Graphic Designer

Design and Printing Services (DPS) ∙ Washington State University ∙ Pullman, WA

Design high-quality print and web-based promotional materials for multiple entities within Washington State University. Design a wide range of print materials for University events, including signage, banners, large-format items, pamphlets, brochures, merchandise, and promotional items. Create and edit vector graphics (custom graphics, figures, and illustrations for project materials) to ensure scalability and quality across various applications.

Provide creative and technical assistance to multiple clients and internal DPS production
coordinators, pre-flighting jobs for print created by designers external to DPS. Communicate with DPS in-plant printer, and off-campus printers, to ensure correct pre-flight of materials for print, checking color space, fonts, image links, and fixing problems if possible with files for print, or create list of issues for original designer to fix.

Handle multiple simultaneous projects vying for competing resources and deadlines, in situations of short deadlines, changing priorities, and tightening budgets.

Design interior page layouts for many books published by Washington State University Press, as well as the Basalt Books imprint.

Design web/html based email documents and test for compliance across multiple platforms, browsers, email clients, and applications, fixing any problems with web based files.

Enhance University Marketing initiatives by incorporating and working within established branding standards for all designed materials. Work within brand identities for individual campus entities, as well as the over-arching WSU brand of the campus system as a whole.

Attend regular meetings and training sessions to ensure up to date understanding of best practices in designing for print and web platforms.