Work alongside our internal team — which includes editorial,
marketing, photo, video, and social media — and other campus
partners to brainstorm messages and convey them effectively through
design.
Partner with external printing vendors and the on-campus print
shop to ensure high-quality, proper bleed setups, margins, and CMYK
color profiles.
Manage multiple projects simultaneously from concept to final
delivery using our project management system, Asana. Coordinate
closely with the Senior Creative Director and design team to manage
priorities and deadlines.
Serve as a creative design resource to BCM colleagues and
campus partners, helping translate complex concepts and data into
clear visualizations.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education
Bachelor’s degree in the arts, graphic design, visual
communications, or a related field required.
Experience
- A minimum of 2-3 years’ of professional design experience is
preferred (creative agency experience or a client-facing role is a
plus).
- High proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, specifically InDesign
(multi-page layouts), Illustrator (vector assets/logos), and
Photoshop (image editing/optimization). Knowledge of After Effects
or digital animation is a strong plus.
Skills and Knowledge
- Commitment to equity and inclusion, and serving the needs of a
culturally and educationally diverse community.
- Possesses a strong baseline understanding of design principles
and knows the technical differences between designing for digital
and print projects.
- Demonstrated ability to work with clients, work independently,
and guide projects toward effective design solutions.
- A strong desire to learn new technical tools, accept
constructive feedback, and adapt to institutional workflows.
Ability to pick up on Bates’ editorial style through continued
exposure to requested copy edits (for example, knowing when to use
a hyphen, en-dash, or em-dash.)
- Devotion to detail with a meticulous eye for alignment,
typography, and catching errors.
- Basic familiarity with ADA/WCAG color contrast and web
readability guidelines.
- Familiarity with WordPress and foundational knowledge of
responsive design, HTML, CSS, and other web norms to ensure
top-tier user experiences across all devices.
- Clear understanding of resolution requirements (300 DPI vs. 72
PPI), color spaces (CMYK vs. RGB, and the Pantone system),
technical document setups, and digital file formats (SVG, PNG,
WebP), and asset optimization for fast digital loading.
Benefits:
Bates College offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits
(health, dental, 9% retirement contribution with potential for an
additional 3% match, sick leave, 24 days of vacation, 2 personal
days, 13 paid holidays, dependent care subsidy, free parking,
access to library and athletic facilities & more), and a
supportive, collegial environment in a drug and smoke-free
workplace.
Hiring Range: The hiring range for this position is $50,000
to $55,000. Placement within the range depends on experience and
other factors.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
Bates College is committed to the principle of equal opportunity
and providing an educational and work environment free from
discrimination. The college prohibits discrimination on the basis
of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity or gender expression, age, disability,
genetic information or veteran status and other legally protected
statuses in the recruitment and admission of its students, in the
administration of its education policies and programs, or in the
recruitment of its faculty and staff. Bates College adheres to all
applicable state and federal equal opportunity laws and
regulations. All college faculty, staff, students, contractors,
visitors, and volunteers are responsible for understanding and
complying with the Non-Discrimination Policy.
Inquiries concerning the college’s policies, compliance with
applicable laws, statutes, and regulations (such as Title VII,
Title IX, and ADA/Section 504), and complaints may be directed to
Gwen Lexow, Title IX Officer, 207-786-6445 or via email at
glexow@bates.edu .
About Bates:
Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts
college, attracting 2,000 students from across the U.S. and around
the world.
Since 1855, Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person
through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative
residential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence,
Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender, race,
religion, or national origin.
Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action, Bates
prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for
responsible stewardship of the wider world. Bates engages the
forces — intellectual trends, demographic changes, and technology —
that are transforming higher education and the world into which our
students graduate.
Bates has highly competitive admissions, graduates over 90 percent
of its entering students, and more than half of its alumni earn
graduate degrees. Bates employs 200 faculty members and 550
staff.
The college is proud of deep roots in the Lewiston/Auburn
community, Maine’s second-largest urban area with a population of
approximately 65,000. Bates is located on a beautiful, 133-acre,
traditional New England campus in Lewiston, an emerging city with
an entrepreneurial climate, a lively arts scene, and a dynamic
business community. Bates is 35 miles north of Portland, 140 miles
north of Boston, and 350 miles north of New York City.
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