Designer

• Full time, Fixed term role until December 2024

• Great opportunity for a Graphic Designer to support key University of Sydney clients

• Base Salary $104,633 + 17% superannuation

About the opportunity

The University of Sydney seeks a talented Graphic Designer to join the Marketing and Communications Brand Team. This role involves providing creative, conceptual, and information design services to meet diverse stakeholder needs. Responsibilities include implementing the University brand across print and digital media, leading design projects, and advising clients on design best practices within a collaborative design team.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• produce high-quality and innovative designs within the brand guidelines by leveraging creative, conceptual, and information design skills.

• receive and interpret client briefs

• prepress final artwork for print and deliver digital files for hand off

• create designs with the Creative Studio team that respond to brief and continue to evolve the master brand

• ensure projects are completed within agreed timeframes by responding flexibly and innovatively to changes in the clients timelines

• think strategically across campaigns and provide art direction and recommendations to create compelling designs and or illustrations.

• build and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of staff across the university

• other ad hoc duties as required

About you

• has tertiary qualifications within Graphic Design or similar field

• has prior Graphic Design experience working for large and complex organisations

• digital and/illustration skills are not mandatory but are advantageous

• advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud, including indesign and photoshop.

• excellent written and verbal communications, able to interpret the needs of clients

• prior experience taking briefs and creating designs that meet a clients specifications

*Please also include a portfolio of no more than 10 pages showcasing a range of your best design work*

To keep our community safe, please be aware of our COVID safety precautions which form our conditions of entry for all staff, students and visitors coming to campus.

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For a continuing position, you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or an Australian Permanent Resident.

Australian Temporary Residents currently employed at the University of Sydney may be considered for a fixed term contract for the length of their visa, depending on the requirements of the hiring area and the position.

Pre-employment checks

Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role required pre-employment or background checks in terms satisfactory to the University. Similarly, your ongoing employment is conditional upon the satisfactory maintenance of all relevant clearances and background check requirements. If you do not meet these conditions, the University may take any necessary step, including the termination of your employment.

EEO statement 

At the University of Sydney, our shared values include diversity and inclusion and we strive to be a place where everyone can thrive. We are committed to creating a University community which reflects the wider community that we serve. We deliver on this commitment through our people and culture programs, as well as key strategies to increase participation and support the careers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People , women , people living with a disability , people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds , and those who identify as LGBTIQ . We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds. 

How to apply

Applications (including a cover letter, CV, and any additional supporting documentation) can be submitted via the Apply button at the top of the page.  

For employees of the University or contingent workers, please login into your Workday account and navigate to the Career icon on your Dashboard.  Click on USYD Find Jobs and apply.

For a confidential discussion about the role, or if you require reasonable adjustment or any documents in alternate formats, please contact Mouhamed El Chami Recruitment Operations by email to [email protected]

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Applications Close

Tuesday 23 April 2024 11:59 PM