Graphic Designer

Graphic Designer

The Graphic Designer will be part of the Research Publishing team and a strong contributor to projects from clients and Acuity’s internal teams. You will work closely with the Research Publishing team and clients to understand requirements around communicating to a range of stakeholders and develop high-quality content, including products related to DTP/formatting using the MS Office application.

Main responsibilities

Creating marketing collateral (presentations, whitepapers, case studies, blogs, brochures, logos, etc.)

Designing reports, word and emailer templates, and one- or two-page collaterals (magazine design)

Creating banners/backgrounds for events and conferences

Creating colour palettes and visualizing templates for products such as reports, presentations and brochures

Creating graphics/infographics/vectors as needed

Creating new sections for website/intranet (knowledge of HTML would be a plus)

Assisting the supervisor in tasks/assignments such as developing/executing new procedures/processes and diagnosis of problems/client issues

Desired candidate profile

Ensure high-quality output and be able to work under tight deadlines

Have high attention to detail

Comfortable handling multiple projects simultaneously

Should be proactive and innovative

Should be crisp and clear in communication with clients and the internal team and work as an interface between the team and the client-counterpart

Should be able to coordinate with overseas clients, understand requirements, and direct the existing DTP team with design requirements/ideas when needed

Required skills

Experience of over 3 years

A degree in fine arts/commercial arts/other relevant diploma is preferable but not an absolute must

Knowledgeable in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop are a must; Dreamweaver, CorelDraw, Premier Pro, Audition and After Effects are a plus)

Knowledgeable in MS Office Applications (PowerPoint, Word and Excel are a must)

Knowledge in Prezi, JavaScript, HTML, Flash and MySQL would be a plus