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The University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning’s mission is to improve the quality of teaching, learning, and childcare. We research, develop, and scale equitable educational innovations for adults and children that put all learners on trajectories for lifelong success. Specifically, the Center targets kindergarten readiness, 3rd grade reading proficiency, and algebra proficiency as critical milestones in children's educational trajectory that are predictive of success in school and life. The Center works at the nexus of research, practice, and policy to develop sustainable systems that leverage educational technologies and improve the implementation of research-based practices. Housed in one of the nation's elite public research universities, the Center operates as a dynamic, entrepreneurial workplace focused on executing UF's service mission to strengthen the human condition and improve the quality of life. The Lastinger Center is committed to attracting, hiring, and retaining top talent by valuing diversity of thought, skill, and experience. As an equal opportunity employer, we believe in fostering environments where team members feel included, valued for their differences, and empowered to do their best work.
Responsibilities will include:
Graphic Design Tasks
- Works primarily to support professional learning content production, including designing handouts, guides, reports, and other products as needed.
- Assist as needed in creating other digital assets, such as graphics and illustrations for print, video, and the web.
- Editing materials and presentations as needed per client request.
Design Innovation and Alignment
- Ensures all artistic work follows the correct branding while being inventive and imaginative in developing original and creative products.
- Works with instructional designers to more closely tie design decisions to learning goals.
- Proposes new ways of thinking about content design based on industry research and best practices.
Project Management
- Conferring with internal staff and external partners to discuss and determine necessary parameters for creative aspects of projects.
- Attend and participate in creative development meetings as needed.
- Use implemented systems to track, maintain, monitor, and iterate on each product as they progress through the development cycle.
- Maintaining files and records of design and learning content materials.
Professional Learning
- Gain knowledge of current and appropriate styles and skills to design and develop diverse, equitable, and inclusive resources.
- Stay current with design trends and best practices.
- Gain knowledge or mastery of design and project management software.
- Complete required UF and Lastinger Center training.
Other tasks as assigned
Hybrid work location policy:
Lastinger Center for Learning supports and promotes a healthy work-life balance. To achieve this, the Lastinger Center offers a flexible, hybrid work schedule that aligns with the university’s Flexibility in the Workplace Policy. Allowing employees to stagger arrival and departure times as necessary and to vary the number of workdays in the office so long as an employee’s FTE commitment is fulfilled within the university workweek. This policy also allows for occasional, incidental remote work based on individual circumstances.
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