Specialist Employment Marketing - Graphic Designer

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.

Position Purpose:

The position will assist and support in the creation and execution of enterprise-wide employment marketing brand materials. This graphic designer will create materials used in the top-of-funnel attraction for the organization (e.g., in-store signage, event design, e-mail marketing banners, etc.).   

The role designs and maintains employment brand collateral that drives top-of-funnel talent attraction across stores, supply chain, and corporate facilities, including short-form video content for social media and storytelling. It ensures brand compliance across creative materials, partners to enhance the associate experience from interview through onboarding, and serves as a design subject matter expert. The roles serves as a consultative partner to influence cross-functional priorities throughout the creative process.

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement job board contracts and monitor usage across the enterprise. Develop and ensure all partners are adhering to process. Assist with maximizing marketing opportunities with job board vendors.
• Execute a billing/invoicing system for team. Includes process for approval/documentation, routing for processing, tracking and reporting. This includes tracking of inventory usage from fulfillment vendor.
• Assist with creation and implementation of field marketing requests.
• Partner with field Staffing Managers and EMG team to understand marketing needs and assist with marketing plan in key hiring seasons.
• Assist in the development, production, scheduling and implementation of employment marketing initiatives and deliverables including collateral, advertisements (print and online), broadcast, photoshoots, promotional items, exhibit booths, signage, events and other appropriate deliverables.
• Serve as daily contact with established media services vendors and oversee extranet updates.
• Coordinate and evaluate event programs including sponsorship level, volunteer coordination, scheduling, tracking and logistics.

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• Typically reports to Sr. Manager, Employment Marketing
• No direct responsibility for supervising others.

Travel Requirements:

• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency in the full Adobe Suite 

• Previous experience with marketing of products and/or services.

• Experience presenting concepts and creative rationale to stakeholders.

Minimum Education:

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education:

• No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 1

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

• No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:

• None

Preferred Leadership Experience:

• None

Certifications:

• None

Competencies:

• Broad tactical marketing experience with a variety of mediums including media, design, print production, budgeting, copywriting/editing, vendor relationships. Ability to evaluate/edit creative work
• Strong attention to detail and organization
• Ability to manage and effectively work with variety of internal partners and outside vendors.
• Strong written, verbal and computer skills
• Ability to multi-task and deadline-oriented