Graphic Designer

Job Description

Develops creative concepts by working with leaders, design strategists, writers, and subject matter experts. Transforms draft materials and concepts into concise and meaningful end products.

The Client Design Team within Participant Strategy Experience (PSx) is seeking a Graphic Designer to drive our vision for visual guidelines and brand identity, a critical component to helping retirement plan participants achieve the retirement of their dreams.
In this role, you'll serve as a point of contact on all things design and brand, as well as assist with several key initiatives critical to the future of our team. You'll collaborate with marketing experts, writers, editors, leaders, design strategists, and external business partners to ensure all PSx materials meet our standards for design and readability, as well as support business goals that are critical to the future of the Institutional Investor Group (IIG).

About us
Our mission is to develop an emotional bond with our participants that builds trust and leads them to take the right steps to reach their financial goals. We achieve this through our “Human. Simple. Coach.” approach to communications:
Human. We sound human, like people talking over the kitchen table. We put the participant at the center of everything we do.
Simple. We break the complexities of finance into simple, easy actions. We create communications that are clear and easy to understand. We leverage behavioral finance and adult learning theory to remove emotional and mental impediments that cause inaction and inertia.
Coach. We serve as an experienced coach, guiding participants toward their best retirement. We care, encourage, and provide clear paths for participants to take important actions.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborates with a cross-functional team, supporting senior designers and creative operations to create intentional, editorially relevant designs using Vanguard’s brand identity system.
• Understands brand systems, standards, and guidelines. Can adapt to new brands quickly and translate those learnings into effective marketing pieces.
• Conceptualizes, designs, and presents multi-channel marketing pieces with a human-centric approach. Some assets include brochures, emails, presentations, and microsites.
• Translates business needs into viable solutions that capture brand and are targeted to different the appropriate audience.
• Has the ability to explain rationale for design decisions that persuade business partners and senior leaders.
• Can build a visual story with data by translating data from Excel into charts and graphic systems.
• Creates and maintains templates, documenting detailed specs where needed.
• Works with design leadership to understand and uphold standards of design quality across all materials.
• Flexible in mindset and working approach. Embraces an Agile approach to work and encourages a continuous learning environment, open to art direction and collaboration.
• Follows project workflows and timelines to ensure projects meet delivery deadlines; adopts design team procedures for naming, storing, and archiving digital files.

An ideal candidate will have:

• Minimum three years related work experience.
• An undergraduate in a design, advertising, or communications field or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Able to work with a diverse set of graphic design and UX software (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite, InVision, Sketch, Microsoft Office Suite, etc.)
• Comfortable working with quick turnaround times and deadlines.
• Portfolio of work to be submitted with application.

Special Factors

• Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

About Vanguard

We are Vanguard. Together, we’re changing the way the world invests.

For us, investing doesn’t just end in value. It starts with values. Because when you invest with courage, when you invest with clarity, and when you invest with care, you can get so much more in return. We invest with purpose – and that’s how we’ve become a global market leader. Here, we grow by doing the right thing for the people we serve. And so can you.

We want to make success accessible to everyone. This is our opportunity. Let’s make it count.

Inclusion Statement

Vanguard’s continued commitment to diversity and inclusion is firmly rooted in our culture. Every decision we make to best serve our clients, crew (internally employees are referred to as crew), and communities is guided by one simple statement: “Do the right thing.”

We believe that a critical aspect of doing the right thing requires building diverse, inclusive, and highly effective teams of individuals who are as unique as the clients they serve. We empower our crew to contribute their distinct strengths to achieving Vanguard’s core purpose through our values.

When all crew members feel valued and included, our ability to collaborate and innovate is amplified, and we are united in delivering on Vanguard's core purpose.

Our core purpose: To take a stand for all investors, to treat them fairly, and to give them the best chance for investment success.