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Graphic / Web Designer
Communications Specialist (Project-Based)- job post Dancers' Studio West
Graphic / Web Designer
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Remote / WFH
Dancers' Studio West
Job Description
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Communications Specialist (Project-Based)
Role Overview
Core Focus: This role spearheads the tailored marketing, design, asset assembly, and print/digital production management for specific events and standalone organizational projects.
Time Commitment and Availability
Hours: Hours vary depending on the active project lifecycle.
Volume: Encompasses approximately 5 distinct projects per fiscal year, with an anticipated allocation of 40 hours per project.
Availability: Must be available on Monday mornings during projects and peak season.
Compensation
Rate: $27–$30 hourly
Key Responsibilities
Media Design: Create accessible, impact-driven digital and print media, like posters, programs, brochures, and booklets.
Accessibility Standards: Prioritize legibility using readable fonts and checking colour contrasts with web tools.
Print Production Management: Set up print-ready files that account for standard commercial page-impositions, trims, crops, and bleeds.
Asset Management: Act as the primary contact for artists when gathering media (text, headshots, promos).
Timeline Management: Create and keep a schedule that accounts for asset collection, design, internal approvals, and final distribution:
○ Major Campaigns: launch public materials at least 2 months before major campaigns like Artist Calls and Ticket Launches.○ Internal Approvals: Secure final internal approval 3-4 days before publication.
Prototyping: Develop templates and design proofs
Copyediting: Enforce style uniformity, verify artist names/pronouns, and ensure proper media usage rights and attributions.
Pay: $27.00-$30.00 per hour
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Calgary, AB
Communications Specialist (Project-Based)
Role Overview
Core Focus: This role spearheads the tailored marketing, design, asset assembly, and print/digital production management for specific events and standalone organizational projects.
Time Commitment and Availability
Hours: Hours vary depending on the active project lifecycle.
Volume: Encompasses approximately 5 distinct projects per fiscal year, with an anticipated allocation of 40 hours per project.
Availability: Must be available on Monday mornings during projects and peak season.
Compensation
Rate: $27–$30 hourly
Key Responsibilities
Media Design: Create accessible, impact-driven digital and print media, like posters, programs, brochures, and booklets.
Accessibility Standards: Prioritize legibility using readable fonts and checking colour contrasts with web tools.
Print Production Management: Set up print-ready files that account for standard commercial page-impositions, trims, crops, and bleeds.
Asset Management: Act as the primary contact for artists when gathering media (text, headshots, promos).
Timeline Management: Create and keep a schedule that accounts for asset collection, design, internal approvals, and final distribution:
○ Major Campaigns: launch public materials at least 2 months before major campaigns like Artist Calls and Ticket Launches.○ Internal Approvals: Secure final internal approval 3-4 days before publication.
Prototyping: Develop templates and design proofs
Copyediting: Enforce style uniformity, verify artist names/pronouns, and ensure proper media usage rights and attributions.
Pay: $27.00-$30.00 per hour
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Calgary, AB
