Junior Graphic Artist na Higginbotham Insurance Agency, Inc.

Position Summary: 

The Business Development Junior Graphic Artist is a capable and detail-oriented creative professional who thrives in a corporate environment, values consistency, and brings technical design skill to branded communications. It plays a key role in executing and finalizing RFP, presentations, and graphics that align with our brand identity and win new business.

 Key Responsibilities:

• Follows design direction to ensure projects are properly branded, engaging, scalable, and efficient.
• Contributes to creative brainstorming and ensures designs align with overall communications strategies.
• Assists in the production of collateral that supports pre- and post-sales deliverables, such as RFPs, finalist presentations, white papers, case studies, infographics, brochures, placemats, and other special projects.
• Execute custom communications projects that fulfill the needs and expectations of producers and clients to win and keep business through templates across platforms.
• Capable of quickly solve problems, issues, or delays in regard to print or digital design and production deliverables.
• Maintain brand consistency across all creative outputs.
• Contribute to the maintenance and organization of the graphics elements library.
• Participate in brainstorming sessions and contribute fresh ideas.
• Identify new areas for learning to improve personal design skills and support team performance.

Qualifications:

• 2–5 years of professional graphic design experience, ideally in a corporate or B2B environment.
• Proficient in the Adobe Suite InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) and Microsoft Office products, particularly PowerPoint.
• Experience working with templates, paragraph/character styles, and style sheets.
• Understanding of layout, typography, and visual hierarchy.
• Ability to work within brand guidelines while maintaining creativity.
• Detail-oriented with excellent organizational and time-management skills.
• A collaborative team player with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Familiarity in preparing print and digital files for delivery and production.
• Bonus: Experience with project management tools (e.g., Asana, Monday.com) and cloud-based collaboration platforms (e.g., SharePoint, Teams).
• Knowledge of the insurance industry or employee benefits is desired.
• Ability to prioritize projects and work under high pressure.
• Insurance brokerage or industry knowledge is desired.
• Embraces multiple different types of personalities and temperaments.
• Able to work through complex challenges to offer solutions.
• Commitment to continuous learning.

Experience and Education:

• Bachelor's degree or similar work experience in design, communications, marketing, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in marketing or a related role; internships or previous experience in a similar position are a plus.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to sit or stand for long periods of time.
• Repeated use of sight to read documents and computer screens.
• Repeated use of hearing and speech to communicate on telephone and in person.
• Repetitive hand movements, such as working on keyboard and writing.

Key Personal Qualities:

• High degree of accuracy.
• Exceptional customer service.
• Positive attitude and willingness to learn and be a part of a dynamic, fun team.
• Professional attitude and appearance.
• Ability to work calmly and manage multiple projects with competing deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Core Competencies:

• Leadership: Display leadership skills and ability to motivate fellow employees (If applicable)
• Ability to Analyze and Solve Problems: Skill in recognizing challenges, exploring options, and implementing effective solutions in a timely manner
• Attention to Detail: A strong focus on completing tasks and projects accurately and thoroughly
• Communication Skills: Capable of expressing ideas clearly in both verbal and written forms and engaging with various audiences
• Timely Task Completion: Ability to finish tasks and projects efficiently, managing resources and priorities effectively
• Team Collaboration: Willingness to work together with others, promoting teamwork and supporting shared goals
• Client Focus: Dedication to understanding and addressing the needs of clients and stakeholders to ensure their satisfaction
• Dependability: Acknowledgment of the importance of being present and punctual
• Creative Thinking: Openness to suggesting new ideas and methods to improve processes and outcome
• Organizational Skills: Capability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Adaptability: Willingness to adjust to changing situations and priorities, showing resilience in a dynamic work environment

• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Adaptable to new or changing situations and circumstances.
• Sensitive to client needs.

Systems:

• Proficient with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Applied Epic experience preferred, but knowledge of similar Account Management System (AMS) is acceptable

 Physical Requirements:

• Ability to lift 25 pounds
• Repeated use of sight to read documents and computer screens
• Repeated use of hearing and speech to communicate on telephone and in person
• Repetitive hand movements, such as keyboarding, writing, 10-key
• Walking, bending, sitting, reaching and stretching in all directions

Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies: To protect the interests of all parties, Higginbotham Insurance Agency, Inc., and our partners, will not accept unsolicited potential placements from any source other than directly from the candidate or a vendor partner under MSA with Higginbotham. Please do not contact or send unsolicited potential placements to our team members.