University of Kentucky
Graphic Artist Senior
🇺🇸 Lexington, KY
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $44K - $70K
💻 Other
🗓️ August 19th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Provide design and illustration support for multidisciplinary research proposals and grant applications.
- Create complex visuals including process schematics, data visualizations, graphs, charts, infographics, and graphical abstracts
- Translate complex scientific concepts into visuals understandable by diverse audiences including federal and non-federal sponsors.
- Collaborate closely with principal investigators and proposal development staff to develop visual communication strategies.
- Proficiency required in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign), BioRender, or equivalent software.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating technical and non-technical illustrations, 2D/3D visualizations, and infographics.
- Requires a Bachelor's degree and at least 3 years of related experience.
- Salary range is $43,805 to $70,075 per year.
- Position is full-time, staff level, within the Proposal Development Office (PDO) department.
- Supports applicants from all scientific disciplines across the university campus.
Graphic Artist Senior Full Description
Requisition Number | RE51327
Working Title |
Department Name | 40145:Proposal Development
Work Location | Lexington, KY
Grade Level | 44
Salary Range | $43,805-70,075/year
Type of Position | Staff
Position Time Status | Full-Time
Required Education | BA
Click here for more information about equivalencies: | https://hr.uky.edu/employment/working-uk/equivalencies
Required Related Experience | 3 yrs
Required License/Registration/Certification | None
Physical Requirements | Sitting for long periods of time.
Shift | Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm
Job Summary | The Graphic Artist Senior provides high-impact visual design and illustration support for large-scale, multidisciplinary, and strategically important research proposals and other grant applications as appropriate. Working as part of the Proposal Development Office (PDO), the specialist is critical to enhancing the clarity, accessibility, and competitiveness of grant applications to a wide array of federal and non-federal sponsors by creating custom visuals and complex print-ready artwork, such as process schematics, data visualizations, graphs, charts, conceptual figures, renderings, infographics, and graphical abstracts.
This position requires advanced artistic and technical expertise, along with the ability to translate complex scientific concepts into visuals that resonate with a wide array of audiences, including external funding agencies and lay audiences. PDO graphics support is provided to grant applicants from all scientific disciplines across campus, requiring the ability to work across widely varying fields of research and scholarship. The graphics support specialist works in close collaboration with principal investigators and proposal development staff to plan, design, and execute visual communication strategies tailored to the proposal goals and sponsor’s expectations.
Skills / Knowledge / Abilities | Strong portfolio demonstrating a wide range of technical and non-technical illustrations, 2D/3D visualizations, and infographics. Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (especially Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign), BioRender, or equivalent platforms.
Does this position have supervisory responsibilities? | No
Preferred Education/Experience |
Deadline to Apply | 08/25/2025
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