Graphic Design Specialist

University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States

Updated: about 23 hours ago
Location: Charlotte, NORTH CAROLINA
Job Type: FullTime
Deadline: 09 Apr 2026

Position Information
General Information


Position Number STMP18
Working Title Graphic Design Specialist
Division Business Affairs
Department Business Services (Adm)
Work Unit Bookstore
Work Location Auxiliary Serivces Building
Vacancy Open To All Candidates
Position Designation Non-Student Temporary
Employment Type Temporary - Full-time
Hours per week 40 hours
Work Schedule
Monday through Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Occasional evening/weekend coverage may be required during major events, launches, or peak promotional periods.
Pay Rate $60,000
Minimum Experience/Education
  • Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Marketing, or related field or equivalent professional experience.
  • Demonstrated experience producing branded creative across digital and print channels.
  • Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign required; Premiere/After Effects preferred).
  • Strong typography, layout, composition, and file preparation skills.
  • Ability to manage deadlines across multiple stakeholders and high-volume request cycles.
  • Demonstrated experience in photography


Core Competencies
  • Brand stewardship and attention to detail
  • Audience-aware design (student vs. enterprise vs. campus internal)
  • Creative problem-solving and strong visual storytelling
  • Collaboration and stakeholder management
  • Organization, prioritization, and production accuracy

Portfolio Requirement
Portfolio required to demonstrate:
  • Digital and print campaign work
  • Social media content and/or motion samples
  • Examples showing brand consistency and multi-audience communications
Departmental Preferred Experience, Skills, Training/Education:
  • Experience designing for higher education, retail, hospitality, services, or multi-unit organizations.
  • Experience with photography/videography and editing for marketing communications.
  • Familiarity with brand governance and/or trademark/licensing constraints.
  • Experience with large-format and environmental/signage design.
  • Experience using project management tools (e.g., Trello, Monday.com, Asana) and digital signage tools.
Duties and Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities

Creative Strategy & Design Production

  • Create compelling designs for campaigns and ongoing communications across Auxiliary Services (digital signage, web graphics, email graphics, posters, flyers, banners, counter cards, window clings, table tents, brochures, presentations).
  • Translate objectives into effective visuals that match each audience segment (student-facing vs. enterprise-facing vs. campus/internal).
  • Develop concepts and multiple design directions; iterate based on stakeholder feedback and performance goals.
  • Work with external vendors as required by Licensing to ensure the licensed product is photographed for promotional purposes


Brand, Licensing & Compliance Support

  • Apply institutional brand standards consistently (typography, color, logos, tone, layout).
  • Support trademark and licensing compliance by ensuring proper logo use and approved marks in creative deliverables.
  • Coordinate as needed with internal approvers and external partners/vendors to ensure artwork meets branding and production requirements.

Social, Digital & Multimedia Content

  • Produce social media graphics and short-form content to support promotions, launches, and campus moments.
  • Capture and edit photo/video content as needed for Auxiliary promotions and storytelling (events, product highlights, service awareness).
  • Create motion/animated assets when appropriate (simple animations, story/reel elements, digital signage motion).
  • Help maintain the Licensing social media pages and make sure they are up to date with the needed information

Vendor/Print/Production Coordination

  • Take photos of the licensed products on and off campus to be used in different formats and for different promos required by Licensing
  • Prepare print-ready files and production specs; ensure accuracy for size, bleed, color profile, and resolution.
  • Coordinate with printers, sign vendors, promotional product vendors, or enterprise partners to meet timelines and quality expectations.
  • Maintain templates and toolkits to streamline repeatable communications (campaign kits, recurring promo templates, brand toolkits).

Project & Stakeholder Management

  • Manage multiple projects concurrently with clear prioritization, status updates, and deadline discipline.
  • Build strong relationships with Auxiliary Services unit leads and campus partners to understand needs, timelines, and outcomes.
  • Contribute to campaign planning, creative briefs, and post-campaign evaluation (what worked/what to improve).

Optional Leadership / Student Support (as applicable)

  • Assist with onboarding, coaching, and reviewing the work of student employees/interns supporting creative production.
  • Support development of a consistent creative “system” for Auxiliary Services communications.
Other Work/Responsibilities
Necessary Licenses or Certifications
Proposed Hire Date 06/01/2026
Contact Information
Expected Length of Assignment 24 months
Posting Open Date 04/02/2026
Posting Close Date 04/09/2026
Special Notes to Applicants
Temporary Comments

*Temporary staff employees are ineligible to receive benefits (leave, health coverage, State service credit, etc.). They are, however, covered by Worker’s Compensation provisions.
However, any non-permanent employee hired to work 30 or more hours per week for three months or more (cumulative of all positions, and not designated as variable hour worker), must be offered the chance to enroll in the High Deductible Health Plan, within 30 days of their eligibility. Any non-permanent employee hired to work less than 30 hours per week (cumulative of all positions or designated as variable hour worker – i.e. student workers) are measured during designated measurement periods. If they average 30 or more hours per week over a designated measurement period, they will be offered the chance to enroll in the High Deductible Health Plan and will be notified of instructions.
*Special Notes Regarding Eligibility for the High Deductible Health Plan

  • Temporary hourly workers (eligibility based on FTE, duration of more than 30 days) FTE .75+ (cumulative of all jobs) or measured full-time, offered the high deductible health insurance
  • Temporary salaried workers (regardless of the FTE, duration of more than 30 days) Reported as full-time & offered the high deductible health insurance


https://hr.charlotte.edu/benefits/benefit-plans/health-insurance

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