Parks and Recreation Ontario Looking for Graphic Designer (Student Role) at Toronto, ON Full Time

Parks and Recreation Ontario (PRO) is a non-profit organization, that advances the health, social and environmental benefits of quality recreation and parks through evidence-based practices, resources and collaborative partnerships. PRO is a membership-based organization, and provides high quality education, training, and conferences, and collaborates with its stakeholders to offer advocacy and government relations within the Parks and Recreation Sector.

Graphic Designer: Job Description (Student)

The Graphic Designer will support Parks and Recreation Ontario’s flagship quality standards program, HIGH FIVE.

Specific work will include:

– Working with a team to shape the HIGH FIVE brand, making sure it is accessible and recognizable.

– Supporting the team to address user experience issues for stakeholder organizations.

– Creating visual representations of information for HIGH FIVE users that are easy to read and understand.

– Designing and polishing HIGH FIVE’s visual products.

– Creating content for web, social media, print, and digital products.

– Must have solid knowledge of design tools (Adobe Photoshop and/or Illustrator, and presentation software).

Strong verbal and written Communication skills are required.

This role is funded by a grant from Canada Summer Jobs. Qualifications (criteria for hiring) are established by the government in its granting application and candidates must meet the criteria listed below:

• be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for the duration of the employment**;

• must reside in Canada, must have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial or territorial legislation and regulations. International Students are not eligible participants;

• a student at a recognized university or a college, (or a recent graduate – no later than May 2022 and up to 30 years of age);
• Reliable home office internet connection is required. A computer can be provided during the duration of the work, but candidates can work on their home computer.

Job Type: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 10 weeks

Salary: $25.00 per hour

Schedule:

COVID-19 considerations:
This role will work remotely.

Application question(s):

• Are you in a Canadian College or University degree or diploma course (recent graduate of May 2021 is acceptable). Yes or No?

French is an asset for this role. Can you speak, read and write French? Yes or No?
International Students can not apply under the terms of this grant.
Do you have experience in the workplace using the adobe creative suite of tools? Yes or No.
What do you know about HIGH FIVE and recreation for children’s sports.

Experience:

• Graphic Design: 1 year (required)

Expected start date: 2022-05-23