TITLE: Graphic Designer
STATUS: Full-time; Seasonal; Mar 6 (negotiable) – Sep 1, 2023; Remote position possible.
REPORTS TO: Director of Marketing
DEPARTMENT: Marketing
PAY: $900/week; paid every two weeks
Jacob’s Pillow seeks a seasonal
Graphic Designer to join the Marketing department and report directly to the Director of Marketing. This position is entrusted with maintaining and moving forward the Pillow’s strong brand and visual identity, providing lead creation and collaboration on the development of all print and digital design collateral, and managing the creative production of large design projects.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Design
- Oversee direction and design of all creative print collateral for:
- The Festival, in collaboration with the Festival Artists and curatorial team
- The School at Jacob’s Pillow, including visual branding and identity
- Philanthropy, including appeals materials, invitations, and Member materials
- Community Engagement, including collateral for all community programs and events, with additional institutional design and branding projects as needed
- Oversee direction and design of all print and digital advertising
- Collaborate on the design direction of website updates and pages, especially graphic and aesthetic elements, ensuring consistency with the Pillow brand
- Assist the social media, email, and website teams with graphics needs
- Develop basic design templates for staff use (InDesign, Canva, etc) when neededActively collaborate with the Director of Marketing on campus signage and additional design pieces as needed, including weekly-changing bulletin boards and flyers.
Creative Project Management
- Oversee in-house creative timelines; assist the Marketing team with identifying pre-creative deadlines
- Manage creative calendar to streamline production and identify times with capacity or potential conflicts
- Support the Director of Marketing with printer relations, obtaining quotes as needed and identifying potential cost savings
- Handle materials production through printing and distribution; administrate delivery of materials to appropriate department, vendors, mail-house, etc.
- Work with Festival photography and videography teams on creative projects as needed
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Candidates with alternative professional experiences and qualifications equivalent to those listed below are encouraged to apply. Jacob’s Pillow is also open to proposals from independent consultants and design firms.
- Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Multimedia, Marketing, or related field
- 3 years+ professional design experience
- Advanced knowledge and use of Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere), font management, and photo archiving systems
- Experience with social media platforms, social media advertising, Wordpress
- Working knowledge of HTML
- Management experience
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Availability for 6-day workweeks during the Festival
- Passion for and knowledge of dance and the performing arts a plus
SKILLS & QUALITIES
- Deep knowledge of branding and marketing techniques
- Strong analytical, problem solving, time management, and organizational skills
- Knowledge of or interest in dance or the performing arts, a plus
TO APPLY
Please visit
jacobspillow.org/employment
to complete your application online.
Compensation: $900/week, less tax withholdings, payable on a biweekly disbursement schedule; three meals per day in the Stone Dining Room during posted hours of operation beginning late-spring through the Festival; $20/day meal stipend prior to dining opening; complimentary housing, if necessary; access to performances and classes.
COVID-19 INFORMATION
Full COVID-19 vaccination, including a second booster shot, is required as a condition of employment for all staff, interns, and fellows. As of January 1, 2023, Jacob's Pillow considers a person to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 more than 2 weeks after having received a second booster shot, following a 2-dose series of a vaccine accepted by the World Health Organization. Please visit jacobspillow.org/health for more details on vaccines and our COVID policies for staff, artists, and audiences.
ABOUT JACOB’S PILLOW
Jacob’s Pillow, a National Historic Landmark and recipient of the National Medal of Arts, is a year-round center for dance and home to America's longest-running international dance festival located in the beautiful Berkshires of Western Massachusetts. The Pillow encompasses the world-renowned international Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, presenting more than 50 dance companies and over 350 events each summer; The School at Jacob’s Pillow, one of the most prestigious professional dance training centers in the U.S.; the Pillow Lab, a residency program that supports new choreography; growing Community Engagement programs that serve local school children, artists, and community members alike; rare and extensive dance Archives, open to the public and available online at danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org, which chronicle more than a century of dance through photographs, videos of performances and talks with artists, costumes, and scholarly essays; and Apprenticeships, a Fellows Program, and an Internship Program that provide professional advancement and training opportunities.
Jacob’s Pillow is committed to providing an inclusive, diverse, accessible, and equitable environment that cultivates the celebration of the art of dance and its positive impact on communities. Jacob’s Pillow’s mission is to support dance creation, presentation, education, and preservation; and to engage and deepen public appreciation and support for dance. Organization-wide values include inclusion, leadership, integrity, flexibility, partnership, and sustainability. Learn more about Jacob’s Pillow, its mission statement, and its values here.
It is with gratitude and humility that Jacob’s Pillow acknowledges that it rests on the ancestral homelands of the Muh-he-con-ne-ok or Mohican people, who are the Indigenous peoples of this land. Despite tremendous hardship in being forced from here, today, their community resides in Wisconsin and is known as the Stockbridge-Munsee Community. We pay honor and respect to their ancestors past and present as we commit to building a more inclusive and equitable space for all.
Jacob’s Pillow is a registered 501(c)(3) not for profit organization and an equal opportunity employer. Jacob’s Pillow provides equal opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by state or federal law. This policy also prohibits employees from harassing any other employee for any reason including, but not limited to, race, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disabled status.