City and County of San Francisco is hiring: TPV Illustrator And Art Designer San

Job Description

Under general supervision, performs complex illustrator and graphic design work, including preparation of reports, flyers, brochures, graphs, charts, infographics, ads, maps, signage, banners, event collateral, large format displays, announcements, and web and social media graphics; and performs related duties as required.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Create original digital and print graphics and illustration projects. Projects may include, but are not limited to reports, flyers, brochures, graphs, charts, ads, infographics, maps, signage, banners, event collateral, large format displays, announcements, and web and social media graphics.
• Paints and draws illustrations for inclusion in a variety of library promotional materials, reports and signage.
• May complete artistic hand lettering and embossing; arranges displays of photographs and drawings for publicity; produces desktop lettering and designs; designs and executes exhibit panels of special projects.
• Communicate and coordinate with stakeholders to discuss their graphic and illustrator needs, develop concepts, and acquire approval of final designs.
• Prepare and package final design files for printing or web use.
• Prepares sketches, graphs, charts, posters, diagrams, final drawings, exhibits and photographs either from direct consultation with staff members or from rough sketches.
• Select print materials, coordinate print production, conduct press checks and approve final prints for quality.
• Capture and edit photographic images to incorporate into design layouts.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications:

• A broad array of creative design experience in both print and web
• Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Microsoft Office Suite: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Ability to prepare a wide variety of artistic media as well as sketches, lettering, painting and drafting using computer technology or tools of the art.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects
• Flexibility to pick up extra hours as needed.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: Possession of a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university; AND

Experience: Four (4) years professional, journey-level experience in graphic design or commercial art. This experience must include journey-level experience using computer-based desktop publishing (DTP) platform (Mac or PC) with associated scanners, printers, and software.

Substitution: Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year for year basis.

Verification: Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process.

Selection Procedures: The selection process will include evaluation of applications in relation to minimum requirements. Applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement to the interview.

HOW TO APPLY:

Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit https://careers.sf.gov/ and begin the application process.

Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment and, therefore, it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept up-to-date.

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.