Spec I, Art Design - Dept

The School of Industrial and Graphic Design (SIGD) seeks applicants for an Art Design Specialist to serve as the School’s primary coordinator for communications and marketing activities and provide broad administrative support for school operations. This position plays an important role in providing administrative, communications, and event support to faculty, staff, students, and visitors while helping ensure the efficient operation of the school office.

The successful candidate will assist with a variety of office functions, communications initiatives, special projects, and events that support the school's academic, research, and outreach activities.

About the School of Industrial and Graphic Design (SIGD)

SIGD is situated within Auburn University’s College of Architecture, Design and Construction (CADC), an interdisciplinary environment that brings together architecture, landscape architecture, environmental design, building science, industrial design, and graphic design. The school supports design education that is experimental, research-driven, practice-informed, and engaged with contemporary social, environmental, and technological questions—and shares a culture of making, inquiry, and public engagement with other disciplines across the college.

The SIGD office supports faculty, staff, and students through a wide range of administrative, communications, and event-related functions. This position provides professional office support assisting with day-to-day operations, communications efforts, meetings, and special events. The role serves as an important point of contact for the CADC Communication team and external constituents and contributes to a collaborative environment within the school.

• Serves as the primary point of contact for communications and marketing requests from SIGD faculty and staff.
• Collects, reviews, organizes, and tracks communication requests through working with the CADC Communication team.
• Maintains communication project schedules and coordinates the school's communications calendar.
• Coordinates information gathering, content collection, photography requests, event details, and supporting materials needed for communication initiatives.
• Monitors project statuses and communicates workflows, request processes, and related documentation.
• Assists in the establishment and maintenance of communications requests processes, workflows, and documentation.
• Creates and produces marketing and communications materials for school programs, events, presentations and initiatives using established brand standards to layout requests within templates provided by CADC Communications.
• Manages printing execution of school materials and associated required approvals.
• Supports the development, distribution, and maintenance of SIGD newsletters and subscriber lists.
• Coordinates and supports large-scale school events, including Day of Design, Kaleidoscope, annual lecture series, and other special programs.
• Provides administrative support for school operations, including submitting building maintenance work orders, coordinating catering and logistics for meetings and events, and assisting with general office functions.
• Reconciles purchasing card transactions and related documentation for SIGD cardholders.
• Processes travel voucher documentation for faculty and students.
• Serves as a welcoming point of contact for faculty, staff, students, and visitors, providing exceptional customer service and administrative support.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Communications, or related field. 

Substitution allowed for education: candidate may apply additional relevant experience toward the education requirement, at a rate of two (2) years relevant experience per year of required education.

                Typical salaries are between $46,370 - $52,990

Desired Qualifications

• Experience in graphic design, communications, marketing, event coordination, or administrative support, preferably in a higher education setting.
• Experience working with brand standards, guidelines, templates, and communication workflows.
• Familiarity with digital newsletter platforms, social media platforms, and basic website content management systems.
• Experience with purchasing card reconciliation, travel documentation, or other university financial processes.

• Proficient with standard office and design software, including Microsoft Office suite and Adobe Creative Cloud applications (e.g., InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat)
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects, organize and track requests, follow through on execution, and meet deadlines
• Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills and a customer-service orientation
• Ability to work collaboratively with faculty, staff, students, and exercise discretion and solve routine problems independently

• Life-Changing Impact: Our work changes lives through research, instruction, and outreach, making a lasting impact on our students, our communities, and the world.
• Culture of Excellence: We are committed to leveraging our strengths, resources, collaboration, and innovation as a top employer in higher education.
• We’re Here for You: Auburn offers generous benefits, educational opportunities, and a culture of support and work/life balance.
• Sweet Home Alabama: The Auburn/Opelika area offers southern charm, vibrant downtown scenes, top-ranked schools, and easy access to Atlanta, Birmingham, and the Gulf of Mexico beaches.
• A Place for Everyone: Auburn is committed to fostering an environment where all faculty, staff, and students are welcomed, valued, respected, and engaged.
• Ready to lead and shape the future of higher education? Apply today! War Eagle!