Production Graphic Designer full-time

Position: Production Graphic Designer
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Reports to: Senior production Manager
Department: Marketing Location: Head Office, Burnaby
Effective Date: immediately

Overview

Provides full layout, graphic design, and production services for various corporate and promotional PRINT and WEB/DIGITAL materials for all Glentel divisions and TCG Groups as required. As member of the marketing team, works to create a full range of time and cost-sensitive communications materials.

Print: Ranging from one colour (newspaper print) advertisements and flyers, through 2 colour newsletter and brochures to the higher end 4 colour brochures, reports and promotional materials.

Web/Digital: a range of digital/web promotional marketing materials, animated gifs, web tiles and banners, etc. .

Responsibilities

Layout

• Provides graphic design within predetermined formats and guidelines
• Makes design recommendations during conceptual stage for projects
• Provides various options of design treatments, when required
• Sources images, effective methods of production, paper stock for projects
• Ensures compliance with corporate identity standards and partner co-op guidelines

Graphic design

• Provides graphic design within predetermined formats and guidelines
• Designs marketing communications materials
• Designs customized digital images by manipulating royalty-free stock images

Digital design

• Flash ads - creative idea to execution
• Web page creative idea to execution - or other digital offerings we decide on moving forward
• Website landing pages for new phone launches (example LG G2)
• (http://www.wirelesswave.ca/lg-g2/ )
• Website banners - rotating homepage / carrier tiles / offers page
• Blog tiles and updates of creative
• Blog branding alignment
• Social media updates for cover photos (Facebook / Twitter / Linked in)
• Facebook posts - creative ideas and execution for images (engagements and offers)
• Flyers for offers during campaigns
• Email template design and execution - as we dip our toes into CRM

Coordination and production

• Prepares digital files for various output devices
• Selects appropriate software program for project depending on end result required • Ensures smooth transition between in-house design and outside suppliers
• Assists with various projects: in-store POP, online, outdoor, trade shows etc..
• Liaise with production house in preparation of film and printer for on-site press checks
• Maintains and archives digital & hardcopies of each production file
• Assists in administrative marketing matters as it pertains to creative requirements
• Follows the established studio processes

Administration

• Tracks project docket for reference purposes
• Maintains knowledge of current software applications and printing/production techniques Teamwork
• Fosters a positive work environment and assists co-workers and supervisors.

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

• 5 plus years of work experience in graphic design and production
• 2 plus years of digital media experience
• Formal education in graphic design
• Agency experience is a bonus

Technical Skills:

• A solid technical comprehension and can learn new tools quickly
• Able to work fast, under tight deadlines
• Advance Adobe CS4-6 Suite software skills
• Basic Knowledge of HTML and experienced with various content management systems i.e Sitefinity, Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal etc
• Experience using social media and SEO tracking/aggregation software to effectively monitor benchmarks for measuring impact of social media & SEO/SEM programs—analyze, review, and report on the successes of campaigns/programs to maximize results i.e. Raventool, SEOMoz
• Manage keyword research including cataloging and indexing target keyword phrases
• Plus to have some knowledge of a web application like Dreamweaver or Flash
• Proficient with Microsoft Office products, Keynote
• Excellent communication and written skills in English, French is a definite asset
• Ability to manage multiple projects with tight deadlines simultaneously
• Flexible and approachable personality accepting of the projects having numerous changes
• Ability to create a variety of projects from concept through production
• Flexible work hours are required if necessary

REQUIREMENTS

Please provide a link to your portfolio online. Due to the large number of resumes received, only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted, or will receive a response. We thank all applicants for their interest in this position.