Description:
This recruitment will be used to fill seven part-time (a maximum of 24 hours per week) Graphic Designer positions for Diversity & Cultural Engagement (DCE) at Oregon State University (OSU).
The Graphic Designer (GDs) creates graphical materials for communication and marketing purposes in order to promote the Cultural Resource Centers (CRCs) and/or their initiatives and programs. Students in this position will focus their design work to address the needs of their community in the following areas: academic success, social justice, leadership, identity development, community & belonging, and well-being.
Position Duties
- Create graphical materials for oncampus and online marketing needs that promote the respective CRC and/or their initiatives and programs.
- For example: posters, tickets, flyers, social media graphics, stickers, video graphics, publications, digital signage, etc.
- Produce media that inspires, uplifts, empowers, and speaks to the diversity of identities in the respective community.
- For example: working on projects that promote a sense of belonging, encouraging community involvement in the CRCs, etc.
- Conceptualize and produce graphical materials that speak to people at different stages of understanding of identity, community, and social justice.
- For example: working on projects that educate community about suppressed community history and/or issues impacting community; promoting health, wellness, and student success specific to respective communities, etc.
- Engage oneself and others in mutual learning on identity development and social justice.
- For example: staying current on issues impacting communities; interrupting and educating about bias, microaggressions and other issues impacting communities; raise awareness underserved parts of the community, etc.
- Work with professional and student staff as partners to get direction and ongoing feedback on design projects.
- For example: working with other student staff to create marketing materials for programming and working collaboratively with SMDs from other CRCs.
- Work with DCE professional staff & affiliated marketing partners for mentorship, skills development, and training with OSU branding guidelines.
- May include: regular 1:1 trainings, working out of other DCE spaces, attending skills building workshops, etc.
- Work with Printing & Mailing on print requests, and ensure printed material projects are completed on time.
- For example: submitting materials in time for events, history, tribute or heritage months, adjust formatting of content, adjust dimensions, etc.
Other responsibilities as assigned by professional staff
- Attend mandatory scheduled trainings
- Such as Fall Training (tentatively early September), ongoing training sessions, weekly staff meetings, and other professional development
- Obtain FERPA certification and complete necessary trainings in a timely manner
- Complete center daily tasks & needs as identified by staff
- May also involve focusing efforts on specialized projects based on needs of the center and/or initiative.
- May occasionally require evening and weekend hours