What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

We seek a Full-Time Graphic Designer to join the Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute as part of the UTHealth School of Public Health in Houston, TX, 77030. This hybrid position will allow for an in-person and remote schedule. In this position, you will perform and coordinate graphic design functions for projects such as brochures, reports, publications, web features, social media, posters, newsletters, and other printed and digital material services to support the marketing and communications strategies of the Texas Public Health Institute. This role will be a vital member of the agency's communication team, which is responsible for raising awareness of TEPHI's programs and developing best practices and tools to make public health guidance accessible, trustworthy, and timely.

Once you join us, you will want to stay. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave days, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Position Summary:

Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute (TEPHI), established by the 87th Texas Legislature (2021), is an agency associated with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). By leveraging the robust capabilities of Texas’ largest school of public health and its six campuses located throughout the state in Austin, Brownsville, Dallas, El Paso, Houston, and San Antonio TEPHI will:

• Create a trained multi-sector public health reserve of at least 3,100 members across the state.
• Establish a reliable and secure data analysis infrastructure reinforced by the Department of State Health Services (DSHS).
• Create a laboratory testing network to monitor for emerging infectious agents beyond COVID-19.
• Develop new and operationalize current “work and learn safe” protocols for small and rural businesses, schools, and essential food production.

Performs and coordinates graphic design functions for projects such as brochures, reports, publications, web features, social media, posters, newsletters, and other printed and digital material services in support of the marketing and communications strategies of the Texas Epidemic Public Health Institute (TEPHI).

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Ability to conceptualize and deliver creative visual content to align with TEPHI’s voice.
• Utilizes desktop publishing to generate layouts and designs for the majority of projects.
• Coordinates with internal teams, including communications, in the design concept phase through completion of a project to ensure needs and preferences are met alongside brand consistency.
• Monitors and prioritizes multiple projects.
• Puts together visual materials and mock-ups for presentation to internal and external teams.
• Ensures that artwork and end products are approved by TEPHI leadership and specific program staff before printing or publication.
• Coordinates with outside agencies, art services, printers, etc. for final deliverables of projects.
• Reviews exceptions requested by project managers with supervisor in order to maintain product and or services within guidelines.
• Provides photographic and videography services as needed to produce materials integrated across a variety of multimedia formats.
• May perform other duties as assigned.