looking to add a Graphic Designer to support the People Solutions line of business. The Graphic Designer will produce high-quality projects, ensuring delivery of creative and error-free visual materials.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare a variety of high-quality, creative deliverables for Lockton Associates, following established design best practices and proofreading procedures.
• Create customized communication materials.
• Provide proofreading services to team members.
• Communicate project status and deadlines to the manager as needed to ensure personal and departmental goals are met or exceeded.
• Attend team and department meetings.
• Complete special projects as assigned and serve as a resource to team members for creative ideas and technical software issues or questions.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Maintain branding consistency across deliverables.
• Meet professional obligations through efficient work habits, such as meeting deadlines, honoring schedules, coordinating resources and meetings in an effective and timely manner, and demonstrating respect for others.
• All work responsibilities are subject to having performance goals and/or targets established.

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Degree in graphic art or equivalent education and/or experience. An insurance background is a plus.
• Working and demonstrated knowledge of the MS Office Suite—including PowerPoint, Word, and Excel—and Adobe Suite—including Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign software products.
• High-level verbal, written, listening, and interpersonal skills to interact with Associates at all levels of responsibility.
• Ability to transfer knowledge effectively to team members.
• Strong multitasking skills with the ability to move from high-level creative projects to routine tasks.
• Strong organizational and time management skills to prioritize heavy workloads and meet time-sensitive deadlines.
• Ability to understand when to proceed independently and when to involve other team members.
• Exemplary aptitude and proven ability in the use of the English language with regard to sentence structure, punctuation, paragraph formation, grammar, and proofreading skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, demanding, structured environment.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment in interpreting instructions and suggest changes to the author as needed to produce a quality document.
• Ability to be self-motivated.
• Ability to complete continuing education requirements as needed.
• Ability to attend company, department, and team meetings as required, including industry training sessions.
• Ability to comply with all company policies and procedures, proactively protecting the confidentiality of client and company information.
• Ability to work on a computer for a prolonged period of time.
• Ability to work outside of normal business hours as needed.
• Legally able to work in the United States.
• Having a collaborative, service-oriented attitude is critical.