The Company:
Serving the People Who Serve the People
Granicus is driven by the excitement of building, implementing, and maintaining technology that is transforming the Govtech industry by bringing governments and its constituents together. We are on a mission to support our customers with meeting the needs of their communities and implementing our technology in ways that are equitable and inclusive. Granicus has consistently appeared on the GovTech 100 list over the past 5 years and has been recognized as the best companies to work on BuiltIn.
Over the last 25 years, we have served 5,500 federal, state, and local government agencies and more than 300 million citizen subscribers power an unmatched Subscriber Network that use our digital solutions to make the world a better place. With comprehensive cloud-based solutions for communications, government website design, meeting and agenda management software, records management, and digital services, Granicus empowers stronger relationships between government and residents across the U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. By simplifying interactions with residents, while disseminating critical information, Granicus brings governments closer to the people they serve—driving meaningful change for communities around the globe.
Want to know more? See more of what we do here.
Job Summary:
Website design encompasses a large percentage of the Experience Design team’s offerings, but other opportunities like designing for brands, print, and other digital deliverables are often available to all designers who possess strong skill sets and understanding in those areas. A Sr. Digital Designer is able to approach any project, assess and understand the scope, and match their design and effort to the scope of work. No matter the budget, all work is free of error and well thought out. As a Sr. Digital Designer, there is also more responsibility to understand our offerings, capabilities, and the technical detail that should inform their work. Sr. Digital Designers are trusted to work more independently, with less oversight from art directors, but they should be able to display a strong understanding of their outlined responsibilities.
What Your Impact Will Look Like:
- Has expert-level knowledge of Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, and other design tools, softwares, or applications.
- Works independently with direction from their art director and can maintain work that is of high quality and free of error, with little to no oversight from an art director.
- Work showcases attention to visual hierarchy, typographical hierarchy, and color theory. Designs websites that are optimized for improved website performance.
- Applies the basic laws of UX to their work and can communicate to art directors and clients how they informed design decisions.
- Displays the ability to design in a variety of styles while maintaining brand guidelines that are unique to every client.
- Talented visual designer that can create original designs from scratch and provide expert creative and technical direction on the overall concept, look, feel, and function of their work.
- Consistently maintains internal design processes and expectations that don’t require multiple technical revisions.
- Acts as an extension of staff to DMO clients to help create design assets that include but are not limited to: website design, digital or print design, and/or logo and brand design.
- Operates effectively under clear deadlines to ensure delivery of assets that are under budget, on time, and meet internal and external expectations.
- Maintains organizational detail in their work, such as; design notes, mood boards, clean file structure, and work that is free of error.
- Able to conceptualize ideas in creative brainstorming sessions with creative leadership and other XD or Granicus team members to generate new ideas and a path forward.
- Completes time entries daily to ensure proper tracking of project scope/completion, budget, and personal capacity.
- Organizes and prepares final artwork and thinks about functional and technical production in order to collaborate with front-end and CMS developers.
- Able to manage their time to juggle multiple projects with strict deadlines, be proactive when seeking feedback or collaboration, and can act as a team player to assist or support other designers when necessary.
- Capable of producing compelling artwork like icons, illustrations, patterns, and maps.
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You Will Love This Job If You Have:
- Minimum of 8 years of full-time experience and/or a portfolio that conveys work at a senior level.
- Leads and presents the occasional project on their own and/or has the ability to lead more intermediate or junior level designers on smaller projects when necessary.
- Has a background that extends beyond web and into branding/visual identity, print, video and/or animation.
Other Job Info
- Must be able to work in a similar time zone to the parent department.
- Knowledge of designing for various digital marketing strategies, like campaigns, landing pages, and ads is a plus.
Security Requirement:
Responsible for Granicus information security by appropriately preserving the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) of Granicus information assets in accordance with the company's information security program.
About Us:
Don’t have all the skills/experience mentioned above? At Granicus, we are trying to build diverse, inclusive teams. We do not have degree requirements for most of our roles. If you don’t meet every requirement above but are excited to learn more, we encourage you to apply. We might just be able to find another role that could be a perfect fit!
Security and Privacy Requirements
- Responsible for Granicus information security by appropriately preserving the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) of Granicus information assets in accordance with the company's information security program.
- Responsible for ensuring the data privacy of our employees and customers, their data, as well as taking all required privacy training in a timely manner, in accordance with company policies.
The Team
- We are a remote-first company with a globally distributed workforce across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India, Armenia, Australia, and New Zealand.
The Culture
- At Granicus, we are building a transparent, inclusive, and safe space for everyone who wants to be
a part of our journey. - A few culture highlights include – Employee Resource Groups to encourage diverse voices
- Coffee with Mark sessions – Our employees get to interact with our CEO on very important and
sometimes difficult issues ranging from mental health to work-life balance and current affairs. - Microsoft Teams communities focused on wellness, art, furbabies, family, parenting, and more.
- We bring in special guests from time to time to discuss issues that impact our employee
population
The Impact
- We are proud to serve dynamic organizations around the globe that use our digital solutions to make the world a better place — quite literally. We have so many powerful success stories that illustrate how our solutions are impacting the world. See more of our impact here.
