Career Opportunity

Graphic Artist - External Affairs - SFPUC - (5322) (137790)

Recruitment: RTF0137789-01103306

Published: July 19, 2023

Accepting applications until: August 09, 2023

Apply using SmartRecruiters, the City and County of San Francisco's application portal.

About:

• Application Opening: 07/19/2023
• Application Filing Deadline: 08/09/2023 (may be extended)
• Annual Salary: $71,136 - $90,792
• Recruitment ID:  RTF0137789-01103306

APPOINTMENT TYPE: Permanent Exempt: This position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the Appointing Officer. The duration of the appointment shall not exceed 36 months.

WHO ARE WE?
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC)
Headquartered in San Francisco, we have 2,300 employees operating across eight counties serving more than 2.7 million customers in the San Francisco Bay Area – 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.

Our Mission: To provide our customers with high quality, efficient, and reliable water, power, and wastewater services in a manner that values environmental and community interests and sustains the resources entrusted to our care.

Our Vision: We are an innovative utility leader, recognized for excellent results in service, safety, stewardship, and inclusiveness.

We are an award-winning and industry-leading utilities organization committed to our customers, community interests, and the environment. To learn more about our organization, please visit our website at https://www.sfpuc.org/.

We are proud of our infrastructure and programs, but most importantly, we value our highly qualified and dedicated workforce which ensures that this vision becomes a reality.

To learn more about working at the SFPUC, visit our career site at https://www.sfpuc.org/about-us/careers-sfpuc.

Role description

We are looking for Graphic Artist/Designer to join our creative team. The Graphic Artist will perform specialized manual and/or desktop-published illustrating and artwork in connection with the preparation of presentations, drawings, publications, public information and outreach materials, and similar media. The Graphic Artist will need to be able to project manage and complete the graphics requests as assigned, working closely with the Senior Graphic Designer and/or the Creative and Digital Strategy team.

The Graphic Artist will work with internal clients to help create engaging designs according to their objectives and requirements. Candidate must have an understanding of the creative, print, and digital processes. In this role, they will be a part of the Creative and Digital Strategy team in the Communications Division, where they will create impactful print and digital designs that capture and promote the SFPUC's agency’s mission, vision, values, and strategic initiatives.

Project Name: Affordability and Milestone Projects  

Essential Functions:

• Understand project requirements and concepts.
• Knowledge of the printing process and being able to communicate and provide print vendors with paper selection, proofing, color correction/management, and image quality at press checks.
• Use various techniques to create drafts, models, and prototypes.
• Participate in various design projects from concept to completion within deadlines and target milestone dates, including discovery and planning, design and review, production, and closeout.
• Pitch creative ideas and solutions.
• Communicate and collaborate with team members, departmental staff, vendors, staff from printers, service bureaus, and color houses to assure quality reproduction of project designs.
• Prepare sketches, graphs, charts, posters, diagrams, final drawings, exhibits, and photographs either from direct consultation with staff members or from rough sketches.
• Produce final design solutions (e.g. icons, banners, interfaces, infographics) for various applications (print, digital).
• Use feedback from other designers and clients to improve.
• Suggest ideas for copy or taglines for projects.
• Create graphics, resize images, create and execute newsletters and email blasts, flyers, posters, presentations, and print newsletters.
• Develop and create graphics, tracking URLs, and QR codes for SFPUC digital communication channels including website, online mailing lists, online ads, and social media.

How to qualify

Education: Possession of an Associate in Arts degree (two-year degree) from an accredited college or university with coursework in graphic art or design.

Experience:

General Specialty:  Once (1) year of professional in-house or agency experience in graphic design/art or web design.

Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.

Verification of Education and Experience:

Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. Education verification information on verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at https://sfdhr.org/how-verify-education-requirements

Note: Falsifying one’s education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.

All work experience, education, training and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum qualifications must be included on your application by the filing deadline. Information submitted after the filing deadline will not be considered in determining whether you meet the minimum qualifications. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed City and County of San Francisco application. Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility, disqualification or may lead to lower scores.

What else should I know?

Additional Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:

• Information About The Hiring Process
• Conviction History
• Employee Benefits Overview  
• Equal Employment Opportunity 
• Disaster Service Worker
• ADA Accommodation
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement

HOW TO APPLY

Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/CityAndCountyOfSanFrancisco1/ and begin the application process.

• Select the “Apply Now” button and follow instructions on the screen

Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment and, therefore, it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and updated. Also, applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking, applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses (@sfgov.org, @sfdpw.org, @sfport.com, @flysfo.com, @sfwater.org, @sfdph.org, @asianart.org, @sfmta.com, @sfpl.org, @dcyf.org, @first5sf.org, @famsf.org, @ccsf.edu, @smartalerts.info, and @smartrecruiters.com).

Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.

Job Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the job analyst, Rocio Mendoza, by email at rmendoza@sfwater.org.

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT:  All City and County of San Francisco employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Someone is fully vaccinated when 14 days have passed since they received the final dose of a two-shot vaccine or a dose of a one-shot vaccine. Any new hire must present proof of full vaccination status to be appointed. Any new hire who will be routinely assigned or occasionally enter High-Risk Settings, must provide proof of having received a COVID-19 booster vaccine by March 1, 2022, or once eligible.

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.