About the In-House Graphic Designer position

We are looking for a skilled In-House Graphic Designer to provide design solutions with high visual impact within Thrive. Your responsibilities will include creative design and coordination across a variety of products including email, website landing pages٫ social posts, print invites, event/campaign collaterals, online store merchandise٫ organization identity, etc.

You should possess great creativity and have a solid background in design. In this position, you will develop and coordinate all communication and marketing efforts. As a small team, who accomplishes much, we expect you to be able to efficiently and effectively collaborate with our whole staff, working hand-in-hand with our in-house copywriter and greatly supporting our fundraising and event teams.

Conceptualizing, Creating, and Maintaining Thrive Deliverables

• Creation/management of the communications calendar (including email communications, print campaigns, social media) across all areas of the organization with COO & Copywriter
• Analyzes existing communications and conceptualizes new methods of communication to build brand recognition, gain a larger target audience, and support all ministry arms of Thrive
• Strengthens and develops event (retreats and virtual gatherings) communications and branding (working closely with the Retreat/Virtual Gatherings Department)
• Strengthens and develops event/campaign/development material communications and branding (working closely with the Development Team)
• Strengthens and develops marketing campaigns (fundraising and brand awareness campaigns including targeted approaches)
• Strengthens and develops social media branding and presence
• Strengthens and develops current and future online publications and web design (working closely with Publications and the Developer)
• Prepare print files and work with printers to ensure print materials are printed properly and on time

Organizing, Maintaining, and Developing digital and print assets

• Stock photography subscription (iStock.com), internal cloud file storage (box.com), onsite print storage (mail room print supplies)
• Seeking out agencies/photographers/women in missions to get on-the-field photos
• Design & UI of retreat photography website and communication with retreat photographers

In-House Graphic Designer requirements are:

• Must embrace the mission of Thrive and agree with our Statement of Faith
• 2+ years' experience of working as a Graphic Designer or other similar position
• Excellent graphic design and marketing skills with a strong portfolio
• Creative flair٫ versatility٫ conceptual/visual ability and originality
• Innovative and adaptable learner, utilizing new tools and technologies
• Strong interaction٫ communication and presentation skills
• Solid practical experience with industry-leading software and technologies٫ such as the Adobe Creative Cloud suite, Slack, Box, MailChimp, Trello, Asana, Hootsuite, Airtable, MS Office 365, Apple products.
• Strong abilities to comply with requirements of time٫ costs and deadlines
• UX/UI design and video experience is a plus
• Thrives (pun intended ;-) in a closely knitted, small team environment
  

Our Culture:
We love our team. It's one of the core pillars we work from every day. Which is why we take care of you as best we can. 

We deeply believe in and care for each other. Our mission is to replenish women ministering overseas and for that to be deeply effective we believe that starts with us - to have a natural flow of lovingkindness into our relationships and work. 

As a small team doing exceptional work, each of our roles holds a lot of responsibility. We have a culture of collaboration and support that permeates through all areas. 

We all work hard but do life and family in stride - not in competition with our work. Flexibility and communication are backbones of our work. 

Position Details:

• full-time, salaried position, $25/hr.
• We fully provide excellent Medical and Dental coverage plans for you as an employee. You can preview our 2024 benefits here.
• Paid Time Off: 2 weeks of vacation, plus 1 week of sick leave
• Ministry Paid Time Off: up to 2 weeks (Thrive encourages our employees, along with their families, to be actively serving in ministry endeavors)
• Monthly Personal Retreat Days (PRDs): - one day per month to unplug and take the day with the Lord to refresh.
  
• Lakewood, Colorado-based office (split in office/remote work)