Senior Graphic Designer

DEPARTMENT: Marketing 
POSITION: Senior Graphic Designer
REPORTS TO: Director of Marketing and Communications
WORK SCHEDULE: Monday-Friday with some evenings and weekends
CLASSIFICATION: Full-time, exempt; benefits eligible after 90 days
COMPENSATION: $85,000 – $95,000; DOE

POSITION SUMMARY

Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Berkeley Rep), established in 1968, is one of the nation’s prominent theatrical institutions with a long, proud history of developing Broadway-bound productions such as Green Day’s American Idiot and Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations along with high caliber artists and comedians like Mike Birbiglia, John Leguizamo, and social commentator Fran Lebowitz.

Berkeley Rep’s growing art department, under the umbrella of marketing, is at the forefront of graphic design, videography, and photography, with the aim to communicate our stage work in varying multimedia formats to drive audience attendance and ticket sales.

The senior graphic designer will have the opportunity to spearhead the graphic design arm by growing and evolving our new branding system created by renowned designer, Pentagram’s Paula Scher. The design system encompasses three of our main tentpole, public facing offerings including institutional and production show art from our Berkeley Rep stages, classes, and educational offerings within our School of Theatre, and artist development programs through The Ground Floor. The position manages a shared multimedia content fellow with our senior videographer and producer that has varying skills in graphic design, photography, and videography. Hybrid work is currently available, but the position requires regular onsite visits to manage institutional signage at our two theatres and a new educational and artist housing center all located in downtown Berkeley.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Serves under the supervision of the director of marketing and communications while often interfacing with the managing director, artistic director, artists, and other senior staff.
• Manages the day-to-day graphic needs of the whole of the institution that includes advertising assets (mainly digital, some print), direct mail postcards, season brochures, website graphics, social media graphics, indoor and outdoor theatre signage, invitations, email graphics, web banners, apparel and merchandise, fundraising materials, video assets, and more.
• Ensures files are properly labeled, organized, and accessible via SharePoint.
• Maintains and runs our graphic request system (all Microsoft tools) to organize and manage all incoming design tasks from various departments.
• Manages multiple competing projects with often short timelines.
• Tracks and traffics graphics with third-party vendors including printers and advertisers.
• Ensures institutional adherence to the brand guidelines, as outlined by Paula Scher/Pentagram, across departments.
• Designs with the audience at the forefront, including catering visuals to targeted segments.
• Actively participates in workshops and trainings as requested, including harassment prevention, bystander intervention, anti-bias, and other equity, diversity, inclusion, and access initiatives.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and skills

• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a graphic designer.
• Fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19.
• This is a high output, truly fast paced environment that requires a skilled hand at managing multiple points of feedback in short timelines.
• Expert user in Adobe Creative Cloud Suite on a Mac OS (with particular focus on InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Lightroom, Acrobat).
• Ability to generate html5 or animated digital display ads.
• Interest in and commitment to equity, diversity, access, and inclusion work and the representation of diverse and representative imagery being top of mind in all marketing collateral.
• Comfortable working within a defined, photo-forward brand system.
• Takes care in the delivery of drafts and final product by ensuring what was requested is what is being delivered.
• Demonstrated interest in the performing arts.
• A solid portfolio of work that demonstrates your creative eye, ability to work within established brand guidelines, and experience designing for the entire consumer journey.
• Self-sufficient, independent, and creative thinker to help evolve the brand system from season to season.
• Experience in After Effects and motion graphics a plus.

 Application Procedure

Berkeley Rep is an equal opportunity employer and offers a full range of employee benefits including 85% employer-paid health and dental insurance, optional vision, FSA, and 403(b) plans, professional development support, paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays. 

Position available immediately. Email submissions only. Please submit a cover letter, résumé, and portfolio to jobs@berkeleyrep.org with “Senior Graphic Designer” in the subject line. Persons from diverse backgrounds are highly encouraged to apply.

Berkeley Rep will contact candidates of interest. Please, no calls. Only complete submissions will be considered.

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