Job Description
About the Company
Griffin Capital Company is a leading full-service real estate investment and management company. We manage a diverse portfolio of institutional-quality assets across the United States. Our goal is to create reliable, thematic investment solutions to meet the needs of our investors and the communities in which we invest. Since 1995, Griffin Capital has owned, managed, sponsored and/or co-sponsored approximately $23 billion in assets across a wide range of real estate sectors and investment structures. The Griffin Capital Team has engaged in the development of approximately $4.3 billion of real estate with a specific focus on the multifamily sector where it has a development portfolio of more than 11,200 apartment units.
Position Summary Translate concepts into engaging visual designs for both print and digital media, ensuring alignment with our branding and marketing strategies. Collaborate with the marketing team to create graphics, and manage the design process from concept to completion.
Duties and Responsibilities - Collaborate with team members to understand project requirements, brainstorm ideas, and translate written and verbal ideas into designs that resonate with our audiences.
- Design materials for a wide range of media, including brochures, reports, digital content, presentations, ads, and web pages, using creative software suites to generate final products.
- Maintain consistency in visual messaging and brand identity across all platforms.
- Build wireframes and design web pages and emails to support the digital marketing efforts.
- Help to ensure the legibility, ease-of-use, accuracy, and precision of all of our materials.
- Edit images (retouch, manipulate) as needed for various projects using editing software (Photoshop).
- Build and maintain creative assets library including logos, photos, and graphic resources.
Requirements
Qualifications - Three or more years of related Graphic Design experience. Background in financial or corporate design not required, but preferred.
- Bachelor's degree (B. A. or B.F.A.) from four-year college or university; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Proven graphic design experience including layout, composition, and typography skills. Data visualization skills and the ability to represent concepts visually. Strong organization of working files, linked images, and versions control.
- To perform this job successfully, an individual should have demonstrated competency with Microsoft Office, advanced skills in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.), and knowledge of HTML, CSS and web/UX standards. Some knowledge of video and web/multimedia is a plus.
Skills Requirements - Strong design skills. Generates creative solutions, uses feedback to modify designs, and applies design principles to best support company branding across all mediums.
- Solid project management capabilities. Develops, coordinates, and completes projects on time and within assigned budget. Communicates changes and progress.
- Able to work effectively within a team, balancing team and individual responsibilities. Gives and welcomes feedback.
- Strong quality and detail orientation, demonstrating accuracy and thoroughness while looking for ways to improve and promote quality.
- Adaptable, able to manage competing demands and deal with frequent changes, delays, or unexpected events and use a variety of methods and approaches to get the best end result.
Benefits and Salary Griffin Capital's salary ranges are determined by role, duration of direct experience, and internal and external pay equity considerations.
- The base salary range for this exempt full-time position is $70,000 - $95,000 + bonus eligibility + benefits.*
At Griffin Capital, we strive to offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to our employees. To support the physical, financial, and emotional well-being of employees, we offer:
- 100% company paid individual Medical and Dental Insurance.
- 100% company paid individual Life, AS&D, STD, LTD Insurance and EAP.
- 401(k) plan with up to 4% matching and full vesting.
- Paid time off (PTO) starting at 17 days per year, with increases after 2 years of service.
- A yearly Birthday Holiday and paid time off for community service.
- State of the art onsite gym.
- Company funded Lifestyle Spending Account.
- Access to other health and tax-advantaged benefits.
Availability of benefits may be subject to location & employment type and may have certain eligibility requirements. Griffin reserves the right to alter these benefits in whole or in part at any time without advance notice.
In addition to the above-listed benefits, the firm also offers hybrid work options specific to roles, an employee-led professional development program, and community involvement through its Griffin Care and Community Committee.
* Please note that the compensation information provided is a good faith estimate for this position only and is provided pursuant to the California Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements Law. Griffin Capital takes into consideration a candidate's education, training, and experience, as well as the position's work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the California Law, a potential new employee's salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.
Equal Employment Opportunity at Griffin We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation.
We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas.
We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Griffin Capital will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations and in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process.
California Privacy Rights Notice for Californian Job Applicants and Prospective Talent Under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 ("CCPA"), Griffin Capital Company, LLC is required to inform California residents who are our job applicants or prospective talent (together "job applicants" or "you") about the categories of personal information we may collect about you and the purposes for which we use this information. Note this notice applies only to personal information that is subject to the CCPA.
Categories of Personal Information Griffin Capital collects. We may collect the following categories of personal information about our job applicants, who are California residents:
- Name
- Signature
- Social Security Number
- Email and mailing address
- Telephone number
- Education
- Employment history
We use and disclose the personal information we collect for our business purposes. These business purposes include, without limitation:
- Processing evaluating your application to determine your qualifications for the role to which you've applied, and communicating with you about your application, including to check references or your background, and communicate with you about other jobs that may interest you.
- Other business purposes as identified in the CCPA, which include:
- Auditing related to our interactions with you;
- Legal compliance
- Detecting and protecting against security incidents, fraud, and illegal activity;
- Debugging;
- Performing services for us, such as analytics;
- Internal research for technological improvement; and
- Internal operations.
Salary Description
$70,000 - $95,000
Job Tags
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