Title: Graphic Design Manager - Schaumburg, IL or Remote Location: Schaumburg, Illinois, 60173, United States Job category: Publications Requisition number: GRAPH001376 - Full-time - Hybrid Job details Description GRAPHIC DESIGN MANAGER – SCHAUMBURG, IL OR REMOTE Feel good about your work—and your workplace. The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) team provides education, resources, and advocacy to help our members improve the experience and safety of patients in their care. You can be a part of this important work—join more than 160 change-makers, collaborators, and advocates as we continually work towards excellence. We live our core values of collaboration, dedication, commitment, and improvement every day. And we know that diversity in the way we look, think, learn, and live makes everything ASA does better. Our policies, culture, and people strengthen this commitment every day. As a result, ASA has been named one of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in Chicago and the Nation® for the past nine years. ASA offers flexible hybrid work arrangements, a "dress for your day" mindset, generous time off, plus professional development and educational benefits, so you can write your own story. What's more because ASA is a professional association—not a corporation—we value performance over profits. Be part of a collaborative, caring community. Position Summary: The Graphic Design Manager is responsible for managing the design, creative development, and production of print and digital assets in support of ASA’s brand and product portfolio. Oversees the process from concept to completion for each project. Leads the graphic design approaches for ASA marketing, communications, publications, meetings, education, and other business units—providing strategic guidance, art direction, and layout services for collateral materials, products, promotions, and other content. Establishes and manages the centralized workflow and resources for graphic design and production services, internal and external. Oversees ASA’s graphic standards and brand compliance throughout the organization. Directly manages graphic design and visual communication needs for monthly news publication, ASA Monitor. Manages and upholds ASA photography standards and related needs for annual meeting, governance, and special events as well as special projects for Organizational Excellence, the ASA foundations, and various ASA business units and member leadership. Responsibilities include providing leadership and direction to the individual(s) within the work team. Oversees workload, project prioritization, and resource management. Primary Position Responsibilities: · Manages all graphic design needs for monthly news publication, ASA Monitor, working directly with Editor-in-Chief, Director of Publications, and the publications team to create and design monthly theme and column iconography, and all article graphics to enhance the visual communication for print version, as well as for website and online content. Selects and provides authentic photography per themed content; retouches and formats all author photos. Reviews article and issue proofs of ASA Monitor and ASA Monitor+ special edition to ensure design and layout meet ASA standards. · Supervises Graphic Design and Production Specialist. Builds and cultivates successful graphics and production team of high-performing staff (and external design and production resources) who demonstrate high quality design and strong commitment to meet deadlines and expectations. Recommends and supports career development of staff. · Collaborates with Marketing and Communications, Public Relations, and other business units across the organization, including staff and members, to discuss, recommend, and deliver on graphic design needs ensuring creative strategies and approaches align with communication and business objectives. Collaborates to develop Creative Development Briefs and other tools to guide creative output and requests those tools when needed to ensure strong creative output is delivered. · Leads creative team in the concept, design, layout, and production of marketing and promotional collateral, publications, signage, packaging, and other designed content. · Leads team to establish and uphold graphic design best practices for digital-only, print-only, and cross-platform applications.Ensures all designs for print and digital outputs comply with brand standards. Communicates and upholds brand standards across organization. · Manages procurement and presentation of all ASA photography, original and stock, to uphold appropriate branding and best practices to ensure all ASA meetings, events and other activities, campaigns or programs are captured effectively and efficiently and presented in accordance with the brand and to portray positive imagery of members and the profession. Manages digital asset photo library and platform (e.g., Canto), including retouching, uploading, and tagging of all photography. Recommends appropriate photography for stakeholders and business units. Manages scheduling of freelance photographers for Board portraits, ANESTHESIOLOGY and other meetings or special events, and on-location OR photo shoots. · Designs and produces ASA Annual Report and ASAPAC Annual Report, and other compendiums of information as needed, in accordance with strategy and Creative Development Briefs. · Collaborates with publishing partner (e.g., Wolters Kluwer) and ASA publications team on monthly production schedule, file transfers, specs. and details. Coordinates monthly “house” ads with marketing team, graphic design specialist, and publishing partner. Participates in necessary editorial and production meetings. · Manages all elements of vendor relationships, including securing quotes, understanding production specifications, providing files and art direction, approving proofs, etc. Identifies, evaluates, recommends, and coordinates provision of external resources when needed to ensure creative needs and deadlines are met. Builds and maintains relationships with external vendors and resources, such as freelancers, production crews, printers, mailers, and graphic designers. · Works with Anesthesiology journal Senior Managing Editor, Senior Digital Communications Specialist, and Editorial Board members to produce journal visual abstracts and other design work as needed. · Delivers graphic design and production pieces for other business units as needed, on time and within budget, per negotiated delivery deadlines and budgets. · Manages work team and resources, including establishing processes and tools to field incoming creative requests and to organize and prioritize workload and allocation. Builds and cultivates successful team of high-performing staff who demonstrate strong commitment. Ensures the department meets deadlines and monitors performance against department goals. · Ability to perform work in alignment with ASA core values: Dedication, Collaboration, Commitment to Excellence, Continuous Improvement. · Stays up to date on all current trends and innovations in design and typography, presentation and graphic design software, printing and production. Position Qualifications: · Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, fine arts, or related field highly desired. · Minimum of 5 years of graphic design experience. Portfolio with a large scope of produced health care, education, association or similar collateral pieces preferred. · Previous supervisory experience preferred. · Health care, medical, and association experience preferred. · Familiarity with email marketing platforms, including template creation, preferred. · Strong computer proficiency, including cross platform experience required (Mac and PC). · Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite is required, especially Photoshop. · Knowledge of workflow management tools, such as Wrike, preferred. · Experience working with vendors (printers, freelancers, video producers, etc.) required. · Knowledge of production processes, printing, and mailing required. · Ability to produce high quality and error free work. · Ability to think creatively and innovatively to produce new ideas. · Ability to work in fast-paced environment and keep to strict deadlines and publication cycles. · Highly developed professionalism and interpersonal skills, affinity for networking and demonstrated high level of confidence and poise with a strong member service orientation. · Ability to organize and analyze insights, communicate with stakeholders, develop recommendations and proposals for solving problems while exhibiting realistic understanding of issues. · Demonstrate personal integrity in interactions with vendors, contractors and in communication with members and staff. ASA Benefits: As part of the health care community, we offer a full slate of health, financial, and wellness benefits to support personal and family needs, including quality medical, dental, and vision insurance at a reasonable cost, 401K match, a free fitness center, breastmilk shipping, CALM subscription, volunteer committees, employee resource groups, and much more. More detailed benefits information can be found at: https://www.asahq.org/about-asa/work-at-asa/benefits. ASA Compensation Philosophy: ASA conducts market analysis of its positions, ensuring the compensation is comparable with jobs of the same level, skills, and abilities. Additionally, ASA believes in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer. ASA strives to be transparent with our pay practices both internally and externally. Position Compensation: This position is an exempt/salaried position. The target hiring pay range for this position is: $94,000 - $115,000 annually. This position is not eligible for a yearly bonus/incentive. Compensation decisions consider a wide range of factors, including but not limited to relevant experience, skills, certifications, business needs, and organizational policies. EEOC: ASA is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Individuals with Disabilities, and Veterans that values the strength diversity brings to our workplace. Decisions affecting employment are considered without regard to disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected characteristic. Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an office environment with light noise. Work may be frequently interrupted. The employee will spend most of the workday sitting, computing, and talking/hearing. May require lifting (boxes) in the 10-25 lb. range requiring the ability to bend at the waist and knee. Equal Opportunity Employer This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

