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.