Graphic Designer

POSITION TITLE

Graphic Designer

DIRECT REPORTS

None; Non-Supervisory Position

DEPARTMENT

Marketing

SALARY/WAGE

Based on experience

REPORTS TO

Director of Marketing

WORK LOCATION

Main Office - Portland

CLASSIFICATION

Full-time - Exempt; Salaried

REMOTE WORKER

No

Avanti Destinations is an industry leading Travel Company with expertise in customizable travel. The Marketing Department is at the forefront of the company, the voice of Avanti, and is responsible for upholding our strong brand identity within the travel industry, as well as maintaining outstanding relationships with our partners, consortia, tourist boards, and travel agents.

Avanti is rapidly growing; breaking barriers and using innovative technologies to make sure travel agents continue to book vacations through our travel consultants. The successful candidate will build relationships and work intimately with the Director of Marketing, Creative Supervisor, Marketing Coordinator, and Marketing Specialist.

Job Profile and Description

The Graphic Designer’s role is critical to the success of the Marketing Department and the company as a whole.

We are looking for a creative individual with the ability to continuously deliver high visual impact designs while maintaining the Avanti brand. While working within a fast-paced environment you must be able to deliver and implement fresh ideas generated from team members, remain up to date to with industry leading strategies,

multi-task on a wide variety of projects, interact, communicate and present ideas effectively. The successful candidate should have an intimate understanding of how marketing campaigns work, a passion for digital marketing, attention to detail, strong knowledge of Adobe Suite tools, and of course, love to travel!

This is a Full-Time position eligible for participation in a comprehensive company benefits & perks program.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate and work closely with the Creative Team to develop innovative branded content
• Execute designs on a range of creative and campaign deliverables for print, social media, email, and web
• Maintain the consistency and quality of brand identity systems, typography, photography, and other treatments across marketing assets
• Verbally presents graphic ideas and details with clarity in small groups and team meetings
• Brainstorm campaign approaches and ideas including cutting edge design and new creative strategies
• Keep up to date with the most current industry and design trends and translate those into relevant creative results
• Implement projects by coordinating with Marketing Coordinator and Director of Marketing
• Deliver visually pleasing editorial layouts for newsletters, emails, digital brochures, social media, and more
• Work with a wide range of software such as InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, FlipSnack, Monday.com, Hubspot
• Ensure projects are designed and executed with direction from the Director of Marketing
• Assist the production of digital publications and layout
• Collaborate with product team to produce collateral that drives standardization and efficiency
• Manage overlapping deadlines
• Create visually pleasing advertisements that ensure collateral is compelling and accurate, including images
• Maintains and projects the Company's professional reputation.

Requirements, Skills and Experience (Minimal standards to successfully perform the job)

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A) in related field or equivalent
• 3+ years with Graphic Design Experience
• Proficient on Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office products
• Strong interest and knowledge in Social Networking, Digital Media and Marketing
• Understanding and appreciation of web technologies and design trends
• Ability to conceptualize creative concepts
• Commitment to excellence and high standards
• Excellent presentations skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Versatility, flexibility, and a willingness to work within a dynamic environment
• Demonstrate ability to plan and organize projects
• Proven ability to handle multiple projects and meet tight deadlines
• Ability to transfer developed creative output into a digital environment
• Ability to build positive business relationships and work in a collaborative team in an intimate setting
• Additional would be preferred: Basic knowledge of HTML and CSS

Physical Activities and Requirements

• FINGER DEXTERITY: Using primarily just the fingers to make small movements such as typing, picking up small objects, or pinching fingers together.
• TALKING: Especially where one must frequently convey detailed or important instructions or ideas accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• AVERAGE HEARING: Able to hear average or normal conversations and receive ordinary information.
• AVERAGE VISUAL ABILITIES: Average, ordinary, visual acuity necessary to prepare or inspect documents or products or operate machinery (copy machine, keyboard, etc.).
• PHYSICAL STRENGTH: Sedentary work; sitting most of the time. Exerts up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally.

Mental Activities and Requirements

• REASONING ABILITY: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved instructions and to deal with problems involving a few variables.
• MATHEMATICS ABILITY: Ability to perform very basic math skills including adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing two-digit numbers; the four basic arithmetic operations with money; and operations with units such as inch, foot, yard; ounce, and pound (or their metric counterparts).
• LANGUAGE ABILITY: Ability to use passive vocabulary of 5,000-6,000 words; read at a slow rate; and define unfamiliar words in dictionaries for meaning, spelling, and pronunciation. Ability to write complex sentences, using proper punctuation, and using adjectives and adverbs. Ability to communicate in complex sentences, using normal word order with present and past tense and good vocabulary.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is possible that physical and mental requirements may be modified to reasonably accommodate disabled individuals. However, no accommodation will be made which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others or which impose undue hardships on the organization.

Education and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A) in related field or equivalent
• Passion for delivering quality service and making a difference in the customer experience
• Demonstrate a professional and polished demeanor with a positive, upbeat, and friendly personality
• Ability to work with others in close manner
• Can learn quickly and adapt to change in a fast-paced, high performance driven culture
• Demonstrate exceptional habits of dependability and attendance

OUR MISSION

Avanti Destinations connects the components for customized international travel utilizing our technology and educated staff. Working exclusively with travel advisors, we deliver a unique vacation experience to individuals and groups.

OUR VISION

Connecting the past, present and future through international travel.

ABOUT AVANTI DESTINATIONS

Avanti Destinations is the market leader in independent travel management, working exclusively for travel agents, with expertise in customizable travel to Europe, Central & South America, and Asia, including air, rail, cars, hotels, sightseeing, transfers, and other experiential travel options.

We specialize in providing hand-picked, locally owned hotels in large and small cities, as well as hard-to-find-options for experienced travelers at the best values. Avanti is rapidly growing; breaking barriers and using innovative technologies to make sure travel agents continue to book vacations through our travel consultants.

Avanti Destinations participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information if hired, to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

We are world-travelers and embrace diversity and inclusion. We celebrate individual expression and uniqueness. We do not tolerate harassment or discrimination.

We are committed to hiring individuals that reflect the world community we serve without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other legally protected characteristics. We are an equal opportunity employer.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.