Creative Coordinator

REQUIRES:

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, or equivalent, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Typically, 1-year relevant professional experience completing design assignments across a wide range of traditional applications (e.g. publications, posters, event-support, static displays, presentation-support, illustrations, etc.).
• Expert-level proficiency in the use of Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Acrobat Pro.
• Ability to generate and process bitmap and vector source artwork at the highest professional level, utilizing programs such as Adobe Photoshop and/or Adobe Illustrator (or equivalent).
• Ability to apply design principles to the development and publication of organizational information.
• Knowledge of tools and techniques to produce graphic communications materials.
• Ability to plan, organize, monitor, and control projects, ensuring efficient utilization of technical and creative resources, to achieve project objectives.
• Ability to process information with high levels of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to produce a variety of business documents that demonstrate command of language, clarity of thought, and orderliness of presentation.
• Ability to use summarization and simplification techniques to explain complex technical concepts in simple, clear language appropriate to the audience.
• Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills.

HIGHLY Desirable:

• Ability to establish and build healthy working relationships and partnerships with colleagues within and external to own unit, and those to whom services are provided.
• Extensive knowledge of cost/quality/turnaround factors and considerations of various design and production techniques.
• Experience collaborating with fellow creative professionals (photographers, illustrators, etc.) and/or effectively employing stock-art services to yield source material for use in designs.
• Highly proficient in word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation applications.

Desirable:

• Experience working with various boards and paper stocks; types of cameras; scanners, and printers; adhesives; laminates and laminators; and mounting materials.
• Experience providing graphics-related training and support.
• Experience producing media in any adjacent technical fields, such as:  video production, commercial photography, traditional/computer animation, 3-D modeling, audio/radio, website development, or interactive media production.

Applicants MUST provide URL to on-line examples of their work as part of the application process. 

Applicants chosen for interview will also be required to present a design portfolio for review and discussion at time of interview.

In order to be considered for an interview, applicants must upload a Cover Letter and Resume (and mark as “Relevant File”) to their submission.  3 Names of Professional Reference may be required at a later date.

Job opening are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days.  This job may be removed from posting and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended.  For questions or additional information, please contact COD-Requisitions@iowa.uiowa.edu.

Successful candidates will be subject to a criminal background check.