Visual Designer

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Work type:Full-time
Location:Flexible
Categories:Marketing and Communications, Library Services

• Flexible location
• Full-time
• HEW 6 $85,588 – $92,428 + 17% Superannuation

Founded in 1974, Deakin is a public university in Victoria with 61,000 students across five campuses: Melbourne Burwood, Geelong Waurn Ponds, Geelong Waterfront, Warrnambool, and the online Cloud Campus. We are a progressive and open-minded university, with the highest student satisfaction in Victoria and consistently ranked in the top 1% of the world’s universities.

We are seeking to appoint a Visual Designer to provide visual, graphical and UI design expertise to support the delivery of library experiences that are on-brand and aligned to library user needs.

This role, working collegially with the Visual Design Lead, contributes to the design of high-quality, consistent, scalable, and user-centred collateral by prototyping, designing and delivering components, elements, interfaces, and collateral that serves the library’s diverse digital and print ecosystem. This includes websites, blogs, library and vendor systems, digital displays and signage, communications, video, and learning material.

The Visual Designer maintains, develops, and advises upon the library’s global design principles and the use of Library design elements by the library community. 

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Deliver graphic/UI design solutions from original concept to final product, across a complex ecosystem
• Plan and oversee aspects of end-to-end design projects to deliver sustainable outcomes, value within constraints of time, cost and quality
• Plan and prioritise work and critical activities appropriately and recognise barriers to achieving outcomes, find effective ways to deal with them and evaluate progress
• Strive for excellence and consult regularly with clients to clarify who requires the information, the purpose for which it is required, criteria for success and where and when advice and recommendation is required
• Develop and implement practical, accessible solutions based on stakeholder needs
• Actively seek feedback from colleagues and stakeholders on things that are working well and areas for improvement
• Investigate and probe for the facts and identify relevant solutions and select the most appropriate from the range of alternatives
• Understand and integrate perspectives held within different areas of the University and puts plans in place to build collaboration, mutually beneficial ethical alliances and develop common goals

To be successful, you’ll have:

• A Multimedia, Communications or Design Degree with subsequent relevant experience; or
• An equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training in a design discipline
• Proficient in the user of industry standard design programs and technologies, such as:
  • Adobe Creative Suite (e.g., Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects, XD, Audition) Prototyping tools (e.g., Invision, Sketch, XD, Zeplin, Figma) 
  • Basic HTML and CSS 

For a copy of the position description, please see below:

 PD – Visual Designer 531967.pdf

Applications for this position close on Sunday 27 November.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Proficient in the user of industry standard design programs and technologies, such as:
  • Adobe Creative Suite (e.g., Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects, XD, Audition) 
  • Prototyping tools (e.g., Invision, Sketch, XD, Zeplin, Figma) 
  • Basic HTML and CSS 
• Working with Children Check (refer to Recruitment Procedure)

Successful applicants will need to comply with vaccination mandates imposed by the relevant state/territory government. Applicants who attend third-party sites to undertake University activities will also be required to comply with any other directions or requirements in place at the third-party location.

Please submit your updated resume and a short cover letter outlining your skills and experience for this role.

For a confidential discussion regarding this position, please contact Danielle Johnson, Manager Digital Experience at [email protected]

Are You Ready?

Deakin is a Victorian university with a global impact. We are an agile, dynamic, and innovative university committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education, research and innovation and the contributions we make to the wider community.

We understand that our reputation has been built on the dedication and expertise of our staff and we offer a dynamic and diverse working environment with opportunities to grow and develop careers. We believe that a progressive, thriving culture will ensure that people choose to come, and stay at Deakin and contribute to our ongoing success.

We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientation, and genders.

Advertised:13 Nov 2022 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close:27 Nov 2022 AUS Eastern Daylight Time