Graphic Designer

at  Canuck Place Childrens Hospice

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Location: Hybrid - Granville Office and flexibility to work from home
Reporting to: Director, Communications & Marketing
Job status: Permanent Full-time 1.0 FTE (75 hours bi-weekly)
Compensation: $63,000 - $70,000
We want our staff to “thrive” not just survive, so Canuck Place is committed to living our values of care exceeding not just minimum wage but living wage in B.C. This means that regardless of role our entry level salary is a minimum of $25.64 per hour equivalent to $50,000 full-time annually.

JOB SUMMARY

The Graphic Designer role reports to the Director, Communications & Marketing. You are passionate about creative communications, resourceful with a creative vision to design and build engaging content in print and digital platforms. You are responsible for working with many different Canuck Place Children’s Hospice (CPCH) internal stakeholders to create materials that supports strategic priorities, raises brand recognition, drives fundraising revenue, and engages donors by facilitating a connection to the work and programs at CPCH.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Post-secondary degree or diploma in graphic design, communications, marketing, or a related discipline
• A minimum of 3-5 years of related experience; or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• As a member of the Communications team, you collaborate, ideate, and execute creative assets for both digital and print projects, working with various teams across the organization. You have strong attention to detail, your work upholds CPCH brand guidelines, ensuring that our brand positioning is consistently presented while meeting the business needs of fundraising, events, content and marketing.
• Ensures successful delivery of multiple projects by managing design deliverables and timelines.
• Designs and leads development of creative projects for various teams across the organization, including marketing and communication materials for internal and external partners
• Demonstrated artistic and conceptual abilities in creating designs for engaging and dynamic user experiences.
• Committed to keeping up-to-date with marketing and design trends. You are a creative thinker and problem solver fully participating in projects from conceptualization through to execution.
• You can execute work following set art direction while using your creativity to adapt and optimize the direction as required.
• Ability to present concepts and facilitate discussions/feedback sessions with confidence. You will seek review of work and incorporate feedback from internal partners.
• Experience with printing processes and requirements for different types of print formats. You will prepare final press-ready files based on supplied specifications. Liaise with various vendors including printers and supports vendor coordination of production as required.
• Prepare and optimize files for both digital and print production, ensuring accurate color profiles, resolutions, and formats.
• Manages the digital asset library.
• Assumes other related responsibilities, as assigned.

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE ROLE:

• Strong design skills – new and innovative. Expert understanding of branding, layout, graphics, typography, and colour theory; ability to conceptualize from a creative brief, design and execute, with an impeccable eye for detail and accuracy.
• Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
• 3-5 years of experience in graphic design, with particular emphasis on print design
• Strong attention to detail in design and proofreading
• Excellent multi-tasking and project coordination skills; ability to juggle multiple projects and deadlines independently
• Demonstrated ability to be a collaborative team player and establish and maintain positive working relationships
• Demonstrates initiative, resourceful, and thoughtful in the decision-making process
• Excellent organization and time management skills
• Flexibility around changing priorities
• Tact, diplomacy, and discretion when handling sensitive and confidential situations
• Familiar with Slack, Trello, Dropbox, Mailchimp
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, WordPress
• Experience in photography and video production and editing is an asset
• Experience with multilingual products and translation layout is an asset
• Some experience with motion graphics and other digital media products is an asset
• Basic HTML knowledge is an asset