Graduate Designer

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Graduate Designer. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Join a global leader in Human Centred Design
• - Be a change maker and help create positive social and environmental outcomes
• - Use your visualisation expertise to fuel the innovation and design process

About ThinkPlace Ltd
We are a global strategic design consultancy.  At ThinkPlace we have the courage, the optimism and the capabilities to partner with change leaders from all sectors to design for world good.  The future we want for society and for the planet is one of vibrant communities, thriving people and families, strong economies, transparent institutions, strong governance systems and sustainable environments.
  
We design for, and with, local and central governments, businesses, industry bodies, not-for-profit organisations, non-government organisations, community organisations and philanthropies.   People are at the centre of this future. We believe in their ability to chart new and better futures and to solve social, economic and environmental problems through creative and just means. We believe in the ability of organisations and businesses to drive innovation in the strategies, services, products and experiences they deliver to their citizens and their customers.
  

• Join a global leader in Human Centred Design
• Be a change maker and help create positive social and environmental outcomes
• Use your visualisation expertise to fuel the innovation and design process

About the role
As a Graduate Designer, you’ll play a key role supporting the design of strategic and transformational change. You’ll support the wider team by working across multiple projects to consistently deliver quality and timely outcomes through empathetic use of innovative design approaches.
You’ll make a significant contribution within ThinkPlace internally, proactively identifying and leading business improvement initiatives with reliably stunning execution.
  
You will:  

• Deliver quality outcomes for clients through empathetic use of innovative design approaches
• Provide outstanding service to all clients and contribute to strengthening authentic client relationships
• Contribute to developing and executing winning proposals for small projects with support from others
• Proactively plan and manage your work and contributions to projects
• Prioritise reflection to gain insight on project learnings and champion the continual improvement of both your own and the teams design practice
• Drive your own professional development and actively participate in ThinkGrow activities

Skills, Attributes & Experience

• A designer's mindset backed with an Undergraduate or Master’s design qualification
• An interest and ideally some experience designing services, strategies, web interfaces, and/or products
• Extremely well-developed visual design skills including typography, colour, layout
• Demonstrated ability to develop innovative concepts for communicating complex and complicated content
• Your portfolio will include one or two projects where you have created a highly relevant visual product (print, time-based or digital) that had value beyond the aesthetic, contributing to social change, social awareness, making critical information accessible
• Solid Mac skills
• Strong communication skills with the ability build relationships, work collaboratively and display empathy

Additionally, you will be comfortable working across cultures and have a commitment to Te Tiriti.   
  
We’d particularly love to hear from you if you have an interest in Health, Digital or Social Services for Maori or Pacifica sectors.
  
To apply
If your skills and purpose align with ours and you’re ready to join us in our next phase of growth - apply now  with a cover letter showcasing what you can bring to this role, and of course your CV.  Applications close on 30 July 2018  or sooner if you are the right candidate.