Assist with designing and preparing advertisements for placement in daily and community newspapers, magazines and other print media
Develop communication campaign design concepts for various departmental communications initiatives
Design and prepare files for production, including the development of posters, banners, flyers, booklets, pamphlets, bookmarks, inserts, advertisements, etc.
Prepare and send graphic design files to the Print Shop for photocopying, digital printing or offset printing
Design and produce web banners for publishing on ottawa.ca
Use a MacIntosh computer to create all work assigned using programs such as QuarkXpress, Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat 7.0 and InDesign, and use OSX operating system to complete all work.
Requirements
Post-secondary Student
completion of second year college or university in graphic design, communications, advertising or a related field
Minimum of 1 year but less than 2 years of related experience is required, including experience in dealing with public/customer service, general office environment or customer service setting
Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and /or other word processing & spreadsheet applications desirable
Excellent knowledge in MacIntosh computers (OSX) and programs, including Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, QuarkXpress 6.0, Adobe Acrobat 7.0, InDesign
Knowledge of photocopying, digital printing and offset printing as well as pre-press set-up.