Job Title: Graphic Designer
PVN ID: GS-1801-002309
Category: Administrative Services
Location: The GRADUATE CENTER

Job Description

General Description

The New York City Labor Market Information Service (NYCLMIS), housed at the Center for Urban Research at the CUNY Graduate Center, seeks one or more on-call graphic designers to work with a team that does research on jobs and the economy, prepares career planning informational tools, and provides strategic consulting. The overall function of the NYCLMIS is to help education, workforce and economic development policy makers and practitioners – and jobseekers – to better align their programs and policies to the demands of the labor market. For more information about us, see our website at http://www/gc.cuny.edu/lmis.

With supervision and support from the director of the NYCLMIS and other senior staff, the graphic designer will:

  • Design professional-quality reports appropriate to client needs and budget;
  • Create templates for standard NYCLMIS materials;
  • Convert data into high-impact visualizations and smart graphics for presentations and reports;
  • Translate static designs into interactive websites, as needed by clients; and
  • Help support NYCLMIS’ website maintenance using GC CUNY’s CMS.

“On-call employment” means the designers/developers will be seamlessly hired and rehired as the NYCLMIS’ workflow demands. The position is ideal for an independent consultant and/or graduate student with the right skills.Salary is negotiable.

Other Duties

Qualifications

The preferred qualifications for this position include:

  • At least three years professional experience in a related design function;
    • Expert facility Adobe Creative Suite, including InDesign and Illustrator;
    • Familiarity or demonstrable ability to learn data visualization applications such as tableau;
  • At least two years professional experience in a related web development/design function;
    • Familiarity with a variety of content management systems; and
    • Intermediate facility with HTML5, CSS, and one or more web programming languages, such as JavaScript or Python.
  • Appreciation for data and its potential to tell powerful stories; and
  • Knowledge of SQL preferred but not required; and
  • Experience working within a client-centered, team- and project-based environment.

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).

RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
URBAN RESEARCH
Status
Part Time
Pay Range
$35.00-$55.00
Hour(s) a week
19.00
Closing Date
Mar 22, 2018 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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