Graphic Designer

Graphic Designer Job Summary:

Sparks Group is seeking a Graphic Designer to join a global technology and business services company in Coppell, TX. This is a long-term, fully onsite (5 days a week) contract opportunity.

Graphic Designer Responsibilities:

• Work creatively within established corporate and client branding guidelines.
• Create, edit, revise, and prepare artwork and graphic design solutions for digital and print applications.
• Develop layouts, collateral materials, forms, and visual communications that meet customer and brand requirements.
• Produce accurate artwork, typesetting, and document formatting for professional publication and reproduction.
• Modify document layouts, impositions, and formats to achieve optimal finished results.
• Re-engineer documents for migration from offset to digital print environments when required.
• Prepare and inspect files to ensure print readiness before release to production.
• Verify fonts, image resolution, image registration, color settings, and technical specifications.
• Apply color management, color correction, trapping, image editing, and other pre-press techniques to optimize output quality.
• Maintain expertise in digital and lithographic printing processes and associated limitations.
• Review digital proofs, conduct quality checks within documents, and send approved files for production.
• Serve as a point of contact for design requests, job intake, and project communications.
• Advise customers on effective visual communication and production solutions as needed.
• Provide project updates and maintain clear communication throughout the production lifecycle.
• Respond to customer inquiries, resolve issues, or escalate as appropriate.
• Build productive relationships with customers, team members, suppliers, and production partners.
• Track design projects through workflow management systems & excel document.
• Coordinate designs with production timelines, budgets (if applicable), and expected customer delivery schedules.
• Monitor project progress to ensure deadlines are achieved.
• Archive, store, back up, and manage digital assets and files for future use and retrieval for internal team and external design team reviews within the designated SharePoint site.
• Maintain accurate records and electronic file management practices.
• Perform quality inspections before, during, and after production.
• Ensure adherence to brand standards, audit requirements, and customer specifications.
• Follow data protection, copyright, security, and document management requirements; no AI use permitted.
• Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in design and print production.

Graphic Designer Qualifications:

• Associate degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Fine Arts, School of Arts, or related discipline required.
• Bachelor's degree in arts, Graphic Design, or related field preferred.
• Minimum 2-5 years of professional graphic design with digital print experience preferred. Design in Healthcare industry is advantageous.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain and apply client brand standards.
• Proven experience preparing artwork for print production and pre-press workflows.
• Experience managing projects through design, proofing, production, and delivery stages.
• Professional portfolio showcasing creative and technical design capabilities.
• Experience with project management or similar application, i.e. Adobe Workfront – an enterprise work management software.

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This job is In-Person.

Pay Range: Hourly $24.00 to $27.00

We offer several comprehensive benefits package including health and life insurance, paid and unpaid time off, and retirement and savings plans to qualifying employees.

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Sparks Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, pregnancy, citizenship, family status, genetic information, disability, or protect veteran status.