Illustrator Designer
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Tēnei Tūranga – About the role
The Illustrator Designer is responsible for the delivery of high-quality illustration and motion graphic services in the Design and Marketing team within the Customer Service Delivery branch. The position holder will bring these skills plus their wider graphic design, layout experience and technical ability, to work in partnership with other team members, stakeholders and communications staff.
Ngā Herenga – Requirements of the role
Knowledge, skills and experience
- Strong competency in Adobe Creative Cloud in particular, Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop and After Effects
- Strong illustration skills showing a wide range of styles fit for corporate and commercial use
- Strong motion graphic skills showing experience creating engaging animations
- Strong conceptual design skills across branding, campaign work and general design
- A working knowledge of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
- Accurate and timely layout of publications, including graphs and tables.
- Excellent time and work management skills
- Must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand.
Personal attributes and qualifications
- Positive ‘can-do’ attitude – the ability to work through problems and challenges
- Self-motivation and drive – takes pride in their work and has a desire to learn, grow and improve
- Collaborative and team-first mindset – we are a team that manages a lot of work (typically 50 jobs per week) so work does move from designer to designer as priorities change.
- A relevant design qualification is preferable – ideally in Illustration, Motion graphics or Graphic design.
Takohanga Tuhinga o mua – Key accountabilities and deliverables
Delivery of quality illustration and motion graphic solutions
- Illustration and Motion graphic design for a wide range of clients in categories such as informational campaigns, publications and marketing collateral.
- Layout for a wide range of clients across the organisation. All types of printed collateral as well as digital assets for advertising and social media.
- Design and production of graphic design and publication content for both print and web platforms, including large document layout, art working, and print production processes.
- Contribute to the development and ongoing management of MBIE’s brand and sub brands.
Design project management
- Manage design projects across print and online or multimedia from initial client/stakeholder meetings, through implementation stage, then delivery.
Wellbeing, Health & Safety
- Displays commitment through actively supporting all safety and wellbeing initiatives
- Ensures own and others safety at all times
- Complies with relevant safety and wellbeing policies, procedures, safe systems of work and event reporting
- Reports all incidents/accidents, including near misses in a timely fashion
- Is involved in health and safety through participation and consultation
Tō tūranga i roto i te Manatū - Your place in the Ministry
The Illustrator Designer position reports into the Manager Design and Marketing within the Customer Service Delivery branch. The branch sits within the Te Whakatairanga Service Delivery group.
To mātou aronga – What we do for Aotearoa New Zealand
Hīkina Whakatutuki is the te reo Māori name for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Hīkina means to uplift. Whakatutuki means to move forward, to make successful. Our name speaks to our purpose, Grow Aotearoa New Zealand for All.
To Grow Aotearoa New Zealand for All, we put people at the heart of our mahi. Based on the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi, we are committed to upholding authentic partnerships with Māori.
As agile public service leaders, we use our breadth and experience to navigate the ever-changing world. We are service providers, policy makers, investors and regulators. We engage with diverse communities, businesses and regions. Our work touches on the daily lives of New Zealanders. We grow opportunities (Puāwai), guard and protect (Kaihāpai) and innovate and navigate towards a better future (Auaha).
Ngā matatau – Our competencies
Cultivates innovation We create new and better ways for the organisation to be successful by challenging the status quo generating new and creative ideas and translating them into workable solutions.
Nimble learning We are curious and actively learn through experimentation when tackling new problems by learning as we go when facing new situations and challenges.
Customer focus We build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions by listening and gaining insights into the needs of the communities we serve and actively seeking and responding to feedback.
Decision quality We make quality and timely decisions that shape the future for our communities and keep the organisation moving forward by relying on an appropriate mix of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgement to make valid and reliable decisions.
Action oriented We step up, taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with purpose, urgency and discipline by taking responsibility, ownership and action on challenges, and being accountable for the results.
Collaborates We connect, working together to build partnerships with our communities, working collaboratively to meet shared objectives by gaining trust and support of others; actively seeking the views, experiences, and opinions of others and by working co-operatively with others across MBIE, the public sector and external stakeholder groups.
Te Tiriti o Waitangi
As an agency of the public service, MBIE has a responsibility to contribute to the Crown meeting its obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Te Tiriti). Meeting our commitment to Te Tiriti will contribute towards us realising the overall aims of Te Ara Amiorangi – Our Path, Our Direction, and achieve the outcome of Growing New Zealand for All. The principles of Te Tiriti - including partnership, good faith, and active protection – are at the core of our work. MBIE is committed to delivering on our obligations as a Treaty partner with authenticity and integrity and to enable Māori interests. We are committed to ensuring that MBIE is well placed to meet our obligations under the Public Service Act 2020 (Te Ao Tūmatanui) to support the Crown in strengthening the Māori/Crown Relationship under the Treaty and to build MBIE’s capability, capacity and cultural intelligence to deliver this.
Mahi i roto i te Ratonga Tūmatanui – Working in the public service
Ka mahitahi mātou o te ratonga tūmatanui kia hei painga mō ngā tāngata o Aotearoa i āianei, ā, hei ngā rā ki tua hoki. He kawenga tino whaitake tā mātou hei tautoko i te Karauna i runga i āna hononga ki a ngāi Māori i raro i te Tiriti o Waitangi. Ka tautoko mātou i te kāwanatanga manapori. Ka whakakotahingia mātou e te wairua whakarato ki ō mātou hapori, ā, e arahina ana mātou e ngā mātāpono me ngā tikanga matua o te ratonga tūmatanui i roto i ā mātou mahi.
In the public service we work collectively to make a meaningful difference for New Zealanders now and in the future. We have an important role in supporting the Crown in its relationships with Māori under the Treaty of Waitangi. We support democratic government. We are unified by a spirit of service to our communities and guided by the core principles and values of the public service in our work.
What does it mean to work in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Public Service?(external link) — Te Kawa Mataaho The Public Service Commission
