The Graphic Designer is responsible for creating various marketing materials for William Joseph’s clients. Ultimately, he/she is versatile, and has strengths in many areas of design.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

GRAPHIC DESIGN AND VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS

• Interprets creative briefs and design material as requested by the Creative Director, Operations Manager, and Account Managers.
• Clarifies design issues and thinks creatively to produce new ideas and concepts.
• Contributes ideas and designs artwork to the overall brief.
• Presents finalized ideas and concepts to Creative Director.
• Manages more than one design brief at a time and allocates the relevant amount of time according to the parameters of the job.
• Incorporates a wide range of media (including photography and computer aided design software) into projects.
• Demonstrates consistency in overall design decisions when working on campaigns.

PROFICIENCIES/ATTRIBUTES:

• Cheerful and professional.
• Good sense of humour.
• Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Creative and imaginative in day-to-day work.
• Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Works well independently and works well in a team, with printers, copywriters, photographers, other designers, account executives, website designers and marketing specialists.
• Possesses passion for his/her job, professionalism in his/her role and a drive to excel.
• Superior craft (neatness).
• Capable of communicating a message clearly, using image and text.
• Clearly understands image compression, file correction, and optimization techniques.
• Web design knowledge is required; some development knowledge is helpful.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Three to five years’ experience; preferably in an agency environment.
• Minimum level of education – two-year (diploma) to four-year (degree) program in graphic design/visual communications.
• Software proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft applications.