Graphic Designer, Marketing and Communications
The application deadline for this opportunity has passed.
Reporting to the Marketing & Communications Manager, the Graphic Designer is responsible for the creation and maintenance of various promotional collateral.
Core duties of the contract include:
- Reporting to the Marketing & Communications Manager (and working collaboratively with other senior leadership), discuss the business objectives and produce exceptional creative collateral.
- Thinking creatively, provide recommendations for exceptional communication through design.
- Producing templates, as outlined the project brief, for ongoing initiatives and events.
- Presenting finalised ideas and concepts to senior leadership.
- Proofreading to produce accurate and high-quality work.
Skills & Experience:
- Excellent computer literacy skills, specifically with Adobe Creative Suite.
- Exceptional creativity and innovation.
Accuracy and attention to detail. - An understanding of the latest trends and their role within a commercial environment.
- Ability to communicate effectively, professionally, and compassionately with others.
- Applicant must have strong interpersonal, administrative and time management skills.
- Ability to work well with others, be self-motivated and maintain a high level of professionalism (i.e. punctuality, approachability and dress code).
Education:
Post-secondary education in graphic design and/or communication design, or equivalent experience.
Fort Calgary Core Competencies:
- Vision/Thinking Corporately: Inspires a vision of success, communicating the vision and aligning strategic, operational and personal work plans and goals to achieve the vision.
- Communication: Listens to others and communicates in a compelling and articulate manner, ensuring the message is clear, understood and consistent with Fort Calgary’s objectives.
- Teamwork: Through information sharing, works within and across organizational units to achieve common goals and positive results.
- Ethics: Creates an environment that nurtures the principles and values of Fort Calgary.
- Customer Service: Demonstrates excellence (quality, timeliness, completeness, knowledge/competence, courtesy, fairness, outcomes, etc.) to internal and/or external customers by focusing efforts on discovering and meeting their needs.
- Leadership: Recognizes and demonstrates competencies in creating visions, goals, thinking corporately, teamwork and ethics.
- Technical and Professional: Demonstrates an appropriate mastery of current business and technical skills related to the position.
Applications accepted until October 21, 2018.
Please submit a detailed resume, cover letter and a current portfolio (whether online or via PDF attachment) by email to hr@fortcalgary.com.
Please note, a creative brief will be submitted to selected candidates at a later time, and a formal proposal will be requested for further consideration. This is not expected at this time.