Role Description We are seeking a new Graphic Designer to join our team. You will be designing a wide variety of things across digital and offline media. To be successful in this position, you’ll be a self-starter, capable of delivering brilliant creative ideas, and show amazing attention to detail. - Planning concepts by studying relevant information and materials. - Illustrating concepts by designing examples of art arrangement, size, type size and style and submitting them for approval. - Preparing finished art by operating the necessary equipment and software. - Coordinating with outside agencies, art services, web designer, marketing, printers, and colleagues as necessary. - Contributing to team efforts by accomplishing tasks as needed. - Communicating with clients about layout and design. - Creating a wide range of graphics and layouts for product illustrations, company logos, and websites with software such as Photoshop. - Reviewing final layouts and suggesting improvements when necessary. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related field. - Experience as a graphic designer or in a related field. - Demonstrable graphic design skills with a strong portfolio. - Proficiency with required desktop publishing tools, including Photoshop, InDesign, Quark, and Illustrator. - A strong eye for visual composition. - Effective time management skills and the ability to meet deadlines. - Able to give and receive constructive criticism. - Understanding of marketing, production, website design, corporate identity, product packaging, advertisements, and multimedia design. - Experience with computer-aided design.

Role Description As a UI/UX Designer at AbmaSoft, you will be responsible for designing and improving the user interfaces of our software products. You will work closely with our development team to ensure that our products have a modern, clean, and user-friendly design that meets industry standards. You will also be responsible for conducting user research, creating wireframes and prototypes, and delivering high-quality designs that enhance user experience. - Develop wireframes, prototypes, and concepts to visualize initial design ideas - Conduct user research and gather feedback to understand user needs and preferences - Create design concepts and mockups that align with business goals and user requirements - Collaborate with the development team to ensure that the designs are implemented accurately - Conduct usability testing to identify any issues and make necessary design adjustments - Develop and maintain style guides and design standards for consistency across all products - Keep up-to-date with industry trends and best practices to continuously improve the user experience - Communicate design ideas and concepts effectively to clients and team members - Be open to feedback and make necessary revisions to designs based on feedback Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, or a related field - At least 2 years of experience as a UI/UX Designer or similar role - A strong portfolio showcasing exceptional design skills and projects - Excellent proficiency in design and prototyping tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, InVision, etc. - In-depth knowledge of user interface design principles, responsive design, and usability standards - A good understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is a plus - Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously - Strong communication and collaboration skills - Problem-solving and critical thinking abilities - A passion for staying updated with the latest design trends and technologies Company Description AbmaSoft is a rapidly growing software development company that provides innovative solutions for businesses of all sizes. Our goal is to deliver high-quality, user-friendly software that meets the evolving needs of our clients.

Design and animate graphics for studio and live events, fulfill daily creative requests, and integrate sponsor elements while ensuring brand continuity and quality in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.