We are looking for a Senior Visual Designer to support a wide variety of digital design requests. Reporting to Visual Design Team Lead, this role will work across web, social and print graphics. Primary duties include producing website design layouts/comps (using an existing component library), creation of social graphics/templates, email graphics, data visualizations/infographics, website assets, whitepaper layout, and more.

Who we are:

Financial Services, meet Design Thinking. We're Northern Trust's dedicated design community - a collaborative team delivering innovative, differentiated, and exceptional digital experiences to clients and employees alike. As a creative, you would join a supportive, diverse team committed to building an inclusive and collaborative environment.

We are focused on employee work/life balance, building a diverse workforce, and career mobility. Our unique opportunities are among the reasons we've been named one of America's Best Large Employers. Northern Trust offers educational assistance, career growth opportunities, and 401K & pension 401K & pension, as well as multiple medical plan options.

Who you are:

We're looking for a Designer who has experience in creating smart, effective, engaging and visually appealing user experiences. A team member who is passionate, results-oriented and a strong design-led, conceptual thinker. Someone who is skilled at communicating tactical and strategic design choices and recommendations to clients and internal teams. Someone who is communicative, organized and a mix of left and right brain thinking!

Key Responsibilities:

• Transform marketing and product concepts into visually compelling social and email layouts through the usage of design elements such as typography, imagery, and illustration
• Ideate and illustrate and/or design high-quality images that match the needs of the brand, campaign, and channel under tight timelines
• Apply existing brand guidelines and digital design standards

• Create thoughtful, engaging work across all creative channels-internal campaigns, websites and landing pages, video graphics, print and digital advertising, brand identity, and print collateral

Knowledge & Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience) Graphic Design, Web/Social Design or related field
• Minimum 5 years' experience in executing digital design projects, including but not limited to: Graphic design, social posts, content development, and project management
• Experience working with client/business stakeholders to meet desired results
• Good knowledge of recent design trends as well as general aesthetics: layout, grid systems, color theory, and typography
• Familiarity with Figma, Sketch, or Adobe XD (Figma preferred)

• Strong capabilities in the Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
• Comfort with MS Office, including Word, Powerpoint, and Teams

Preferred:

• Experience with digital collaboration tools: Invision Freehand, Miro, etc.
• Motion/animation design
• Familiarity creating and implementing accessible (WCAG 2.1) designs
• Familiarity with HTML, CSS or front-end implementation
• Knowledge of user experience (UX), accessibility, information architecture (IA), design principles, form design and grid layouts.