Description
Ironjet Promotions is the premier marketing and promotions company in the Lloydminster region of Alberta and Saskatchewan. We offer a full range of design and marketing consulting services, and back that up with our own production facility. In the six years the company has been around, it has seen explosive growth, and is on track to continue that growth into the foreseeable future.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Prepare work to be accomplished by gathering information and materials.
Plans concept by studying information and materials.
Brainstorming and mocking up design ideas
Presenting ideas to clients
Meeting with clients and adjusting designs to fit their needs or taste
Projecting budgets and schedules
Using computer software to execute designs
Working with others, such as printers, programmers, developers or other technicians, to complete the final product
The right candidate will have:
Artistic Sensibility. Understanding of the basics of graphic design, colour
Technical Skill. Fully proficient in Corel Draw, as well as the full Adobe Suite.
A general interest and aptitude in computers and technology is necessary.
Communication Ability. The right candidate will excel in visual communication as well as written and verbal. They are very adept at present ideas and selling concepts. At the same time, they will be able to handle criticism and rejection.
Organization. Must be very organized in order to accomplish tasks within demanding deadlines.
Problem Solving Ability. The right candidate must love a good challenge.
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Education and/or Experience:
Bachelors degree in Design or Fine Arts is an advantage.
Must possess superior skills in Corel as well as the full Adobe Suite.
Must possess strong visual communication skills and refined typographic sensibility.
Strong attention to detail.
Skills and Abilities
Area of Design Specialization
- Commercial art
- Corporate identity
- Forms
- General graphic design
- Greeting cards
- Industrial design
- Multimedia
- Product packaging
- Technical illustration
- Visual art
- Advertising
Work Setting
- Graphic design firm
- Print shop
- Public relations agency
- Advertising agency
Essential Skills
- Significant use of memory
- Continuous learning
- Computer use
- Finding information
- Job task planning and organizing
- Critical thinking
- Decision making
- Problem solving
- Working with others
- Oral communication
- Writing
- Numeracy
- Document use
- Reading text
Type of Technical Illustration
- Commercial
- Technical
Additional Skills
- Estimate costs of materials and time to complete graphic designs and illustrations
Specific Skills
- Consult with clients to establish nature and context of designs and illustrations for reproduction
- Prepare specifications for design
- Prepare sketches, photographs or illustrations of subjects to be rendered
- Produce final designs or illustrations
Business Equipment and Computer Applications
- Corel Draw
- IBM
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Not required
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