Senior Designer

• Design and produce high-quality materials for digital and print applications, including presentations, sales collateral, proposals, brochures, signage, posters, recruiting materials, training communications, event materials, and internal communications.
• Translate creative briefs, business objectives, and stakeholder requests into effective visual concepts and finished materials.
• Develop creative solutions that communicate complex information clearly while maintaining strong visual impact.
• Prepare production-ready files and coordinate with printers, vendors, and other production partners when necessary.
• Maintain strong attention to detail in typography, layout, imagery, color, composition, and final production quality.

• Apply and reinforce Taher brand standards across company communications and creative materials.
• Help establish and maintain practical templates, design systems, and visual standards that create greater consistency across the organization.
• Maintain organized creative files, templates, photography, graphics, logos, and other brand assets.
• Review materials for visual consistency and provide creative guidance to internal partners.
• Help evolve Taher's visual identity while maintaining appropriate continuity with the company's established brand.

• Develop creative assets for Taher websites, social media, email communications, digital advertising, recruiting campaigns, and other digital channels.
• Create graphics and visual storytelling content supporting Taher's food, people, client partnerships, culinary innovation, and company initiatives.
• Edit and prepare photography for use across digital and print platforms.
• Support the development of short-form video, motion graphics, and other multimedia content.
• Design materials responsive to the requirements of different platforms, audiences, and formats.

Taher's current creative leadership description specifically calls for visual work supporting K--12 education, business and industry, manufacturing, recruiting, Food4Life, employee stories, culinary innovation, and client partnerships, so I would retain that breadth in this role. [Please Post | Outlook]

• Partner with Marketing, Sales, Operations, Human Resources, Employee Development, and other departments to develop materials supporting business priorities.
• Create client-facing materials that help Taher effectively communicate its capabilities, programs, culture, and value proposition.
• Support employer-branding and recruiting initiatives through compelling visual materials.
• Develop internal communications and employee-facing materials that improve clarity, engagement, and consistency.
• Support company meetings, conferences, leadership initiatives, client presentations, special events, and other organizational priorities.

This cross-functional structure is consistent with Taher's existing creative role, which specifically identifies partnership with HR on employer branding and recruiting, and with Sales and Operations on client-facing materials. [Please Post | Outlook]

• Manage multiple creative projects simultaneously from concept through final delivery.
• Establish realistic timelines and communicate project status, requirements, and potential challenges to internal partners.
• Prioritize competing requests based on business needs and established deadlines.
• Coordinate with outside vendors, photographers, printers, agencies, and other creative resources as needed.
• Maintain organized project files and documentation to make creative assets easy to locate, update, and reuse.

• Bring strong design judgment and creative problem-solving to projects while remaining responsive to business objectives and stakeholder needs.
• Present design concepts and explain creative recommendations clearly and professionally.
• Provide constructive design guidance and support to colleagues producing branded communications.
• Identify opportunities to improve Taher's templates, workflows, design standards, and creative processes.
• Stay current on design practices, technology, production techniques, and emerging creative tools.
• Use AI-assisted creative tools responsibly when appropriate, maintaining human review, brand integrity, accuracy, and confidentiality.

Responsible use of AI-assisted creative tools with human review is also included in Taher's current creative-role qualifications.

• Experience in foodservice, hospitality, K--12 education, business and industry, consumer brands, or another multi-location organization.
• Experience designing food-related, hospitality, or lifestyle content.
• Photography and photo-editing experience.
• Experience with video editing or motion graphics.
• Experience creating executive presentations and client-facing sales materials.
• Familiarity with web content management systems and digital accessibility principles.
• Experience supporting social media, recruitment marketing, or employer-branding initiatives.

Foodservice, hospitality, education, multi-location businesses, food photography, video, and employer-branding experience are also preferences reflected in Taher's existing creative job-description materials. [Please Post | Outlook]

• Creative Excellence
• Visual Storytelling
• Brand Stewardship
• Attention to Detail
• Collaboration
• Customer and Client Focus
• Project Management
• Communication
• Adaptability
• Organization and Follow-Through
• Creative Problem-Solving

Success in this position will be demonstrated through:

• Consistent, professional execution of the Taher brand across materials and channels.
• High-quality creative work delivered accurately and on schedule.
• Effective creative support for Taher's operations, sales, recruiting, employee-development, client, and marketing initiatives.
• Improved consistency and usability of company templates and creative assets.
• Strong collaboration with internal stakeholders and external production partners.
• Creative solutions that make Taher's food, people, programs, and client partnerships easier to understand and more compelling to audiences.