Graphic Designers at Acquire4Hire

Job Description

Design or create graphics to meet specific commercial or promotional needs, such as packaging, displays, or logos. May use a variety of mediums to achieve artistic or decorative effects.

Duties

Create designs, concepts, and sample layouts, based on knowledge of layout principles and esthetic design concepts.
Determine size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy, and select style and size of type.
Use computer software to generate new images.
Mark up, paste, and assemble final layouts to prepare layouts for printer.
Draw and print charts, graphs, illustrations, and other artwork, using computer.
Review final layouts and suggest improvements as needed.
Confer with clients to discuss and determine layout design.
Develop graphics and layouts for product illustrations, company logos, and Web sites.
Key information into computer equipment to create layouts for client or supervisor.
Prepare illustrations or rough sketches of material, discussing them with clients or supervisors and making necessary changes.
Study illustrations and photographs to plan presentation of materials, products, or services.
Prepare notes and instructions for workers who assemble and prepare final layouts for printing.
Photograph layouts, using camera, to make layout prints for supervisors or clients.
Produce still and animated graphics for on-air and taped portions of television news broadcasts, using electronic video equipment.
Maintain archive of images, photos, or previous work products.
Research new software or design concepts.

Requirements

Maintain records, documents, or other files.
Research new technologies.
Design layout of art or product exhibits, displays, or promotional materials.
Design layouts for print publications.
Create computer-generated graphics or animation.
Design layouts for print publications.
Draw detailed or technical illustrations.
Review art or design materials.
Collaborate with others to develop or refine designs.
Confer with clients to determine needs.
Design layout of art or product exhibits, displays, or promotional materials.
Design layout of art or product exhibits, displays, or promotional materials.
Draw detailed or technical illustrations.
Collaborate with others to develop or refine designs.
Review art or design materials.
Design layouts for print publications.
Operate still or video cameras or related equipment.
Create computer-generated graphics or animation.

Nice To Haves

Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Systems Adobe ActionScript
Adobe Systems Adobe AfterEffects
Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver
Adobe Systems Adobe Fireworks
Adobe Systems Adobe Flash
Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign
Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
AJAX
Apple Final Cut Pro
Autodesk AutoCAD
Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
Autodesk Revit
Bentley MicroStation
Cascading Style Sheets CSS
Computer aided design and drafting CADD software
Computer aided design and drafting software CADD
Dassault Systemes CATIA
Drupal
Dynamic hypertext markup language DHTML
Extensible HyperText Markup Language XHTML
Extensible markup language XML
FileMaker Pro
Hypertext markup language HTML
IBM Notes
JavaScript
jQuery
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft Visio
Oracle Eloqua
Oracle JavaServer Pages JSP
PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
PTC Creo Parametric
SignCAD Systems SignCAD
Structured query language SQL
Verilog
YouTube
35 millimeter cameras
Adobe Systems Adobe ColdFusion
Adobe Systems Adobe Distiller
Adobe Systems Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Systems Adobe FrameMaker
Adobe Systems Adobe FreeHand
Adobe Systems Adobe Macromedia HomeSite
Adobe Systems Adobe PageMaker
Adobe Systems Adobe Premiere Pro
Apple iMovie
Apple iWork Keynote
Avid Pro Tools
Computer laser printers
Computer scanners
Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite
Corel WordPerfect Office Suite
Desktop computers
Digital cameras
Graphics tablets
Laptop computers
MAXON CINEMA 4D
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Word
Nuance OmniPage Professional
Personal computers
Photocopying equipment
QuarkXPress
Web browser software
Wide format printers