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Posting Number: 0601314Position Title: Graphic Designer FLSA: Exempt Job Type: Full-Time Staff Term: Other Staff Work Schedule (hours/dates): Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 4:30pm Academic Year Schedule (dates): n/a Faculty Term: Position Type: Staff Department: Design and Brand Management Job Summary/Basic Function: Wheaton College is seeking a talented Graphic Designer to help bring our brand to life across a wide range of print and digital experiences. This role is responsible for designing thoughtful, engaging creative that supports enrollment, advancement, student engagement, institutional communications, and the overall visibility of the College.
Working as part of the Creative team in the Marketing & Communications division, the Graphic Designer collaborates closely with writers, strategists, photographers, videographers, social media producers, and campus partners to create work that is both visually compelling and strategically effective. The ideal candidate combines strong design fundamentals with intellectual curiosity, collaboration, and an understanding of how great creative helps tell meaningful stories.
Design and develop strategic visual communications across print, digital, web, email, environmental, and social media platforms that support Wheaton College's marketing, enrollment, advancement, and institutional priorities. Examples being a wide range of branded marketing materials, including publications, viewbooks, advertising campaigns, presentations, event collateral, signage, web assets, and other communications from concept through final production. (35%)
Collaborate with directors, copywriters, photographers, videographers, web developers, social media producers, and campus partners to translate marketing objectives into compelling, audience-focused visual storytelling while ensuring consistency with Wheaton College's visual identity standards. (25%)
Translate marketing objectives and messaging into compelling visual storytelling that engages prospective students, families, alumni, donors, faculty, staff, and other key audiences. (15%)
Prepare accurate, production-ready files for print and digital distribution, maintaining exceptional attention to detail and quality throughout every stage of the creative process. (10%)
Adapt and extend creative assets across multiple channels and formats while maintaining design excellence and campaign consistency while ensuring consistency and integrity of the Wheaton College visual identity by applying established brand standards while helping evolve the brand through thoughtful, innovative design. (10%)
Stay current with design trends, production techniques, accessibility standards, and emerging creative technologies, including the responsible use of AI-powered design tools, to continually improve creative quality and workflow efficiency. (5%)
Additional Responsibilities:
Own the archiving of completed publications files to ensure their accessibility for future use.
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design or related field.
Preferred Qualifications:
Compensation and Benefits To attract and retain the most talented individuals, Wheaton College maintains a flexible and competitive staff compensation and benefits program.
When determining and establishing hiring rates or recruitment ranges for a position, the College considers a number of factors including the budget for the position, the range of the grade, the external market for the position or similar positions, level and scope of responsibilities, required education, skills and relevant experience as well as internal equity. All salary offers must have the prior approval of the Office of Human Resources.
The anticipated hiring or recruitment range for this position is $60 – $72K. The actual salary offered will be commensurate with the qualifications, education and experience of the candidate hired. Physical Demands Sitting for long periods, and small lifting of mailing packages. ADA Statement: Individuals must possess these knowledges, skills and abilities or be able to explain and demonstrate that the individual can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of skills and abilities. Eeo Statement Wheaton College is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and does not discriminate against any individual or group on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, race, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, or disability. In a continuing effort to maintain and enrich an intellectually diverse learning environment, the Department and the College actively encourages applications from women and members of underrepresented groups.
Wheaton's core belief is that valuing diversity is pivotal to personal development, intellectual expansion, and societal equity. Our community is united by a shared dedication to equity and access that is essential to providing a transformative education in the Liberal Arts and Sciences. Posting Date: 08/10/2026 Closing Date: Open Until Filled Yes Contact(s): Office of Human Resources Contact Phone/Extension: 508-286-8206 Contact Email: [email protected]
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