Assistant Designer

Allen Industries Inc•Greensboro, NC

13d•Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Designer is responsible for observing, training and learning the processes of both designing and manufacturing signs and other products. The purpose for the internship is to gain the skills to become a full-time, productive designer that can produce site-specific permit and production drawings.

Requirements

Highschool diploma or GED.
Associate degree from an accredited university or college.
Familiar with CAD software (CorelDraw, AutoCAD, SketchUp, etc.)
Experience with Microsoft Office 365 applications such as Skype, Teams, One Drive and SharePoint is strongly preferred but not required.
Proficient with common PC based software (Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.)
Understanding of business processes is essential.
Aptitude in problem-solving.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college.

Responsibilities

Communicate and interact with other departments to ensure satisfactory design solutions
Communicate with sales staff, project managers, customer service representatives, estimators, and production staff to produce drawings for client approval and permit acquisition
Understand the project requirements, client needs, and all related information
Assist design staff in completing various tasks to bring each project assigned to fruition
Produce site specific presentation and permit drawings, as required, using computer aided design software, to illustrate concepts involved, in a manner that clearly represents the finished product, and allows staff or client representatives to fully understand the product
Present designs to staff for approval, and discuss need for modification
Modify and refine designs to conform with changes requested during the review process
Participate in continuous professional development in order to remain cutting edge
Observe all techniques being shown to you and implement them appropriately to maintain the design process and develop skills that can be used in broader projects during tenure with the company
Read industry related publications, study competing products, review new industry related product lines to obtain perspective and generate design concepts
Follow the rules and regulations related to the safety of all employees working for the Company
Adherence to all mandated safety procedures including: driving policy, production area safety requirements and fire safety
Safety requires all employees to review materials provided by the Company related to any updates on safety procedures
Informs management of any safety related issues
Other duties as assigned