Friends of Graphic Design at PSU

JOB OPP: Full-time Graphic Designer at OHSU

Oh hey! OHSU is looking for a full-time graphic designer! 

This is a full-time (1.0 FTE) position working days, Monday - Friday. The salary range for this position is 19.26 - $26.07/hour. This position is located on the Marquam Hill campus.

Are you a passionate brand ambassador? Does innovative design in traditional and online/new media compel you? Are you able to creatively multi-task, from lower-level design production through high-visibility creative direction and execution? Do you want to work in a dynamic, growing, in-house creative services team making a difference in an academic healthcare organization? The graphic designer position will report into the in-house creative team within the OHSU Healthcare Marketing organization. Working closely with designers, writers, web specialists, developers, and creative agencies, this position is responsible for all facets of graphic design: from simple production, to tactical consultation through large-scale, highly visible traditional and new media/online marketing communication campaigns. This is a key position in a high throughput, high quality creative design environment. This role interacts directly with clients, stakeholders, cross-functional department teams and creative agencies. The successful candidate for this position will be a designer of all trades: able to crank out the production work as easily as brainstorm the big ideas. The ideal candidate will be a natural-born brand evangelist: able to enforce, encourage and enable stellar design within a clear brand and visual identity standard framework.

More info and application here.

JOB OPP: SALP - Student Marketing and Outreach Position

Hey FoGD! A job on campus has opened up in the SALP office. Check it out! 

15-20 hours/week ▪ $10.50/hour ▪ 1 position available

Position Overview

This position is an important position in Student Activities and Leadership Programs (SALP) and requires someone who is flexible, creative, and can take initiative. The ideal candidate is a graphic design and/or web development student who is interested in furthering their design skills, web skills, and building their portfolio. This position would be responsible for a variety of materials (ads, brochures, t-shirts, posters, video, web, etc.) related to SALP programs, services, and events. Being the only designer/web developer in the office, the person must be independent and work well with non-designers. Daily contact with the director/mentor, but input and feedback for projects come from various professionals. Photography experience is a plus.

Duties and Responsibilities

Departmental Website Content and Social Media Sites
• Update and manage syndicated content (events/news/profiles/etc.)
• Be proactive in gathering new material for all web sources connected to SALP
• Maintain visually pleasing and engaging website design and layout for the users, primarily students
• Troubleshoot for publishing information, data, videos, and images as well as page advertising for events and conferences
• Create and update social media (facebook/twitter/YouTube/etc.)
• Collaborate with director/mentor to develop and maintain social networking content
• Other duties as assigned

Graphic Designer
• Assist in completing promotional and exhibit materials, collateral, and signage
• Develop and design materials for print and web for various departmental events and programs
• Have the ability to research and make appropriate design decisions
• Properly format files for output to print vendors
• Other duties as assigned

Expectations

• Contribute and assist in overall marketing efforts
• Attend weekly meetings with director/mentor
• Maintain email account with a 48-hour response to staff and student inquiries
• Attend all-staff meetings and trainings when necessary
• Work quickly and be able to finish projects under assigned times constraints and deadlines
• Hold and adhere to regularly scheduled office hours
• Awareness of and appreciation for individual uniqueness and diversity

Minimum Qualifications

• Commitment to SALP’s mission statement and values
• Must be proficient with current design software (Adobe Creative Suite CS4 or CSS)
• Understand basic design concepts: layout, type, color, balance, form, value, shape, and line
• Practice proper file management/formatting and have a high standard for organization
• Use photographs thoughtfully and appropriately in design concepts

• Demonstrated knowledge of facebook, twitter, and YouTube (or similar)
• Demonstrated ability to write clearly and concisely with accurate spelling and punctuation
• Experience and knowledge with HTML code
• Maintain Portland State University Identity Standards and best practices of usability, sustainability, and user experience.
• Positive and professional but flexible attitude

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise in content management with ability to maintain a content management system
• Ability to work with and manipulate web layouts and design
• Specific knowledge and experience in managing facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and twitter accounts
• Exceptional ability to take ownership of priorities and projects from concept through execution
• Experience communicating with successfully with those from diverse backgrounds and cultures
• Ability to complete projects on time or within tight deadlines
• Skills in photography and videography

To Apply

• Email your one-page cover letter, resume, and three supplemental design pieces to Gabrielle Goldsby [email protected] with the subject line: Application for SALP Marketing and Outreach

 

 

 

New Green Room on its way!

