City of New York
Graphic Designer Bureau of Communications
City of New York, Long Island, New York, United States
Open to candidates who are permanent or those who filed for GRAPHIC ARTIST Exam No. 4123 within the filing period From: March 6 2024 To: March 26 2024.
Established in 1805 the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (the NYC Health Department) is the oldest and largest health department in the country. Our mission is to protect and improve the health of all New Yorkers in service of a vision of a city in which all New Yorkers can realize their full health potential regardless of who they are how old they are where they are from or where they live.
As a worldrenowned public health agency with a history of building transformative public health programming and infrastructure innovating in science and scholarship to advance public health knowledge and responding to urgent public health crises
from New York Citys yellow fever outbreak in 1822 to the COVID19 pandemic
we are a hub for public health innovation expertise and programs and services. We serve as the population health strategist and policy and planning authority for the City of New York while also having a vast impact on national and international public policy including programs and services focused on food and nutrition antitobacco support chronic disease prevention HIV/AIDS treatment family and child health environmental health mental health and racial and social justice work among others.
Our Agencys five strategic priorities building off a recentlycompleted strategic planning process emerging from the COVID19 emergency are: 1) To reenvision how the Health Department prepares for and responds to health emergencies with a focus on building a responseready organization with faster decisionmaking transparent public communications and stronger surveillance and bridges to healthcare systems 2) Address and prevent chronic and dietrelated disease including addressing rising rates of childhood obesity and the impact of diabetes and transforming our food systems to improve nutrition and enhance access to healthy foods 3) Address the second pandemic of mental illness including: reducing overdose deaths strengthening our youth mental health systems and supporting people with serious mental illness 4) Reduce black maternal mortality and make New York a model city for womens health 5) Mobilize against and combat the health impacts of climate change
Our 7000plus team members bring extraordinary diversity to the work of public health. True to our value of equity as a foundational element of all of our work and a critical foundation to achieving population health impact in New York City the NYC Health Department has been a leader in recognizing and dismantling racisms impacts on the health of New Yorkers and beyond. In 2021 the NYC Board of Health declared racism as a public health crisis. With commitment to advance antiracist public health practices that dismantle systems that perpetuate inequitable power opportunity and access the NYC Health Department continues to work in and with communities and community organizations to increase their access to health services and decrease avoidable health outcomes.
Program and Job Description:
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is a worldrenowned agency with a long tradition of protecting and promoting health in the nations most culturally and linguistically diverse City.
The Office of External Affairs manages many of the agencys most critical interactions with the public from raising awareness and promoting healthy behaviors to advancing policies and responding to health emergencies. The Bureau of Communications housed within the Office of External Affairs serves as the agencys inhouse publisher marketer of trendsetting culturally responsive campaigns and initiatives maintains the agencys website and oversees new and social media outreach and efforts.
Within Communications the Health Media and Marketing group (HMM) coordinates the creative development of all media and public education campaigns. The HMM group coordinates placement of ads and educational information in all media including outdoor advertising television radio and digital/social media channels.
DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
Designing content for print social media and web with a strong interest in creating printed materials such as fact sheets brochures signage/posters reports toolkits postcards and flyers.
Designing printed materials with different graphical needs including experience and firm attention to typography composition and message hierarchy.
Analyzing and transforming health data into easytounderstand and compelling content with illustrations infographics charts and graphs.
Providing guidance on any technical aspects of designed print social media and web materials.
Working closely with Communications team members to help meet project deadlines on a highvolume of projects (20 to 25) per quarter.
Researching and developing design best practices including those related to accessibility and data visualization.
Ensuring that all publications meet standards of design excellence and adhere to agency brand and guidelines.
Work in a 24/7 media environment after hours and on weekends.
**IMPORTANT NOTES TO ALL CANDIDATES:
Please note: If you are called for an interview you will be required to bring to your interview copies of original documentation such as: A document that establishes identity for employment eligibility such as: A Valid U.S. Passport Permanent Resident Card/Green Card or Drivers license.
Proof of Education according to the education requirements of the civil service title.
Current Resume
Proof of Address/NYC Residency dated within the last 60 days such as: Recent Utility Bill (i.e. Telephone Cable Mobile Phone)
Additional documentation may be required to evaluate your qualification as outlined in this postings Minimum Qualification Requirements section. Examples of additional documentation may be but not limited to: college transcript experience verification or professional trade licenses.
If after your interview you are the selected candidate you will be contacted to schedule an onboarding appointment. By the time of this appointment you will be asked to produce the originals of the above documents along with your original Social Security card.
**LOAN FORGIVENESS
As a prospective employee of the City of New York you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information please visit the U.S. Department of Educations website at StudentAid.gov/PSLF.
FINAL APPOINTMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET APPROVAL
This position MAY be eligible for remote work up to two days per week pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program.
GRAPHIC ARTIST
91415
Qualifications : (1) A baccalaureate degree with a major in fine or graphic arts from an accredited college and one year of fulltime paid experience as a commercial or graphic artist; or (2) A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent plus two years of training in a technical school approved by a states Department of Education or comparable governmental agency in oils water colors painting design black and white layout computer graphics and other art media and three years of acceptable fulltime paid experience as a commercial or graphic artist. To be qualified for assignment to Assignment Level II individuals must have: (a) at least one year of experience as a Graphic Artist Assignment Level I; or (b) the Qualification Requirements described in 1 or 2 above plus two additional years of acceptable specialized paid experience conceptualizing and initiating graphic art projects.
