Hello all,
Can someone please be so kind to check if the reference letter provided by my company matches the duties & responsibilities from the NOC website.
Here's the one from my company:
The Graphic Designer is responsible for designing all marketing assets (both digital and print) and driving Oxford’s visual brand identity as a full-service equipment and maintenance supplier. This role reports to myself, Operations Manager and requires a proactive person who is accountable for design execution and is comfortable working both independently and within cross-disciplinary teams.
In this position, Ivy has the following duties & responsibilities:
Graphic designers conceptualize and produce graphic art and visual materials to effectively communicate information for publications, advertising, films, packaging, posters, signs and interactive media such as Web sites and CDs. They are employed by advertising and graphic design firms, by establishments with advertising or communications departments and by multimedia production companies, or they may be self-employed. Graphic designers who are also supervisors, project managers or consultants are included in this unit group. Illustrators conceptualize and create illustrations to represent information through images. They are almost solely self-employed.
Can someone please be so kind to check if the reference letter provided by my company matches the duties & responsibilities from the NOC website.
Here's the one from my company:
The Graphic Designer is responsible for designing all marketing assets (both digital and print) and driving Oxford’s visual brand identity as a full-service equipment and maintenance supplier. This role reports to myself, Operations Manager and requires a proactive person who is accountable for design execution and is comfortable working both independently and within cross-disciplinary teams.
In this position, Ivy has the following duties & responsibilities:
- Coordinate with operations manager and fellow employees to work on a variety of projects, including creating graphic designs and templates for signage and decals, manuals, catalogues, business cards, and other marketing documents.
- Create mockup web pages that the front-end developer can translate into code and prototypes that showcase the user flow and interactions, using software such as Adobe Creative suite.
- Work with vendors (print production) providing all the necessary files and format for production of graphic designs ensuring all work meets our standard of quality. costs and time constraints.
- Take photos of inventory as needed & edit raw pictures using graphic alignment with company goals and approved content by the manager.
- Integrate new logo and color palette “(provided)” in all written and online communications.
- Responsible for maintaining and updating relevant information on the internal and external website (i.e. new products, new project sites, content updates, etc.) using Joomla and ensuring documents and web pages are current and properly linked.
- Improve and maintain Oxford Builder’s logo, website, and business card.
- Keep up-to-date files by ensuring that copies of artwork are saved and stored according to company procedures
- Assist with general office duties, such as shipping, work orders & purchasing.
Graphic designers conceptualize and produce graphic art and visual materials to effectively communicate information for publications, advertising, films, packaging, posters, signs and interactive media such as Web sites and CDs. They are employed by advertising and graphic design firms, by establishments with advertising or communications departments and by multimedia production companies, or they may be self-employed. Graphic designers who are also supervisors, project managers or consultants are included in this unit group. Illustrators conceptualize and create illustrations to represent information through images. They are almost solely self-employed.
- Consult with clients to establish the overall look, graphic elements and content of communications materials in order to meet their needs
- Determine the medium best suited to produce the desired visual effect and the most appropriate vehicle for communication
- Develop the graphic elements that meet the clients' objectives
- Prepare sketches, layouts and graphic elements of the subjects to be rendered using traditional tools, multimedia software and image processing, layout and design software
- Estimate cost of materials and time to complete graphic design
- Use existing photo and illustration banks and typography guides or hire an illustrator or photographer to produce images that meet clients' communications needs
- Establish guidelines for illustrators or photographers
- Co-ordinate all aspects of production for print, audio-visual or electronic materials, such as Web sites, CDs and interactive terminals
- Co-ordinate sub-contracting
- Work in a multidisciplinary environment
- Supervise other graphic designers or graphic arts technicians.
