Creative Design Specialist 3

POSITION SUMMARY: The Creative Design Specialist is responsible for crafting innovative and visually engaging content that supports the organization's branding, marketing, and communication efforts. This role combines artistic skill with strategic thinking to produce a wide range of digital and print assets, ensuring consistency across all visual touchpoints. The ideal candidate is a collaborative problem-solver with a strong design sensibility, a keen eye for detail, and the ability to translate complex ideas into compelling visual experiences.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Develop and execute visually compelling designs across digital, print, and multimedia platforms, ensuring alignment with brand guidelines and strategic objectives.
2. Collaborate closely with team members to conceptualize and deliver creative assets that support campaigns, promotions, and product launches.
3. Create original graphics, layouts, illustrations, and visual content for websites, social media, email marketing, presentations, and other channels.
4. Translate abstract concepts and ideas into engaging visual stories that resonate with target audiences.
5. Manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines and maintaining a high standard of design quality.
6. Participate in creative brainstorming sessions and contribute innovative ideas to enhance visual communication.
7. Maintain and organize design files, templates, and brand assets for efficient workflow and accessibility.
8. Stay up-to-date with design trends, tools, and technologies to continuously improve the quality and effectiveness of creative work.
9. Provide design support and expertise to cross-functional teams, offering guidance on best practices for visual consistency and impact.
10. Review and revise designs based on stakeholder feedback, ensuring final outputs meet technical and aesthetic standards.
11. Experience with video editing and/or video production is a plus.
12. Performs other duties as assigned.

CORE COMPETENCIES: To perform the job successfully, the individual should demonstrate competencies in performing the essential functions of this position by performing satisfactorily in each of these competencies. 

• Problem solving: Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner, gathers and reviews information appropriately. Takes initiative and uses own judgment and acts independently; seeks input from other team members as appropriate for complex or sensitive situations.
• Oral/written communication: Listens carefully and speaks clearly and professionally in all situations. Edits work for accuracy and clarity, is able to create, read and interpret complex written information. Ability to develop strong interpersonal networks within the organization.
• Planning/organizing: Prioritizes and plans work activities, organizes personal and project timelines and deadlines, tracks project timelines and deadlines, and uses time efficiently.
• Adaptability: Adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands and is able to deal with frequent interruptions, changes, delays, or unexpected events.
• Dependability: Consistently on time and at work, responds to management expectations and solicits feedback to improve performance.
• Safety Culture: Adheres to the NuScale Safety culture and is expected to model safe behavior and influence peers to meet high standards.
• Quality Assurance:  Commits to the understanding and implementation of quality assurance regulations, standards and guidelines of 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, 10 CFR 21, and NQA-1.

MINIMUM SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS AND ABILITIES:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in graphic design, fine arts, or a related field is required.
• Experience: Minimum 5 years of full-time working experience in digital media within a corporation or agency is required.  Must have proficiency in Windows and Mac environments as well as significant experience with Photoshop, photo editing and photo manipulation. Good communication, including strong technical writing skills, presentation and interpersonal skills, is required and must have exceptional organization skills and be able to manage complex projects with multiple work phases with limited direct supervision.  Proficiency in video production, video editing and motion graphic design is preferred, but not required.
• Industry Requirements:  Eligible to work under Department of Energy 10 CFR Part 810.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to understand and communicate clearly using a phone, personal interaction, and computers.
• Ability to learn new job functions and comprehend and understand new concepts quickly and apply them accurately in a rapidly evolving environment.
• The employee frequently is required; to sit and stand; walk; bend, use hands to operate office equipment; and reach with hands and arms. 
• Ability to travel nationally and locally using common forms of transportation. 

Disclaimer: Employee(s) must perform the essential duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation efficiently and accurately without causing significant safety threat to self or others.  The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employee(s) assigned to this classification.  They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and/or skills required of all employees in this classification.