DESIGN & BRAND OFFICER

Part-time, 4 days per week.

Fixed Term - 2 years

Sunshine, with flexible working arrangements.

$80,279.64 - $92,581.60 per annum + Superannuation

Are you a design wiz looking to elevate your career and make a lasting impact? Look no further!

Your dream job is waiting for you at Brimbank City Council.

Join BCC's creative hive, as a key member of our Design and Brand team Brimbank City Council is seeking a versatile mid-level graphic designer, with a keen eye for detail and for good design. You'll be working with the Design and Brand team to develop and uphold our brand standards, and visually elevate a diverse range of multimedia communication tools for our community and employees.

You will also be responsible for a range of design-administration functions that are critical to the delivery our services.

This role is 4 days per week, with 3 days in office to work hands on alongside the Design and Brand team. You will work across a large variety of projects that allows you to flex your creative thinking and effectively inform our diverse community.

About the role:

• Design and layout quality products to communicate messaging to both internal and external audiences.
• Provide assistance to develop 'campaign' graphics and assets for digital and print.
• Support and educate staff on the use of Council's brand and accessibility standards.
• Play a key role with the maintenance and development of Design and Brand tools, such as templates and Digital Asset Library (DAL) imagery.
• Requires a high standard of file management and checking/proofing files.
• Actively support Design and Brand administrative functions.

About you:

You are a well-rounded and versatile creative, with strong design skills and demonstrated experience in brand management across a range of print and digital platforms.

You understand the role of design in the delivery of clear and accessible information to a variety of audiences. You are proactive and like to contribute solutions to enhance visual communication. You like to be part of a team, but can be relied upon to work autonomously to meet deadlines.

• Minimum 4 years of graphic design / industry experience
• Tertiary qualifications in Graphic Design
• A creative eye and strong attention to detail
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite (especially InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop)
• Experience with Microsoft Suite (especially Word and Powerpoint)
• Experience with Canva and Mailchimp
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines
• A portfolio that shows off your versatility and design thinking, demonstrating digital marketing materials and brand consistency across multiple projects
• Willingness to support the Design and Brand team with other tasks as required

In your application, we'd love to read your answers to the following questions:

• How many years' experience do you have as a graphic designer?
• What are your three favourite Adobe products?
• What level of experience do you have using MS Word and PowerPoint?
• What level of experience do you have using Canva?

Why Brimbank Council?

Working within local government is both challenging and rewarding – but importantly you get to work on projects that can directly support our community. We get to design for people rather than for profit! There are many opportunities to learn and grow, and to share your unique skills with others across the organisation.

Brimbank offers excellent working conditions and deeply values in its diverse workforce. This is a career building role in one of Melbourne's most culturally thriving municipalities.

Benefits of working at Brimbank include:

• Flexible work practices including hybrid working arrangements
• 16 days of personal leave per year (pro-rata)
• 20 weeks paid parental leave (pro-rata)
• Make a positive impact to your local community

The City of Brimbank is the second largest municipality in metropolitan Melbourne. Only 10 kilometres west of Melbourne, it's the gateway to Melbourne's western suburbs and the regions.

With half its 196,000+ residents born overseas, and with more than 160 languages spoken, Brimbank is one of Australia's most multiculturally diverse municipalities.

This fast-evolving City compromise 25 suburbs, and the five key activity centres of Sunshine, St Albans, Deer Park, Sydenham and Keilor – all thriving communities with their own unique range of attractions and amenities from expansive community spaces to vibrant public art. Residents and visitors alike make great use of Brimbank's many playgrounds, parks, libraries, neighbourhood houses and community centres.

Some of Brimbank's key attractions include its state-of-the-art performance space – the 'Bowery Theatre' in St Albans; and the world-class 'Brimbank Aquatic and Wellness Centre' which features a 24-hour gym, waterslides, and heated Olympic sized swimming pools, along with a six green star rating for its innovative and sustainable design.

Brimbank is continuously growing, with many transformational infrastructure projects about to break ground. A key focus of the coming years will be working with the State and Federal Governments to establish Melbourne Airport Rail; to complete redevelopment of Sunshine and Albion Stations; and the realisation of the Sunshine Precinct Masterplan which will Sunshine transformed into a CBD, vastly increasing local jobs, housing, businesses, services and tourism to provide for the many tens of thousands of people living, working and travelling through the Brimbank.

Brimbank is situated on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri and Bunurong people. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging

Every person working for Brimbank City Council shares our aspiration to make our City the best it can be!

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to share their portfolios at an in-person interview which will include a short basic design skills assessment task.

Please note:

This position has a permanent, and fixed-term component. The successful candidate will be offered an employment contract for an 0.8FTE, part-time role, comprising of 0.4FTE (2 days per week) on permanent, ongoing basis, with the remaining 0.4FTE on a fixed term 2 year contract. There is a possibility that the fixed term component may be extended.

Brimbank City Council actively encourages applicants from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, people living with disability, and LGBTQIA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to explore the opportunity of a career at Brimbank.

If you have any support or access requirements, or would like to speak to someone about employment process please contact People Culture and Wellbeing on 92494000.

Brimbank City Council is a Child Safe organisation and endeavouring to promote child safe, child friendly practices.

To be eligible for employment at Brimbank City Council you must be an Australian citizen, permanent resident of Australia or be legally entitled to work in Australia.

All applications should be submitted online by clicking on 'Apply' link.

Direct any queries regarding the role to: Lyndell Fynney, Design & Brand Lead - [email protected]

Don't meet every single requirement for this role? Studies have shown women and those of underrepresented groups are less likely to apply for roles unless they meet every criterion. At Brimbank City Council, we recognise that different experiences make for great community outcomes. If you are excited about this role, but your experience doesn't perfectly align to the criteria we encourage you to click the APPLY button now and submit your application.

If you want to know more about what we do or why you should work for Brimbank City Council check out our web page: https://www.brimbank.vic.gov.au/careers

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