Digital Designer at the Newark Museum of Art
Job Title: Digital Designer
Job Status: Full-time
Salary: $55,000 – $60,000
Location: Newark, NJ
About The Newark Museum of Art:
We welcome everyone with inclusive experiences that spark curiosity and foster community. We acknowledge the traditional homelands of the Lenape, also known as the Delaware, upon which The Newark Museum of Art resides.
Founded in 1909 and located in New Jersey, The Newark Museum of Art (NMOA) is the state’s largest museum and ranks twelfth nationally in terms of collection size. Global and diasporic, the collection includes more than 100,000 artworks, as well as significant holdings of science and natural history. From the classical world to the art of today, the NMOA boasts exceptional examples and depth in the Arts of Global Africa, Arts of Global Asia, Arts of the Americas, including Native American art, Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean, and Decorative Arts. The American collection features works by major artists such as John Singer Sargent, Childe Hassam, Mary Cassatt, Sam Gilliam, Georgia O’Keeffe, Carmen Herrera, Jeffrey Gibson, and Mickalene Thomas.
The NMOA’s visitor- and community-centric approach responds to the evolving needs and interests of the diverse audiences it serves by offering exhibitions, programming, a research library, paid internships, and local and global partnerships. A four-acre campus comprises the 1885 Ballantine House, a National Historic Landmark; the Alice Ransom Dreyfuss Memorial Garden; and Horizon Plaza. Under the leadership of Director/CEO Linda C. Harrison, the NMOA has launched an era of transformation to create an engaged citizenry by reimagining the role of the art museum for the 21st century.
Position Summary:
The Newark Museum of Art seeks a qualified candidate for our dynamic organization in our Marketing and Public Relations Department. To continue to build the reputation of The Newark Museum of Art as a progressive, distinctive, and bold leader in the museum field, the Digital Designer will create all assets for digital design in Marketing. The position will also create graphic design elements as needed.
Support the Museum’s efforts to present and maintain a favorable, high-profile, and consistent public image, and to heighten awareness of Newark’s role as leading cultural and educational institution.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Create digital assets for multimedia and graphics projects, including websites, mobile apps, advertising, animation, emails, social media, and interactive displays
• Keep individual deliverables organized and on task through project management tools
• Review design briefs and add deliverables to team production calendar
• Create digital assets (static, video, and HTML) for a range of platforms (social, display advertising, eCommerce, websites, mobile apps, etc.).
• Create website assets from hero design to web animations.
• Quickly translate ideas into sketches, wireframes, mockups, and interactive prototypes.
• Supervise physical installation and develop non-digital graphics occasionally.
• Support creative director with general administrative tasks and organization
• Comfortable communicating with external vendors on projects from start to finish
Qualifications:
• BA, BS or BFA in design, marketing, communications, or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 2-4 years in a cultural or arts entertainment environment
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative suite
• Working Knowledge of CSS and HTML
• Be familiar with email marketing platforms and website CMS
• Understanding of Teams, Microsoft Office Suite, and other communication tools
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to effectively work with a wide diversity of people
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Creative, resourceful, entrepreneurial mindset, with a roll-up-your-sleeves mentality
• Ability to evolve with creative technologies
• Resourceful individual who can manage a project from start to finish
Physical Demands/Accommodations: The physical demands described here are representative of those that are to be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable persons with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The Newark Museum of Art is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In addition, we aspire to make the Museum and our environment – staff, audiences, artists, programs, and exhibitions – reflective of the diversity of the city of Newark and to capture the spirit of access, inclusion, and equity in all we do. We strongly encourage and welcome applicants from our BIPOC, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ communities as they must be centered in the work we do.
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This position is required to work Monday thru Friday from 9am to 5pm, with limited remote flexibility.
Deadline 3/18/2022