An exciting opportunity has arisen for someone to join the Graphics team as a Full Time ‘Junior to Mid-Level Graphic Designer’! This position works closely with the Creative Services Manager and a team of Graphic Designers to ensure the smooth functioning of all elements within the department.

Australia Zoo is an equal opportunity employer, where we recognise the diversity of our workforce and community – be it on the basis of gender, age, race, sexual orientation, or religious belief. We provide specific workplace programs to support diversity and equal employment opportunities for women, people with disabilities and all cultural backgrounds.

This position is responsible for the continued growth of Australia Zoo’s brand through the creation of new graphic design concepts and collateral that is compliant with Australia Zoo’s Style Guide, core brand and ethos.

This design role requires creativity, passion, time management skills and the versatility to work across a multitude of task types and provide assistance for a wide variety of different departments and teams.

A successful applicant must be enthusiastic, mature-minded, confident, well-presented and able to demonstrate a high level of work-ethic and initiative. Customer Service skills are also a must due to the client relationships.

Duties include:

• Ensure all design work adheres to Australia Zoo’s brand guidelines.
• Following art direction that meets marketing objectives and maintains consistency of the Australia Zoo brand and sub-brands.
• Contribution of ideas and designs for development of the Australia Zoo brand, its sub-brands and promotional items.
• Design and develop a wide range of branded merchandise working closely with our retail and management teams.
• Assist with the creation of new projects from branding and concept formation through to production.
• Coordinate every aspect of a job from start to finish and work within the parameters of the procedures to ensure job details are updated daily.
• Update existing and create new digital/print documentation and forms for use by a variety of departments throughout the zoo.
• Create and develop event day themes which tie with the Australia Zoo brand, including print, digital and social assets.
• Conduct stocktakes of zoo marketing collateral and regulatory/wayfinding signage and animal interpretive signage on a regular basis.
• Liaise with external suppliers when required.
• Actively seek new images to better create attention and encapsulate Australia Zoo brand.
• Actively seek new marketing/promotional collateral ideas (i.e. brochure ideas, signage types, external displays etc).
• Ensure all Marketing Department are up to date with image libraries and understand correct usage of images and branding elements.
• Ensure timesheets are completed on a weekly basis.
• Any other duties as requested by Management.

Essential Criteria:

• Available to work weekends, public holidays, and school holiday periods (e.g. Tuesday to Saturday work week)
• Customer Service skills and experience maintaining client relationships
• 2-3 years of experience in a Designing or Branding role, Print and Online Production or equivalent.
• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite CC, in particular InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator in a Mac environment. Knowledge of After Effects would also be an advantage.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, Google Docs or similar type software.
• Experience working with vinyl and vinyl installation.

Preferred Criteria:

• Experience in retail design and product development.

When submitting an application, please send a portfolio to recruitment@australiazoo.com.au to accompany your application, in an effort to highlight a wide range of your previous experience/work and skillset. Please include aspects of differing mediums that you have experience working with (for example; print – posters, booklets etc, digital – social, web assets etc).

Here is a checklist of information you will need to have ready before you start to complete the employment application form:

• Education history
• Employment history
• References
• Any qualifications you may have eg First Aid
• Any achievements you may like to tell us about
• your availability (what hours can you work)
• A resume in .pdf format
• Any other info that may support your application