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| Reference #: | 23094 |
| Position Type: | Temporary |
| Location: | London, ON |
| Date Posted: | Jun 16, 2021 |
| Experience: | 2 Years |
| Education: | College Diploma (3 years) |
Job Description
Since 1878, Western University has been committed to serving our communities through the pursuit of academic excellence and by providing students, faculty, and community members with life-long opportunities for intellectual, social, and cultural growth. We seek excellent students, faculty, and staff to join us in what has become known as the "Western Experience" - an opportunity to contribute to a better world through the development of new knowledge, new abilities, new connections, and new ways to make a difference.
Western Libraries provides the library and archival expertise and infrastructure – information resources, technology, people, and spaces – required to cultivate and mobilize knowledge, and accelerate excellence in teaching, research and scholarship.
The Graphic Specialist (Multimedia) provides effective and efficient multimedia design services for various stakeholders for a department, ensuring that Western Libraries, as a unit, is represented in an artistic and professional manner through web, video and other media production. The Graphic Specialist (Multimedia) will support creation and ongoing digital communications for the Weldon Revitalization Project, and will build Western Libraries’ capacity for video and other digital content. The role is also responsible for coordinating logistics for filming, editing and producing videos for various print materials, websites and social media channels. The Graphic Specialist (Multimedia) will conceptualize and design custom and original project ideas for a variety of media, from inception to completion, which includes working with unformulated ideas and developing them into creative and on-brand graphic assets for Western Libraries through video filming, storyboarding and production; editing and producing final videos for YouTube, social media, websites and/or presentation purposes; and designing website and social media graphics. In addition, the Graphic Specialist (Multimedia) will provide support for multimedia content produced to share progress on the Weldon Revitalization Project, which began construction in January 2021.
Qualifications
Education:
- 3 year community college diploma in graphic design, visual/digital media arts or related field
Experience:
- 2 years' experience with graphic design and multimedia/digital production
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Knowledge of graphic related peripherals (such as scanners, digital cameras, video recording and producing software)
- Expertise with computer graphics software for both print and web application (e.g. MS Office, Adobe Creative Suite, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, LiveCycle, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, Media Encoder, Wordpress, and HTML), archival and compression software
- Demonstrated skills in video recording and manipulation and experience formatting video and digital content for social media
- Excellent troubleshooting ability along with hands-on expertise in technical support
- Verbal and written communication skills with an ability to document technical information
- Ability to investigate defined issues, solicit input, and suggest remedies and alternative approaches that meet the needs of the situation
- Ability to apply active listening to hear and understand the complete message being communicated
- Ability to establish rapport with people from diverse backgrounds
- Ability to maintain a positive, outgoing attitude with genuine customer service orientation
- Ability to process information with a high degree of accuracy, and follow formal business practices with high attention to detail
- Ability to multi-task and maintain an organized and effective personal work environment
- Adapts readily and effectively to changing priorities and demands
- Personable and courteous in working relationships with colleagues, faculty members, students and the public
- Ability to interact professionally with students, staff, faculty, and other members of the University community
- Ability to work independently and effectively as a member of the team to achieve department goals
- Familiarity with Western policies and guidelines preferred
Interested applicants are asked to visit: https://recruit.uwo.ca to apply online to job reference #23094, by midnight on June 30, 2021.
The University invites applications from all qualified individuals; however, it is the university's policy to give first consideration to all qualified UWOSA applicants.. Western is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from women, members of racialized groups/visible minorities, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation, and persons of any gender identity or gender expression.
Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodations for interviews or other meetings, please contact Human Resources at hrhelp@uwo.ca or phone 519-661-2194.
Western Libraries provides the library and archival expertise and infrastructure – information resources, technology, people, and spaces – required to cultivate and mobilize knowledge, and accelerate excellence in teaching, research and scholarship.
The Graphic Specialist (Multimedia) provides effective and efficient multimedia design services for various stakeholders for a department, ensuring that Western Libraries, as a unit, is represented in an artistic and professional manner through web, video and other media production. The Graphic Specialist (Multimedia) will support creation and ongoing digital communications for the Weldon Revitalization Project, and will build Western Libraries’ capacity for video and other digital content. The role is also responsible for coordinating logistics for filming, editing and producing videos for various print materials, websites and social media channels. The Graphic Specialist (Multimedia) will conceptualize and design custom and original project ideas for a variety of media, from inception to completion, which includes working with unformulated ideas and developing them into creative and on-brand graphic assets for Western Libraries through video filming, storyboarding and production; editing and producing final videos for YouTube, social media, websites and/or presentation purposes; and designing website and social media graphics. In addition, the Graphic Specialist (Multimedia) will provide support for multimedia content produced to share progress on the Weldon Revitalization Project, which began construction in January 2021.
Qualifications
Education:
- 3 year community college diploma in graphic design, visual/digital media arts or related field
Experience:
- 2 years' experience with graphic design and multimedia/digital production
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Knowledge of graphic related peripherals (such as scanners, digital cameras, video recording and producing software)
- Expertise with computer graphics software for both print and web application (e.g. MS Office, Adobe Creative Suite, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, LiveCycle, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, Media Encoder, Wordpress, and HTML), archival and compression software
- Demonstrated skills in video recording and manipulation and experience formatting video and digital content for social media
- Excellent troubleshooting ability along with hands-on expertise in technical support
- Verbal and written communication skills with an ability to document technical information
- Ability to investigate defined issues, solicit input, and suggest remedies and alternative approaches that meet the needs of the situation
- Ability to apply active listening to hear and understand the complete message being communicated
- Ability to establish rapport with people from diverse backgrounds
- Ability to maintain a positive, outgoing attitude with genuine customer service orientation
- Ability to process information with a high degree of accuracy, and follow formal business practices with high attention to detail
- Ability to multi-task and maintain an organized and effective personal work environment
- Adapts readily and effectively to changing priorities and demands
- Personable and courteous in working relationships with colleagues, faculty members, students and the public
- Ability to interact professionally with students, staff, faculty, and other members of the University community
- Ability to work independently and effectively as a member of the team to achieve department goals
- Familiarity with Western policies and guidelines preferred
Interested applicants are asked to visit: https://recruit.uwo.ca to apply online to job reference #23094, by midnight on June 30, 2021.
The University invites applications from all qualified individuals; however, it is the university's policy to give first consideration to all qualified UWOSA applicants.. Western is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from women, members of racialized groups/visible minorities, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation, and persons of any gender identity or gender expression.
Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodations for interviews or other meetings, please contact Human Resources at hrhelp@uwo.ca or phone 519-661-2194.
