MFRE Graphic Designer

University of British Columbia • Vancouver, BC

4d • CA$36 - CA$52

About The Position

The MFRE Graphic Designer is a part-time term position, responsible for designing and preparing graphics to support the marketing and promotion of the Master of Food and Resource Economics (MFRE) Graduate Program and the Micro-Certificate in Environmental Metrics for Sustainability Reporting.

Requirements

• Three year Graphic Design program.
• Minimum of two years of related experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one’s own.
• Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one’s own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Nice To Haves

• University degree in a relevant discipline preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in print design, art direction, project management and web design.
• Experience in design for print including prepress and printer co-ordination required.
• Experience in marketing, communications and branding an asset.
• Excellent knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Powerpoint.
• Basic knowledge of Dreamweaver, Director, and Flash.
• Expertise using both Mac and Windows.
• Effective oral and written communication, interpersonal, training, project management and organizational skills.
• Ability to work both independently and within a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Provides overall graphic design work for the MFRE program including creative direction (thumbnails, layout, navigation mapping) and options for special projects, refines design, produces media elements (illustration, photography), and implements the final design in its medium (prepress, print co-ordination and art direction).
• Develops twice weekly LinkedIn post graphics to align with program and micro-certificate branding promotions.
• Creates professional poster designs for program recruitment and events.
• Designs visually engaging PowerPoint slide templates and graphics for class visits in Sauder and Economics as well as external Universities.
• Produces supplementary poster graphics for recruitment and program visibility for the Industry Insight Series (Paper and Digital).
• Designs graphic elements and layouts for up to 6 newsletters annually.
• Performs other duties as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree