COORDINATOR / GRAPHIC DESIGN

The Graphic Design Coordinator communicates the CMU College of Business Administration (CBA) story through strategic, audience-focused visual design across digital and print platforms. This role blends design execution with problem-solving, collaboration, and content understanding to create effective, on-brand communications that support college priorities.

Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, visual communication or a related field, or a combination of education and relevant experience that equates to four years.
One year of design experience, including paid internships, student employment, or freelance work.
Demonstrated experience designing for both digital and print, including file preparation for production.
Strong portfolio demonstrating layout, typography, and visual communication across digital and print formats.
Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, including Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.
Strong understanding of visual communication and audience-focused design.
Creative problem-solving skills with demonstrated attention to brand standards and communication goals.
Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines while balancing quality and efficiency.
Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, with a proactive, solutions-oriented approach and consistent follow-through.
Ability to be self-directed and resourceful, troubleshoot challenges, and move work forward independently.
Detail-oriented, with a commitment to accuracy and polished final deliverables

Familiarity with content management systems and basic web updates.
Demonstrated experience supporting multimedia storytelling efforts, including social media, photography or video projects.
Demonstrated experience developing templates, workflows or standard operating procedures (SOPs) to support scalable design and production processes.
Demonstrated experience mentoring or overseeing student employees, interns, or collaborative team projects.
Demonstrated understanding of higher education branding, communications, or marketing environments.

Serves as the lead graphic designer responsible for the development and production of visual communications across digital and print platforms.
Designs and produces a wide range of visual communications, including logos, brochures, reports, print and digital signage, web graphics, multi-page publications, and other digital and print assets.
Collaborates with internal partners and university stakeholders to understand project goals, align messaging, and translate content into effective visual communication.
Develops and maintains design templates and systems that allow departments to create consistent, on-brand materials while improving efficiency.
Contributes to the development of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and workflows to support a more process-driven and scalable approach to design and production.
Manages projects from concept through completion, including ideation, design, revisions and final delivery, while balancing multiple priorities and deadlines.
Serves as the print production lead, coordinating with vendors, managing estimates, preparing files and ensuring quality control through final production.
Manages and updates the CBA website, ensuring content is accurate, accessible and aligned with brand standards.
Oversees and mentors student design employees, providing guidance on technical skills and professional expectations.
Advises internal partners on CMU brand standards and visual communication best practices.
Supports multimedia storytelling efforts, including photo, video, and social media projects as needed.
Troubleshoots design and production challenges independently while balancing quality, efficiency, and project deadlines.
Performs other duties as assigned.

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Central Michigan University has a more than 125-year legacy of preparing students to become leaders and changemakers in their communities and in their personal and professional lives.

We serve nearly 15,500 students on our Mount Pleasant campus, in satellite locations around the state and throughout the country, and through flexible online programs. Many of our approximately 300 undergraduate, master’s, specialist and doctoral programs in the arts, media, business, education, human services, health professions, liberal arts, social sciences, medicine, science and engineering are nationally ranked for excellence.

CMU leads the nation in leadership development programming through our Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, and we are proud to be among only 5% of U.S. universities in the top two Carnegie research classifications. Our faculty work with graduate and undergraduate students in areas such as Great Lakes research, medical innovation, engineering technology and more.

Central is home to 17 men’s and women’s Division 1 sports including football, basketball, gymnastics, baseball, wrestling and more. Our student-athletes achieve great success in competition and in the classroom, capturing Mid-American Conference championships and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.17.

CMU is located in Mount Pleasant, a community that blends the best of small-town living with big-city amenities. It’s part of the culturally varied and vibrant Great Lakes Bay Region that also includes Saginaw, Bay City, Midland and the state’s largest Native American community, centered on the Saginaw Chippewa Isabella Reservation in Mount Pleasant.

Area residents enjoy the mix of outdoor activities, cultural events, shopping and dining options, and family attractions. Other major Michigan destinations and attractions — Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Traverse City, wineries, beaches, golf and ski resorts, and many more — are within easy reach of the city’s central location in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.

CMU employees enjoy access to a nationally recognized wellness program along with health care and benefits that exceed regional, state and national norms.

Central Michigan University is a place where we value students and work for their success, where we act as family, and where employees are engaged, appreciated and have extraordinary opportunities to make a difference.

We intentionally maintain and strengthen the hallmark CMU culture that sets us apart from our peers by expecting CMU leaders and employees to model the following Leadership Standards and develop them within their teams.

Please review the Leadership Standards before applying for this position.

Central Michigan University is dedicated to fostering an environment that is reflective of the communities we serve. We are especially interested in highly qualified candidates who will advance and promote CMU’s mission, vision, and leadership standards.

You must submit an on-line application in order to be considered as an applicant for this position.

Cover letters may be addressed to the Hiring Committee.

If there is a work sample you wish to include that is not required, please utilize the Work Sample upload field.

This position will remain open until filled. The university reserves the right to close the recruitment process once a sufficient applicant pool has been identified. For best consideration, please submit application materials on or before Thursday, June 25, 2026.

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