 

Trust us, it's going to be good. 

Submit your work to Willamette Week's "I Made This"

Willamette Week just launched a new feature called, "I Made This" to showcase the work of local artists! Check it out! 

Do you have art/crafts for sale and want to feature an item in Willamette Week's I Made This? Send us your submissions! If you're wondering what qualifies as art, ask yourself: Did you make it? Is it for sale? If you answered "yes" to both, send it our way. 

Please include:
300+ dpi .jpg
Artist name
Name of piece
Where is this for sale?
Price
Contact information/website

email submissions to imadethis [at] wweek.com

Hand Drawn Contest! Deadline Sept 1st!

Hey FoGD! Print Magazine is holding their first ever illustration contest! Winners will receive cash prizes and a feature in PRINT Magazine and printmag.com. How awesome is that? We know you guys out there can draw, so submit your entry by September 1st! 

For more info, check out the contest website here. Get drawing! 

Keep Bitch in Print: Because Print is Beautiful

As design students in a print heavy design program, we have come to understand that rising printing and mailing costs along with nationwide blows to newsstand and publishing industries (for example the liquidation of Borders bookstores) mean that independent magazines need more help than ever to stay in print. Kristin Rogers Brown, art director at Bitch Media, writes about the magazine as a platform to showcase work by designers, illustrators, and artists:

(Left: Lorraine Nam, issue 49. Right: Zachary Zezima, issue #51.)

Times are changing for illustrators.

Traditional print markets are dwindling, but even as publications struggle, there is a growing appreciation for beautifully printed materials...stores are brimming with letterpress cards, silkscreened wares, and archival prints of artist works. Illustrators have to create a lot of this work themselves. They have to be entrpreneurs, designers, communicators, gallery artists, and product designers. It's always exciting to be able to use more of your brain in your work, and one of the benefits of this changing market is that some of the best artists are creating an inventive, fluid, and savvy business of illustration.

I want Bitch to remain a vital part of the market for artists, to give new illustrators a chance to invest in editorial content and get their names out into the world, and more established artists a chance to respond as feminists to pop culture. We pride ourselves on being an open market to showcase male and female illustrators, comic artists, and writers.  The rest of the market is suprisingly male-dominated, and I want Bitch to be a part of opening that up.

When I tell illustrators I work for Bitch, the response almost always delights me...people excited to tell me that we were the first to publish their work, people who are willing to donate a part of their normal rate because they believe in what we do, newer illustrators who admire so many of the people we've published in the past, and comic artists who get to focus on a feminist from history who they admire. If you subscribe now, you'll see a new Feministory comic by Mimi Pond, who did the back page for Seventeen magazine and was an art hero of mine growing up. Issue #49 features Kristopher Pollard, who was visiting from the midwest, came to our anniversary party, and gave us big hugs.

It's even more rewarding to be able to support these artists when they go above and beyond for Bitch. The blog, podcasts, and community programming Bitch Media supports are not going anywhere, but the truth is, we couldn't support these amazing artists in print without you! Take a look at some of the amazing artwork we've been able to showcase this past year and subscribe, renew, give a gift subscription, or become a sustainer now.

(From top left: Ryan Brown, issue #51; Kristopher Pollard, issue #49; Yoswadi Krutklom, issue #49. Bottom left: Wendy MacNaughton, issue #47.)

(Top row, from left: Leslie A. Wood, issue #52; Elisha Lim, issue #52; Mimi Pond, issue #52. Bottom row, from left: Jen Sorensen, issue #51; Rebecca Green, issue #50.)