Graphic Designer

Location: Thousand Oaks CA 91320

Duration: 12+Duration

Top Must-Have Skill Sets:

• Minimum 5-10 years of instruction design experience including IFUs, including strong proficiency in rapid sketch illustration, digital line-art illustration, and image (photo) editing. Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop), and strong knowledge of InDesign paragraph and character styles. Understands the application of structure and grids for the development of platforms to ensure consistency in output and efficiency in process during instruction creation.

• Minimum 3-5 years managing design projects and/or teams.

• Medical, healthcare, medical devices and/or pharmaceuticals background.

• Must be punctual, reliable, flexible, and excellent at balancing multiple detail-oriented projects.

• If remote, must have experience working remotely from others in team.

• High-level attention to detail and accuracy in reducing errors in work deliverables.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

• Create and update IFUs, reference guides, and carton artwork content and graphics (layout and illustrations) for new and existing medical device/combination products to ensure accuracy and compliance with applicable regulations, industry standards, and company requirements.

• Develop instruction design strategies for individual projects that align with department and corporate instruction platforms. Manage individual projects, representing the Instruction Design group, by coordinating with cross-functional teams (including Human Factors, Device Engineering, Marketing Labeling, Clinical, Legal and Regulatory Affairs) to define instructional requirements and execute on plans.

• Support extension of department platform designs into individual projects. Communicate daily with other designers on impact to platform designs, and update platforms as appropriate.

• Maintain change history of instruction materials during their development.

• Provide expertise and guidance to Human Factors engineering partners and other cross-functional partners with content generation, illustrations, layout, and formatting of instruction materials.

• Support process improvement programs and documentation of cross-functional processes.

• Manage junior staff and/or oversee external vendors to execute design work.

• Troubleshoot relatively complex problems and issues.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree

OR

Master's degree and 2 years of experience

OR

Bachelor's degree and 4 years of experience

OR

Associate's degree and 8 years of experience

OR

High school diploma / GED and 10 years of experience

Top 3 Must Have Skill Sets:

• Minimum 5-10 years of instruction design experience including IFUs, including strong proficiency in rapid sketch illustration, digital line-art illustration, and image (photo) editing. Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop), and strong knowledge of InDesign paragraph and character styles. Understands the application of structure and grids for the development of platforms to ensure consistency in output and efficiency in process during instruction creation.

• Minimum 3-5 years managing design projects and/or teams.

• Medical, healthcare, medical devices and/or pharmaceuticals background.

• Must be punctual, reliable, flexible, and excellent at balancing multiple detail-oriented projects.

• If remote, must have experience working remotely from others in team.

• High-level attention to detail and accuracy in reducing errors in work deliverables.