Visual Communications Manager at John Carroll University | University Heights, OH | $45K/yr – $55K/yr

John Carroll University

Visual Communications Manager

University Heights, OH (Unknown)

$45K/yr – $55K/yrMid Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and scale visual identity and institutional storytelling for a Jesuit university, balancing brand systems, campus signage, digital assets, and executive presentations for cross‑campus campaigns.

Brand & Visual System: Create and maintain consistent visuals across print, web, social, and enrollment materials.
Campaign Production: Design digital ads, viewbooks, slides, brochures, and environmental graphics with tight deadlines.
Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Align with PR, web, enrollment, and campus partners to ensure scalable, on‑brand outputs and AI-assisted workflows.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the Graphic Designer and Junior Graphic Designer and serve as a direct report to the Director of Public Relations to deliver the vision and execution for John Carroll University’s branding, visual identity, and institutional storytelling initiatives.
Execute creative services projects across a wide range of communication vehicles for IMC, including all Enrollment deliverables, such as digital ads, illustrations, video ad design, slide decks, viewbooks, brochures, traditional ads, and billboards.
Contribute to the writing, editing, and visual storytelling of marketing and communications materials across print, digital, web, email, and social platforms.
Support public relations and media outreach efforts through the development of media- ready visual and written materials and assistance with on-campus media visits.
Design and produce digital assets for jcu.edu, including page graphics, hero images, icons, and visual content optimized for web. Collaborate with the Director of Web Services on site design and digital campaign visuals.
Design digital and physical assets for campus initiatives, including event signage, wayfinding materials, and branded environmental graphics as needed.
Leverage AI and dig into Gemini capabilities to help create systems to scale work
Design marketing materials for all academic marketing projects across the Boler College of Business, College of Health, and College of Arts and Sciences.
Support the president’s office and senior leaders with design and PowerPoint presentations as needed.
Partner with enrollment and other departments across campus to align creative with strategic goals.

John Carroll University

John Carroll is a private, coeducational, Catholic and Jesuit university providing programs in the liberal arts, sciences and business at the undergraduate level and in selected areas at the master's level.

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

1.7K employees (90 in marketing)

jcu.edu