Graphic Designer

About Marquis

Marquis is seeking a Graphic Designer to join our fast-paced Production team. You will take foundational brand and campaign concepts and prepare them into flawless, production-ready direct mail and email for our financial institution clients. You'll work closely with the project team and leverage AI strategies to manage a high volume of production and ensure that the execution meets strict technical, platform and brand specifications. This position is 20% design, 80% production.

Responsibilities

• Execute high-volume versioning for print and email from approved concepts, ensuring absolute precision and brand consistency.
• Create engaging emails that are visually appealing, on-brand and compatible with data merges.
• Create direct mail pieces that adhere to specifications including postcards, letters and self-mailers.
• Prepare production-ready files for both email deployment and print production.
• Preflight and troubleshoot files for data merges to be printed on digital presses.
• Collaborate with client services and marketing teams to translate campaign goals into effective visual communications.
• Manage multiple client projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Integrate AI workflows to optimize campaign production speed and eliminate execution errors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design.
• 3+ years of professional graphic design experience in a comparable environment.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite including InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Strong understanding of typography, layout, color theory and visual hierarchy.
• Excellent organizational, communication and time management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while delivering high-quality work under tight deadlines.
• Experience designing for marketing automation or email platforms.
• Knowledge of print production processes and file preparation.
• Familiarity with responsive email design and marketing best practices.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating email marketing, direct mail is required.
• Recommended but not required: Experience with Figma, basic HTML, knowledge of building files for data merge and/or variable print production, experience leveraging AI, experience working with financial institutions.