Digital Designer

SUMMARY

Do you live in the digital world and thrive on making it beautiful and functional? Are you a behind-the-scenes wizard in making engaging social media content and email marketing campaigns? Do you want to serve farmers and ranchers, doing meaningful work that impacts their livelihood?

This position is responsible for design to help support Angus Media digital advertising and editorial efforts. The digital designer will contribute to both advertising and editorial teams through a variety of projects centered around design for email, social media and web.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Design work to include digital marketing campaigns, eblasts, social graphics and web pages.
• Contribute new ideas for reaching customers on digital platforms.
• Support editorial design teams in making stories come to life on their respective portions of the website.
• Create content to help cattlemen reach their intended audiences with their messages, spreading word about their programs.
• Work with Angus Media Marketing Team to execute social media and digital marketing campaigns.
• Provide input for digital projects and additional promotional projects to support Angus Media’s mission.
• Collaborate with the American Angus Association’s Communications and IS teams.

QUALIFICATIONS to perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and/or responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES include, but are not limited to the following:

• Ability to work in Adobe programs to create beautiful, functional designs.
• Experience in web design. (HTML experience a bonus, but not required.)
• Sitecore Content Management, or other content management system, experience is a plus.
• Must have experience in email campaign platforms like Active Campaigns.
• Must have experience in contributing to multiple social media accounts.
• Ability to edit and prepare photos for digital platforms.
• Some ability to edit videos is a plus.
• Must have excellent communication skills, working with team members to design and develop a successful web presence.
• Ability to organize, prioritize and execute multiple activities simultaneously.
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Must be reliable and dependable.
• A positive attitude and a willingness to learn is a must.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, web design or web development degree and other applicable fields, or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum two years of experience in web-based graphic design or web interface design (internships and freelance experience is pertinent).
• An agricultural background or animal science focus is a plus but is not required.

TRAVEL

Travel of 10-15% is expected, as needed, for this position.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to operate the telephone, the computer and assemble information; must be able to clearly talk and hear when communicating via the telephone. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms and will occasionally use a stepstool. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and might occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, consisting of normal business office equipment and activities. When traveling, the employee would visit various agricultural settings, which could include outside weather conditions. Direct exposure to livestock is required.

Employees of the Association enjoy a strong benefits package including medical insurance, dental insurance, vision coverage, life and disability insurance and a 401K. Personal Time Off (PTO) is also included.

To apply, submit a cover letter, résumé, work examples and salary requirements to www.angus.org/careers.

The American Angus Association is the nation’s largest beef breed registry with over 22,000 adult and junior members. The Association’s goal is to serve the beef cattle industry, and to increase the production of consistent, high quality beef that will better satisfy consumers throughout the world. The Association is comprised of the parent company, the American Angus Association located in St. Joseph, MO, along with its four subsidiaries: Angus Genetics Inc., Angus Productions Inc., Certified Angus Beef LLC and the Angus Foundation. The American Angus Association is an EOE.