Sr. Specialist, Graphic Design

Home Depot’s Culture & Communications team is looking for a Senior Graphic Design Specialist to support visual storytelling across digital and physical touchpoints. In this onsite role in Atlanta, GA, you’ll help shape creative direction, produce animations and short-form video assets, and ensure deliverables land on time and align with The Home Depot message and brand.

What you’ll do

• Create the overall creative direction for design projects aligned to team priorities, using animations, videos, infographics, social and online assets, print collateral, and presentations.
• Partner with internal communication contacts on creative strategy, guiding visual concepts for different audiences and proposing solutions to creative needs.
• Manage projects and creative timelines to ensure deliverables are designed, proofed, and delivered on schedule.
• Maintain brand consistency by ensuring the final look and feel matches The Home Depot message and brand.
• Design solutions for digital signage channels, print and web collateral, presentations, and internal communication assets.
• Support asset management and deliverables, including freelance coordination and assistance with animation and video production.
• Develop and edit short-form videos and animations, then transform content into engaging assets for communication vehicles.
• Set up and manage project plans for photo shoots, including maintaining timelines and schedules.
• Maintain and organize the digital asset library, including ongoing photography updates, coordinating bi-annual refreshes, and ensuring relevant file formats.
• Use photography skills for on-location shoots, including headshots and coverage for team events.
• Work across multiple projects with different deadlines, balancing expectations and priorities across teams.

Core skills and qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in a relevant role.
• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, animation, or a similar discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• Strong ability to design, develop, and edit various short-form videos and animations.
• Demonstrated proficiency in formal design elements including typography, layout, balance, proportion, rhythm, emphasis, and unity.
• Exceptional knowledge of visual design and motion graphics.
• Ability to sharpen understanding of business concepts or strategy and translate that into effective communications and presentations.
• Capacity to provide creative choices during cross-functional meetings and reviews.
• Comfort working both collaboratively and independently, with a high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and PowerPoint proficiency is required.
• Experience with Adobe Premier & After Effects or Final Cut Pro.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office is required.
• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Role purpose

• Support the Culture & Communications team’s graphic design needs.
• Create visual content that sharpens understanding of business concepts or strategy.
• Enhance storytelling by designing effective communications and presentations using graphics, animation, and video.

Details

• Location: Atlanta, GA (onsite)
• Direct manager: Mgr Visual Communications & Home Depot TV
• Travel: Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time

Tools you’ll use

• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator
• PowerPoint
• Adobe Premier
• After Effects
• Final Cut Pro
• Microsoft Office

Working conditions

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position, with frequent opportunities to move about.
• On rare occasions, there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
• Work is located in a comfortable indoor area, with any unpleasant conditions infrequent and not objectionable.