Visual Communications Designer
Visual Communications Designer
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Job Description
Union: Nonunion
Site: Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Department: Patient Experience
Reports to: Manager Patient Education and Engagement
Work Model: Hybrid
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: $29.17$36.46 per hour
Status: Temporary Fulltime
Closing Date: February 5 2025
Position Summary
The Visual Communications Designer helps patients and families engage in their healthcare by creating clear visual health communications with the Patient Education and Engagement Team. This role provides medical illustration graphic design and visual communications support and facilitates the development of visual health communications tools based on user design principles. The role works closely with many partners across UHN including healthcare professionals Patient Partners researchers educators and others. The Visual Communications Designer also provides support to the Patient Engagement Portfolio by creating visual tools and reports.
Duties
- Plan and manage health communication design projects and initiatives
- Integrate principles of health literacy user design principles and equity diversity and inclusion into visual projects
- Completes design and layout of resources including posters brochures web resources digital wallpapers screen displays manuals and other tools as needed
- Provides design guidance and expertise to other members of the team and portfolio
- Helps facilitate capacity building related to visual design and health communications
- Design and illustration of physiology healthcare equipment icons other graphics
- Source images and identifying suitable images within the collection to meet resource needs
- Maintains UHN and Patient Engagement branding by ensuring that all designs and concepts comply with branding guidelines and provide consistency
- Maintains quality for minimum cost staying within budgets
- Administers cost recovery processes including quotes and invoicing for work completed
- Uses required software for graphic design and formatting
- Maintains archives and filing as per department standards using electronic filing systems
Qualifications :
- Graduate of relevant health communications computer graphics or graphic arts program at a recognized college or university
- Three years of relevant experience as a health illustrator or graphic artist an asset
- Paper and digital formats design and interactive design
- A portfolio is required to demonstrate relevant design experience
- Demonstrated practical knowledge of illustration and computer graphics methods
- In depth knowledge of Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Acrobat Canva PowerPoint or other currently used computer programs
- Current knowledge of technical advances in accessibility graphic techniques and software etc. required
- Excellent organizational skills
- Effective negotiation skills
- Excellent written/verbal communication skills
- Knowledge of plain language editing skills an asset
- Knowledge of consumer health information biasfree communications user experience design and health promotion principles an asset
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment and collaborate as an active participant with others in assisting with the delivery of service to clients
Additional Information :
Why join UHN
In addition to working alongside some of the most talented and inspiring healthcare professionals in the world UHN offers a wide range of benefits programs and perks. It is the comprehensiveness of these offerings that makes it a differentiating factor allowing you to find value where it matters most to you now and throughout your career at UHN.
- Competitive offer packages
- Government organization and a member of the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP )
- Close access to Transit and UHN shuttle service
- A flexible work environment
- Opportunities for development and promotions within a large organization
- Additional perks (multiple corporate discounts including: travel restaurants parking phone plans auto insurance discounts onsite gyms etc.)
Current UHN employees must have successfully completed their probationary period have a good employee record along with satisfactory attendance in accordance with UHNs attendance management program to be eligible for consideration.
All applications must be submitted before the posting close date.
UHN uses email to communicate with selected candidates. Please ensure you check your email regularly.
Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate. Should it be determined that any information provided by a candidate be misleading inaccurate or incorrect UHN reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of their application.
UHN is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive recruitment process and workplace. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants need to make their requirements known.
We thank all applicants for their interest however only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
