Graphic Designer at Thompson Hospitality Corporation in Washington, Washington DC

Job Description:

Overview

Who We Are:

Thompson Hospitality is the nation's largest minority-owned food and facilities management company. Our services include hospitality, full dining and quick service restaurants, campus dining, diversity consultation, facility operations and maintenance management. We are a family-run organization with more than twenty-five years providing services built on our core mission to provide a positive experience to every relationship we are involved in: one guest, one client, one team member at a time. As a fast growing company, we have a growth plan to more than double in size over the next three years. We are looking for team members who are interested in developing their careers to the next level while joining our team of over 4,000 employees, serving clients in over 40 states to include more than 1.9 million guests each year. Thompson Hospitality focuses on three core areas in everything we do:

• Purpose
  
  
  • Give back to our communities
  • Celebrate diversity
• People
  
  
  • Do the right thing
  • Treat people the way you want to be treated
  • Always do your best
  • Be accountable for our actions
• Performance
  
  
  • Serve the highest quality food
  • Provide world-class service
  • Maintain flexibility to better serve our clients

Competitive Benefits:

• Health/Dental/Vision
• Paid Time Off
• 401(k), matched up to 4%
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Referral Program
• Pet Insurance
• Discounts: Hotels, Travel, Tickets

Performance

• Serve the highest quality food
• Provide world-class service
• Maintain flexibility to better serve our clients

Thompson Hospitality is seeking a talented individual to join their marketing team as a Graphic Design and Brand Manager. This position will work directly with the Marketing Department creating compelling concepts for print and digital collateral, work simultaneously on multiple projects based on restaurant needs, and manage print supply through third party vendors.

At Thompson Hospitality we see graphic design as visual storytelling that engages, informs, and inspires. We are looking for a highly creative graphic designer who can take conceptual ideas and create visual representations, both in print and electronic media. Our ideal candidate will have expert knowledge of current design software and skilled with every step of the design process from concept to the final deliverable. Collaborating with multiple teams at our company, the graphic designer should be able to take direction from written or spoken ideas and convert them into a design that connects. The successful candidate will have a thorough understanding of branding and marketing, with the ability to vary style and layouts depending on the project. If you think you have what it takes to bring ideas to life with visual impact, we want to hear from you.

Responsible for:

• Website design, maintenance and updates
• Menu visuals, templates, communication materials and collateral
• Meal Plan selling campaign collateral
• Themed meals marketing collateral & manager's guides for residential dining
• Marketing collateral & manager's guides for retail promotions
• Catering sales marketing collateral & materials
• Client Business Review / Annual Business Review / Thompson presentations On-Site Graphic Design Requests
• Development of internal brand design and standards
• Marketing collateral for all marketing, training and overall materials
• Support design materials needed for video production and social media channels
• Design elements for Forward magazine and all design-oriented materials
• Video Production and Design

Skills Required:

• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills
• Technical skill and proficiency with specialized graphic design software such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
• Detail-oriented with strong project management skills
• Ability to think beyond traditional design concepts and generate design ideas that inspire and captivate consumers and satisfy the requirements of clients
• Knowledge of HTML and basic coding used in web design

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