April 2, 2007

Student Position Available: Graphic Designer

Looking for a great graphic design experience? At the College of Business, you will have a wide range of projects, including brochures, posters, invitations, web page layout, displays, and more. This is a great opportunity to gain some real world experience while strengthening your portfolio. This position can be applied as an internship. We are looking for students with at least 1 ½ to 2 years of school left. Please send resumes to thaokou@uwec.edu or call 715-836-3977 for more information.

Reports to

• College of Business Assistant Dean-External Affairs

Hours

• Academic Year: 15-20 hours per week. Exact days to be determined
• Summer: 40 hours per week. Monday through Friday

Duties

• Designs and creates layouts for College of Business brochures, invitations, fliers and other promotional materials
• Works with the Assistant Dean-External Affairs to develop the theme and general concepts for printed materials and websites
• Works with UW-Eau Claire Entrepreneur Program to design and develop annual reports
• Works with commercial printers to develop price quotes and printing schedules
• Completes all pre-production tasks for submission to commercial printers. Works with the printers to develop a schedule to ensure that work is done on time
• Develops graphics for the College of Business web site
• Works with the College of Business web programmers to implement web designs
  

Qualifications

• Must be creative and have a good sense of design
• Must be a self-starter as position has little or no supervision
• Must have excellent communication skills: Must be a good listener who can explain complex issues well. Must be able to develop a good working relationship with the other graphic artists on campus as well as the printers and other venders he or she comes in contact with.
• Must be able to work on a Macintosh platform
• Must be proficient with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Quark Xpress 6
• Must know how to scan and electronically manipulate images
• Knowledge of web design
• Basic knowledge of Dreamweaver and Flash a plus