The Royal Canadian Geographic Society’s Graphic Designer works directly with the creative team under the Creative Director, to create cohesive designs to meet the company's goals. The Graphic Designer will create visual materials, magazine layouts, web, and other media.

Founded in 1930, and published by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, Canadian

Geographic is an iconic Canadian publication that has been making Canada better known to

Canadians and to the world for more than 90 years.

Beyond its key role as publisher of Canadian Geographic, the Society also supports a robust

national educational program of classroom educators – Canadian Geographic Education – as

well as promotes broad geographic literacy through its expeditions, research grants, awards

and other programs.

Duties and responsibilities

Create and develop visually appealing materials
Create and develop graphics, illustrations and advertisements as required
Editorial Design/Layout for all the magazine issues, including Special Interest Publications and books
Present designs to the creative director for approval and feedback
Review final design files for quality assurance
Design and produce print, digital and collateral pieces such as the magazine, ads, branding, brochures, newsletter and digital banners etc.
Help research supporting graphic content, illustrations and photos
Meet magazine workflow and deadlines
Work with editorial and design team to produce magazine and special interest publications lineup/flatplans
Help with production of and tracking down materials for in-book contra and house ads, etc.
Other design/production duties as required
Organization and file backups

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art Design, Marketing or related disciplin
Extensive experience with Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign, specifically with mockups, web design and multimedia presentation
3+ years in professional commercial design, preferably with a marketing or creative agency
Adaptive design eye and skill
Excellent communication skills
Ability to absorb and apply constructive criticism from peers and clients
Highly proficient knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (CC) - Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and Acrobat on MAC Platform
Strong layout skills and technical expertise in editorial design and long document projects
Knowledge of typography
Image colour correction experience
Strong communication and organizational skills
Able to take direction and willing to take constructive feedback
Ability to handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
Print pre-production experience

Working conditions

Flexible working hours.
Be able to work under tight and variable deadlines.

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