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Graphic Designer

Are you a talented designer passionate about crafting eye-catching and informative visual communications?

Charles Street Research, part of The Agora Companies and the publisher behind Dent Research, Economy & Markets and Big Market Trends located in Baltimore, Maryland, has an immediate opening for a Front-End Web Developer. In this unique position, you won’t have to wait weeks or months to ship your work. You’ll work in a fast-paced environment with short turnaround times where you can trace the direct impact of your work in a matter of hours and days and not weeks and months.

Charles Street Research is looking for an A player to join its creative team – someone who’s eager to use design to improve user experience, create a sense of personal connection to members, and enhance the success and reach of their products.

The ideal candidate will be proficient in Adobe Creative Suite and know HTML and CSS. This fast-paced position requires someone who is a quick learner, is detail-oriented and can handle multiple tasks. This person is dedicated to quality, is not afraid to tackle small or large tasks, and will do whatever it takes to achieve the best possible finished product.


Responsibilities

  • Lay out monthly newsletters and printed promotional pieces.
  • Create web promotions and other marketing materials.
  • Create financial graphics for daily e-letters.
  • Design web banner ads.
  • Design financial reports (both web and print).
  • Seek to beat the “control” design elements for promos including order forms.
  • Proactively collaborate with copywriters, developers, and/or video producers to define the message and specs for the graphic design and web development elements in a project.
  • Stay abreast of best practices to improve UI/UX, streamline workflow, or test potential drivers of sales.


Qualifications

  • 5-10 years of progressive industry experience
  • Proficiency in using the Mac platform and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
  • An understanding of HTML and CSS.
  • Knowledge of design methods and techniques with awareness of the intended audience.
  • Ability to plan concepts by studying information and materials.
  • Strong organization skills.
  • Superb attention to detail.
  • Ability to work in a team-oriented environment.

Expectations:
  • Become versed in all Agora Financial / Laissez Faire product lines and “control” promotions.
  • Learn personnel and work flows, specifically existing team and direct contacts in other departments: Marketing, Copy, Web Development, and Customer Service.
  • Learn naming conventions, storage of assets, and project management tools to produce promos.

Meet the requirements above and impress them with your positive, solution-focused attitude, and they’ll offer you a fun, challenging role with room for creativity and growth.

About Charles Street Research
Charles Street Research is an economic forecasting and investment research firm and publisher that works diligently to provide you with the proprietary economic knowledge you need to accurately forecast what lies ahead in our economy so you can take the necessary and appropriate action to ensure prosperity in your business, investment and financial affairs.

The core of their work is what they call the Dent Method, which their founder and economic expert, Harry S. Dent Jr., developed in the late 1980s. It has the only documented record of success at forecasting long-term economic trends based on the study of and changes in demographic trends and their impact on the economy and the markets. It works by showing how predictable consumer spending patterns, when combined with demographic trends, allow us to forecast the economy years or even decades in advance.

For more than two decades, readers and experts have trusted their independent economic think tank and research team to provide specialized and proprietary economic and investment research, analysis tools, and forecast information.

With Charles Street Research, investors and businessmen alike can learn how to recognize and potentially profit from economic and demographic cycles. They can also use their research to pinpoint the best growth industries, the best places to live, the hottest investment sectors, and the key technologies that will change everyday lives.