Visual Designer

• Remote and hybrid flexibility and technology to support remote work
• Generous time off program starting at 22 days of PTO and13 paid holidays (includes a floating holiday and winter closure)
• Highly competitive medical, dental and vision plans, including FSA and HSA account options
• 401(k) plans, with a generous match and safe harbor contributions upon eligibility
• Paid parental leave
• Wellness programs, including incentives and an In-Shape Family Fitness discount
• Opportunities for professional development, training and leadership skill-building
• Critical illness, accident, life, pet, short term and long-term disability insurance options
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for support navigating day-to-day challenges

• Collaboration: Proactively engages with an iterative mindset to enhance ideas and achieve organizational results; Cultivates relationships, builds partnerships, shares and learns without boundaries.  
• Service: Focusing on meeting needs and exceeding expectations for those served inside and outside the organization. 
• Respect: Embracing others for their true authentic self; nurture and promote an environment that values diversity of thought, input, experience and expertise. 

• Decision Making: Decides with intention, reflection and reason while maintaining a big-picture mindset; clarifies purpose, evaluates alternatives and analyzes risks.
• Influence: Inspires action to achieve organizational goals and desired outcomes; demonstrates expertise and earns respect; socializes ideas and brings others along
• Resourcefulness: Uses creativity, ingenuity and insight to tackle issues and provide fresh solutions.

• Take ownership of projects while collaborating with marketing partners, designers and art director to understand project/campaign goals and deliver design solutions that are visually exciting.
• Present concepts that fully represent the rationale, process, and creative recommendation and anchor back to the creative brief or user-informed research
• Create storyboards and stylescapes in order to refine and communicate design direction.
• Develop on-brand and visually compelling products across traditional and digital mediums, including email, video, social media, direct mail, web graphics, event promotional materials, environmental and interactive displays.
• Partner with channel experts (web, social, email) to ensure design concepts are translated appropriately.
• Maintain and initiate evolution of brand standards and serve as an internal brand steward, reviewing marketing materials for accuracy and adherence to standards.
  • Show curiosity about the target audience and company goals and develop and deliver multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of that target.
  • Support efficiency and scalability by contributing to and supporting design systems, toolkits and style guides.
• Collaborate with content creators to support editorial content from a design perspective; creating illustrations, icons and information graphics.
• Continue to learn new skills and stay knowledgeable of technical and digital design developments.
• Takes design ideas from concepts to execution with a keen focus on the details.

• Provide cross-training to peer designers; participate in knowledge sharing.
• Provide art direction to peers as part of the design review process.
• Maintain an up-to-date and organized set of files for project archive and utilizes the department’s digital assets management systems and file servers.
• Work with external vendors to provide creative feedback on outsourced projects, monitor accurate completion and communicate brand updates to these vendors as needed.
• Keep pace with digital technology and software advancements; design accessibility, proposing new technologies and sharing this knowledge with the team.
• Adhere to project timelines and partner with project managers to mitigate and escalate work issues and impacting parameters for project deadlines.
• Attend department, status, direction, presentation and feedback meetings to offer creative input, act as a thought partner in problem solving and receive constructive feedback on active projects.
• Receive direction and present proposed design/advertising solutions while meeting deadlines on a variety of projects simultaneously. Ensure work is reviewed and approved before presentation.
• Present thought process and solutions to peers, partners and management in a clear, professional manner. Where appropriate, include research that will support chosen strategies.

• Bachelor's degree in graphic, visual or human interaction design with an emphasis on design for digital channels.
• Minimum 5 years design experience working in a design or advertising agency and/or corporate marketing & communications department.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with highly technical development teams.
• Demonstrated knowledge visual design, human-centered design, brand development, and human interaction design.
• An extreme passion for understanding the user, and a strong communicator of the user’s perspective throughout the design process.
• A strong online portfolio available for viewing.
• In-depth knowledge of current versions of Adobe Creative Suite, (InDesign, Illustrator, After Effects and Photoshop) and working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.

• Experience working in Adobe XD, SketchApp or other prototyping tools.
• Knowledge of Jira or similar project management tools.
• Experience in website or app design.
• Two-years of experience in online E-commerce merchandising environment.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment.
• Familiarity with web content management systems and social media asset creation.
• Understanding of email marketing, HTML and web-based graphics. 

• Constant standing, bending, sitting, kneeling
• Occasional overnight travel

We Are CDA

Over our 150-year history, the California Dental Association (CDA) has become a leader in oral health throughout California and the country. Today, we continue to support our community of over 27,000 dentists through our family of companies, which include The Dentists Insurance Company (TDIC), TDIC Insurance Solutions, Rotunda Partners and the CDA Foundation. At CDA, we value individual talents, encouraging a diverse, collaborative, and innovative work environment fueled by new ideas. As our organization continues to grow, we invite you to be a part of what’s next.

CDA is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and providing a safe work environment. CDA does not tolerate discrimination or harassment and all employment decisions are based on job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, ancestry, citizenship status, mental or physical disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, veteran or military status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact us at humanresources@cda.org.

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