Job Details
Job Title: Graphic Designer
Employer: Rainbow Granite and Marble Inc
Location: Surrey, BC
Salary: $33 per hour / 40 hours per week
Terms of employment: Permanent employment, Full-time
Start date: Starts as soon as possible
Vacancy: 1 Vacancy
Verified: Yes
Overview
Languages: English
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience: One year to less than two years
Tasks
- You will need to estimate the costs of materials and time to complete graphic designs and illustrations
- Also, you must learn to adapt existing illustrations
- As well as work in a multidisciplinary environment
- You will coordinate all aspects of production for print, audio-visual, or electronic materials
- You will also coordinate sub-contracting
- In addition, you will consult with clients to establish the overall look, graphic elements, and content of communication materials
- You must be able to determine the medium that’s best suited to produce the desired visual effect. As well as the most appropriate vehicle for communication
- You will develop the graphic elements that meet the client’s objectives
- Also, you may establish guidelines for illustrators or photographers
- Prepare sketches, layouts, and graphic elements
- Additionally, you will use existing photo and illustration banks and typography guides
This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups: Indigenous people, Newcomers to Canada, Youth
Who Can Apply For This Job?
Only apply to this job if:
- You are a Canadian citizen, a permanent or a temporary resident of Canada.
- You have a valid Canadian work permit.
If you are not authorized to work in Canada, do not apply. The employer will not respond to your application.
How To Apply
By email: [email protected]
Advertised until: 2024-04-17
As a graphic designer, you will be responsible for bringing together art and technology. Therefore, you will need a knowledge of design principles combined with a mastery of design software. This is because you will often work with clients and colleagues on various projects and also need important soft skills like communication and problem-solving.
Technical Skills Necessary For Graphic Designers
Design Principles
As a graphic designer, you will need to have a strong understanding of design principles, it’s very essential for the job. Throughout your job role, you will work strategically by using various elements to convey intended messages. Graphic Designers need to know how to bring together lines, color, shape, space, texture, typography, scale, and dominance. As well as emphasis and harmony to create visually appealing and well-structured designs.
Ideation
It is also known as idea generation. Ideation is the creative process of generating, developing, and communicating new ideas. Meanwhile, this will be the first thing that a Graphic Designer must do when starting a new project. Ideation involves a few steps, which include research, development, evaluation, and application.
Furthermore, there are numerous techniques and skills that a graphic designer often uses for the ideation process. Two examples are mood boards and thumbnails. Mood boards are a collection of visuals used to explore new ideas and communicate the tone or direction of a project. Thumbnails are quick, rough sketches that approximate the layout of a design, including key elements like images, headlines, and copy.
Branding
As a graphic designer, you will often build or maintain branding for your client or employer. When working with a brand, you will need an in-depth understanding of what makes that brand distinctive. Then, you will have to bring that brand to life through logos, colors, typography, illustration, photography, graphic elements, and more. Graphic Designers should be able to create work that is consistent across platforms and that speaks to the right audience.
Typography
Typography is one of the most crucial elements of graphic design. The right typography can give meaning and invoke feeling, while the wrong typography can distract or repel customers. Graphic Designers often need to be skilled in everything from selecting the right font for a project to typesetting, kerning, tracking, and leading.
Designing For Print
Even though digital design is rapidly growing, designing for print is still a very important and useful skill to know. Graphic Designers need to be familiar with bleeds, slug, crop, and fold marks, as well as with ink limits, dot gains, and transparency. They also need a thorough understanding of different file formats and color systems, as well as paper sizes, weights, and stocks.
UX And UI Design
UX and UI skills can help Graphic Designers improve their work and stay competitive in the field. By understanding UX and UI, Graphic Designers can create designs that are both visually appealing and functional. Graphic Designers may sometimes work closely with UX and UI Designers, so understanding the fundamentals will allow them to better collaborate and communicate with team members.
Technology
Graphic Designers work with a variety of tools as part of their day-to-day, so they will need to master certain graphic design software. Some of the technology that Graphic Designers should be familiar with include Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, and Sketch. Graphic Designers who design for the web would also benefit from learning to code and knowing programming languages, such as HTML and CSS, as well as content management systems like WordPress.
Soft Skills For Graphic Designers
Creativity
Graphic Designers are constantly tasked with developing new and unique ideas. The designs they create need to capture people’s attention while also communicating an intended message, which requires a lot of creative thinking.
Communication
Graphic design is visual communication and as such, communication skills are at the heart of a Graphic Designer’s work. They will need to always communicate ideas through their designs, as well as also need to communicate with colleagues and clients. At times, designers may need to explain a design decision or rationale to people without a design background. In addition, they will need both written and verbal communication skills for proposals and presentations.
Strategy
Graphic Designers are strategic thinkers – they have to consider how certain design elements work together and how to best convey meaning while adhering to design standards. This involves conducting market research, brainstorming, thumb-nailing, developing ideas, and evaluating designs.
Problem-Solving
Think of a design brief as a problem: a client needs something to be communicated, and the right design will solve their problem. Graphic Designers use problem-solving skills throughout the design process. This may involve troubleshooting design issues or revising designs to meet client needs.
Time Management
As a graphic designer, you will often work on multiple projects at once and may be dealing with deadlines that you must meet from several clients. Graphic Designers need to be able to balance workloads and prioritize projects.
Can I Be A Graphic Designer If I Can’t Draw?
For the majority of a graphic designer job, drawing skills are not required. Most of the time, Graphic Designers use design software, so mastering the software is more important than improving your drawing skills. Although you can map out concepts through drawings, it is not essential. Some Designers use simple sketches as a first step in their design process, but you opt to create mockups in design software instead. In most cases, the final design product will not involve any drawing.
CONCLUSION
Always keep in mind that becoming a proficient graphic designer takes time, consistency, practice, and dedication. Continuously honing these skills and staying open to learning and adapting will help you thrive in this exciting and creative field. Whether you’re designing for print, web, or a combination of both, these skills are the building blocks of a successful graphic design career.