Additional Information : The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.
Remote Work : No
Employment Type : Fulltime
Established in 1805 the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (the NYC Health Department) is the oldest and largest health department in the country. Our mission is to protect and improve the health of all New Yorkers in service of a vision of a city in which all New Yorkers can realize their full health potential regardless of who they are how old they are where they are from or where they live.
As a worldrenowned public health agency with a history of building transformative public health programming and infrastructure innovating in science and scholarship to advance public health knowledge and responding to urgent public health crises
from New York Citys yellow fever outbreak in 1822 to the COVID19 pandemic
we are a hub for public health innovation expertise and programs and services. We serve as the population health strategist and policy and planning authority for the City of New York while also having a vast impact on national and international public policy including programs and services focused on food and nutrition antitobacco support chronic disease prevention HIV/AIDS treatment family and child health environmental health mental health and racial and social justice work among others.
Our Agencys five strategic priorities building off a recentlycompleted strategic planning process emerging from the COVID19 emergency are: 1) To reenvision how the Health Department prepares for and responds to health emergencies with a focus on building a responseready organization with faster decisionmaking transparent public communications and stronger surveillance and bridges to healthcare systems 2) Address and prevent chronic and dietrelated disease including addressing rising rates of childhood obesity and the impact of diabetes and transforming our food systems to improve nutrition and enhance access to healthy foods 3) Address the second pandemic of mental illness including: reducing overdose deaths strengthening our youth mental health systems and supporting people with serious mental illness 4) Reduce black maternal mortality and make New York a model city for womens health 5) Mobilize against and combat the health impacts of climate change
Our 7000plus team members bring extraordinary diversity to the work of public health. True to our value of equity as a foundational element of all of our work and a critical foundation to achieving population health impact in New York City the NYC Health Department has been a leader in recognizing and dismantling racisms impacts on the health of New Yorkers and beyond. In 2021 the NYC Board of Health declared racism as a public health crisis. With commitment to advance antiracist public health practices that dismantle systems that perpetuate inequitable power opportunity and access the NYC Health Department continues to work in and with communities and community organizations to increase their access to health services and decrease avoidable health outcomes.
Program and Job Description:
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is a worldrenowned agency with a long tradition of protecting and promoting health in the nations most culturally and linguistically diverse City.
The Office of External Affairs manages many of the agencys most critical interactions with the public from raising awareness and promoting healthy behaviors to advancing policies and responding to health emergencies. The Bureau of Communications housed within the Office of External Affairs serves as the agencys inhouse publisher marketer of trendsetting culturally responsive campaigns and initiatives maintains the agencys website and oversees new and social media outreach and efforts.
Within Communications the Health Media and Marketing group (HMM) coordinates the creative development of all media and public education campaigns. The HMM group coordinates placement of ads and educational information in all media including outdoor advertising television radio and digital/social media channels.
DUTIES WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
Designing content for print social media and web with a strong interest in creating printed materials such as fact sheets brochures signage/posters reports toolkits postcards and flyers.
Designing printed materials with different graphical needs including experience and firm attention to typography composition and message hierarchy.
Analyzing and transforming health data into easytounderstand and compelling content with illustrations infographics charts and graphs.
Providing guidance on any technical aspects of designed print social media and web materials.
Working closely with Communications team members to help meet project deadlines on a highvolume of projects (20 to 25) per quarter.
Researching and developing design best practices including those related to accessibility and data visualization.
Ensuring that all publications meet standards of design excellence and adhere to agency brand and guidelines.
Work in a 24/7 media environment after hours and on weekends.
**IMPORTANT NOTES TO ALL CANDIDATES:
Please note: If you are called for an interview you will be required to bring to your interview copies of original documentation such as: A document that establishes identity for employment eligibility such as: A Valid U.S. Passport Permanent Resident Card/Green Card or Drivers license.
Proof of Education according to the education requirements of the civil service title.
Current Resume
Proof of Address/NYC Residency dated within the last 60 days such as: Recent Utility Bill (i.e. Telephone Cable Mobile Phone)
Additional documentation may be required to evaluate your qualification as outlined in this postings Minimum Qualification Requirements section. Examples of additional documentation may be but not limited to: college transcript experience verification or professional trade licenses.
If after your interview you are the selected candidate you will be contacted to schedule an onboarding appointment. By the time of this appointment you will be asked to produce the originals of the above documents along with your original Social Security card.
**LOAN FORGIVENESS
As a prospective employee of the City of New York you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information please visit the U.S. Department of Educations website at StudentAid.gov/PSLF.
FINAL APPOINTMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET APPROVAL
This position MAY be eligible for remote work up to two days per week pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program.
GRAPHIC ARTIST
91415
Qualifications : (1) A baccalaureate degree with a major in fine or graphic arts from an accredited college and one year of fulltime paid experience as a commercial or graphic artist; or (2) A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent plus two years of training in a technical school approved by a states Department of Education or comparable governmental agency in oils water colors painting design black and white layout computer graphics and other art media and three years of acceptable fulltime paid experience as a commercial or graphic artist. To be qualified for assignment to Assignment Level II individuals must have: (a) at least one year of experience as a Graphic Artist Assignment Level I; or (b) the Qualification Requirements described in 1 or 2 above plus two additional years of acceptable specialized paid experience conceptualizing and initiating graphic art projects.
Additional Information : The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.
Remote Work : No
Employment Type : Fulltime