Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park seeks a highly creative, organized and detail-oriented theatre-lover for our position of multimedia designer. The multimedia designer is the Playhouse’s primary graphic designer and video producer. Duties of the multimedia designer include, but are not limited to:
- Working closely with department director, associate director and outside consultants to determine design and visual strategy and production schedule for all marketing and communications.
- Ensuring a consistent brand look across Playhouse brochures, advertising, publications, website, email, social media and other communications.
- Designing and laying out a variety of marketing pieces, including brochures, newsletters, signage, fliers, postcards, print and web ads and lobby displays, and designing other Playhouse institutional pieces, including folders, tickets and business cards.
- Designing additional pieces for other Playhouse departments including educational brochures and support materials for the development and group sales departments, among others.
- Working with the associate director to develop content for and coordinate production of website videos. Shooting and editing videos for the website and production b-roll.
- Working with freelance designer(s) on creative direction and visual strategy.
- Maintaining visual and design aspects of the Playhouse website and contributing to the updating of the site as needed.
- Coordinating and communicating with printers regarding proofs, deadlines and delivery of finished pieces.
- Proven experience, proficiency and creativity with the following software applications is required: Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat Professional) as well as knowledge of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), layout and graphic design principles and typography. The ideal candidate would also have proven experience with Premiere Pro (or another professional video editing suite, such as Final Cut Pro) as well as videography and photography lighting and audio editing principals. The ability to produce video graphics with Adobe After Effects is a plus.
- Three to five years of professional work experience is preferred.
Please email a cover letter, resume, salary requirements and two samples of your design and video production work by JULY 26 to: Kathy Neus, Director of Marketing: kathy.neus@cincyplay.com. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park is an equal opportunity employer and encourages inquires about this position from a broad spectrum of candidates reflecting the diversity of the community we serve.
