Part-time Graphic Design Assistant / Communications
Gwinnett County, GA (On-site)
Posted 3 months ago
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Job Description
This is a part-time position with a maximum of 1,508 hours per year and is not eligible for paid holidays, leave, or benefits.
Job Description
This part-time Graphic Designer will be responsible for creating branded prints and digital design materials. This position will be collaborating with a team of senior graphic designers, web designers, video producers, and public relations and marketing professionals to ensure understanding and execution of design needs and requirements. The ideal candidate is an exceptionally creative communicator who has excellent interpersonal and customer service skills, good observation skills, keen attention to detail, and proven problem-solving ability, flexible, open-minded, willing to adapt to changing priorities, and able to manage multiple demands; and enjoys learning and continually seeking new ways to grow personally and professionally.
Essential Duties
- Using and staying up to date on Adobe Create Suite and Microsoft Office Suite programs
- Receiving art direction and feedback on design projects and photography and making edits accordingly
- Maintaining brand identity and consistent visual messaging across all communications and marketing channels, including digital and print
- Using County-provided project management programs to organize, plan, and prioritize work to meet the demands of clients, managers, and peers
- Using images, text, and color to transform statistical data into visual graphics such as charts, graphs, diagrams, and infographics
- Managing procurement, organization, and storage of files, including photos, logos, graphic design files, and other brand assets
- Consulting and communicating regularly with print vendors, preparing artwork for press, and providing specifications to ensure proper execution of print jobs
- Developing and maintaining constructive and cooperative working relationships across all levels of the organization
- Pitching new design ideas that further the organization's branding efforts
- Shooting and editing photos to meet brand standards (training will be provided)
- Performing other duties of a similar nature or level.
- Explaining job duties to youth and adults during outreach programming (2 - 3 times per year)
- This job may require on-call rotation and emergency after hours, weekends, and/or holidays.
- The hourly rate is $23.00 an hour.
- Associate degree in graphic design, art, branding, marketing, or communications AND
- One year of graphic design, fine art, branding, art direction, or related experience
- An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above will also be considered.
Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities may be requested. If you need an accommodation during the application, interview, or testing process, contact Human Resources at 770.822.7915 or HREmployeeRelations@GwinnettCounty.com. This email is only for accommodation requests; for questions related to job postings, use jobs@gwinnettcounty.com.
Gwinnett County Government
Welcome to Gwinnett County — one of America's fastest-growing counties for the past 20 years. Our dynamic and exciting county combines the best of big-city living with the comforts of the suburbs. The county's population in 2000 was about 588,448 and we’ve only continued to grow since then, with more than a million residents now calling our county home.Gwinnett has many advantages, beginning with its location and road system. The county is just 45 minutes from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and 30 minutes from downtown Atlanta. Thanks to this location, 80 percent of the U.S. population is within a two-hour flight. Georgia Highway 316 has been extended to Athens, reducing travel time to the University of Georgia to 25 minutes. Gwinnett's infrastructure includes more than 2,750 miles of roadways to provide excellent mobility for our residents.The County Administrator and County Attorney are appointed by the Board of Commissioners and serve at its pleasure. To implement the Board's policy directives, the County Administrator uses a management team consisting of members of his immediate staff and 15 department directors. The 15 departments that make up the executive side are Police Services, Fire and Emergency Services, Corrections, Child Advocacy and Juvenile Services, Communications, Support Services, Financial Services, Community Services, Human Resources, Information Technology Services, Law, Parks and Recreation, Planning and Development, Water Resources, and Transportation. Each department is run by a director who is charged with managing operations efficiently and effectively.In addition to the executive side of County government, certain services are provided through Constitutional officers and independent elected officials. These external offices are created by the Georgia Constitution or through state law. In Gwinnett, they include the Sheriff, Tax Commissioner, District Attorney, Probate Court Judge, and Chief Magistrate.
