Graphic Design & Marketing Assistant

ALIYA Healthcare seeks a Graphic Design & Marketing Assistant to support multiple affiliated brands, including RYZE, THRYVE, and ASPYRE. This hybrid role in Skokie, IL focuses on hands-on design, content creation, and day-to-day marketing coordination across print, digital, and event needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Design flyers, brochures, postcards, presentations, banners, signage, recruiting materials, and internal communications.
• Create graphics for social media, websites, email campaigns, and digital displays.
• Design branded apparel, company swag, employee recognition items, and promotional merchandise.
• Adapt approved designs across brands, facilities, sizes, and formats while maintaining brand consistency.
• Build reusable templates for recurring requests and routine facility communications.
• Prepare production-ready artwork, proofread content, and review vendor proofs prior to final approval.
• Generate content ideas for facility highlights, employee spotlights, healthcare recognition days, events, and brand campaigns.
• Write captions, headlines, and concise marketing copy aligned to each brand’s voice.
• Maintain a content calendar and coordinate with facility teams to collect photos, updates, and stories.
• Prepare and schedule approved social media posts, track basic engagement, and recommend content improvements.
• Assist with photography, photo editing, short-form video, and organizing footage from events and facility visits.
• Support routine website content updates, including photos, flyers, announcements, and facility information.
• Convert longer videos or recordings into short clips and promotional content.
• Act as the day-to-day contact for routine print, apparel, swag, and marketing material requests.
• Research products, compare quotes, communicate with vendors, and coordinate approved orders.
• Track quantities, sizes, costs, proofs, production schedules, and delivery dates.
• Maintain inventory of printed materials, branded merchandise, and event supplies, identifying replenishment needs.
• Coordinate packing, shipping, and distribution to facilities, including delivery confirmation and resolution of missing or incorrect items.
• Support open houses, company events, employee celebrations, and recognition initiatives.
• Coordinate invitations, signage, branded giveaways, printed materials, and event supplies.
• Maintain event checklists and provide preparation, setup, and on-site support as needed.
• Gather event content and prepare follow-up posts, recaps, and communications.
• Organize incoming requests, clarify project details, and maintain a shared project tracker.
• Manage follow-ups, deadlines, feedback, and approval routing.
• Keep logos, templates, photography, design files, and vendor information organized and current.
• Maintain an accessible collection of approved materials for facility teams.
• Flag missing information or delays early and suggest practical ways to simplify recurring work.

Requirements

• Strong portfolio of print and digital design work.
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop.
• Strong typography, layout, writing, proofreading, and organizational skills.
• Familiarity with print production, file preparation, and vendor coordination.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines, communicate clearly, and drive projects through completion.
• Collaborative mindset, openness to feedback, and comfort working independently within established brand direction.
• Ideally 2-4 years of relevant design or marketing experience.

Technologies

• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe InDesign
• Photoshop
• Canva
• WordPress

Location and Compensation

Location: Skokie, IL (hybrid)

Salary: USD 50,000 - 70,000 per year

Minimum Experience: 2 years

How to Apply

Please submit your résumé and portfolio with examples of print design, social media content, and other relevant creative work.