About Acres
Acres is a map-based land intelligence platform designed to bring transparency to America’s largest asset–land. Using public and private market data, Acres aggregates and analyzes over 150 million parcels of land to enable users to better understand and value land with confidence. By providing access to a comprehensive and more accurate compilation of land data, comparable sales, and parcel-level insights, Acres supports fast, informed decision making. Visit Acres.com to learn more.
We are dedicated to the growth of our platform and the growth of our people. We’re looking for high performers who go about their work with a sense of curiosity, responsibility, and a drive to make things better.
*Note: Acres seeks qualified candidates who are eligible to work in the United States. We are unable at this time to provide any sponsorship for work authorization.
**Note: this position is fully onsite at our Fayetteville, Arkansas office headquarters. Due to the temporary nature of this internship, we do not encourage or support relocation for this position and ask for current local candidates only to apply.
About The Role
Acres is seeking an experienced and creative Graphic Designer to join our fast-growing in Fayetteville, AR. The Graphic Designer will sit within the marketing team, helping to tell our brand story and take our national market presence to the next level by creating design and marketing collateral to promote Acres through digital and print media.
In this role, you will help create design and marketing collateral, focusing on website graphics, deck templates, signage, print and digital advertisements. The ideal candidate is an analytical and creative designer who pursues customer satisfaction and message clarity in all aspects of design deliverables.
This position will be working within a startup environment that requires flexibility and nimbleness with good communication and willingness to make a real contribution to the team. As at any growing company, you can expect many other tasks and responsibilities to be assigned as well as growth opportunities to be seized.
This is a full-time onsite summer internship (40 hours/week for 3 months) and, upon successful completion of the summer internship, will transition to a part-time hourly internship (20-25 hours per week) in the fall semester. All Acres internships pay $15 per hour.
*Note: Acres seeks qualified candidates who are eligible to work in the United States. We are unable at this time to provide any sponsorship for work authorization.
**Note: this position is fully onsite at our Fayetteville, Arkansas office headquarters. Due to the temporary nature of this internship, we do not encourage or support relocation for this position and ask for current local candidates only to apply.
Core Responsibilities
- Create assets to support Acres.com, corporate communications, and culture initiatives
- Produce a wide variety of assets including website graphics, landing pages, digital ads, print ads, downloadable guides, social graphics, product sheets, case studies, printed brochures, and event materials
- Maintain our brand guidelines, updating as needed based on direction
- Collaborate well across other teams to produce assets that meet the needs of each department while maintaining our brand standards
- Own key design asset templates such as sales deck and keep files updated and accessible to appropriate parties
- Manage intake of work and communicate workload concerns proactively
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand user needs, requirements, and business goals
- Within 30 days, develop a deep understanding of Acres business and customer offerings
- Understand Acres mission and core values
- Be able to defend thoughts and ideas internally in a professional manner when challenged
- Take on special projects and other duties as assigned
What You’ll Gain
- You’ll develop a diverse portfolio by gaining hands-on experience creating a wide range of design assets across digital and print mediums (website graphics, landing pages, digital/print ads, social graphics, brochures, etc.), showcasing your skills.
- You’ll learn practical brand management and application by contributing to the maintenance of brand guidelines and ensuring consistency across various communication channels and departmental needs.
- You’ll develop valuable teamwork and communication skills by collaborating with different teams, understanding their requirements, and presenting and defending your design ideas professionally.
- Within the first 30 days, you’ll gain insight into Acres’ business model and customer offerings, experiencing the design process from understanding needs to delivering final assets in a real-world business environment
Key Competencies/Requirements:
- Passion for your craft coupled with openness to critique
- Experience working as a Graphic Designer or other similar position
- A strong portfolio showcasing your work
- Exceptional relationship building, customer service, active listening, and verbal and written communication skills
- Willingness to expand existing design skill set, learn new systems, and explore new design trends and techniques
- Strong time management and decision-making skills
- Ability to work well under tight deadlines and can be adaptable to changes in priorities
- Proficiency with design tools such as InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Figma
- Experience working in a multidisciplinary environment
- Ability to work within a collaborative and iterative user-centered design process
- Ability to be nimble and flexible in a fast-paced environment
- Solid understanding of how to effectively use color, space, and typography
- Ability to receive constructive feedback
- Strong communication skill and ability to effectively convey your ideas to others
- Comfort in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment
- Ability to self-start with a strong bias for action
- Intellectual curiosity with a mindset of continuous improvement
- Ability to self-manage and prioritize a large and diverse workload
- Fayetteville, AR based – This is a full-time onsite summer internship (40 hours/week for 3 months) and, upon successful completion of the summer internship, will transition to a part-time hourly internship (20-25 hours per week) in the fall semester. All Acres internships pay $15 per hour.
Highly Desirable
- Experience developing design systems and style guides
- Working knowledge of HTML and CSS
- Experience creating templates in Google Slides, Canva, or similar tools
- Experience working collaboratively with UX/UI
- Experience working in a startup environment
- Experiencing creating illustrations and infographics
- Background working on a long term project with the same team
