About the Post

The graphic designer is responsible for working design and visual communications for CHAT’s operation and diverse programmes. Work closely with the team, external designers and artists on a variety of graphic design projects on exhibitions and marketing campaign. This includes print and digital, environmental graphics, museum exhibition graphics, marketing collateral, and presentation materials. The graphic designer works closely with internal and external parties overseeing accuracy, quality control, deadlines, and budget requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with curatorial, communications and creative productions and operations team to develop graphic design, leads design process from conceptual and schematic design through design development to installation and summative evaluation.
• Create and manage exhibition graphics, educational and interpretive materials, invitations and brochures, gallery didactics, promotional banners and signage, print and digital advertising, and web-based communications, and other projects.
• Oversee the development and production of the CHAT’s graphic design, digital and print materials to include designing, editing, printing for exhibits, signage, program and event collateral.
• Implement strong brand identity materials and guidelines for institutional use respecting CHAT’s existing style guide and provide consistency to the CHAT’s branding identity across a wide range of print and electronic materials.
• Communicate with internal and external parties to assure quality and maintain deadlines.
• Plan, oversee, manage, and adhere to production schedules and budget for design, production and printing.
• Conduct photography shoots of objects or spaces for exhibitions, program or others marketing campaigns.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Exhibition Design and Multi-media or related studies.

• Minimum of 3 years of design-related work experience.
• Extensive knowledge of trained and mature skill of software in Adobe CS6 (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator), Sketchup and 3D Studio Max.
• Knowledge of diverse materials such as paper and stickers.
• Experience managing print production and trafficking jobs with knowledge of papers and printing processes essential.
• Demonstrated typographic, color, and layout abilities, production knowledge, and an understanding of digital production for print.
• Strong portfolio of work demonstrating a high degree of creativity, diversity, and productivity.
• Able to multi-task and create an organized production schedule that incorporates time for both scheduled and unscheduled projects.
• Being a good team player and willing to assist for multiple different tasks.
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Flexibility for being required to work in off hours, weekend and public holiday from time to time as deemed necessary.

Qualified candidates should email their cover letter, CV, expected salary, names of 2 references with contact information to hr @ mill6chat.org.

The information provided will be kept confidential and used for recruitment purposes only. Applicants not contacted within six weeks may consider their applications unsuccessful 

MILL6 Foundation

Founded in 2015, MILL6 Foundation (MILL6) is a non-profit arts and cultural organisation in Hong Kong. MILL6’s primary mission is to manage and operate CHAT, the first art centre of its kind in Hong Kong. The D. H. Chen Foundation is the Founding Donor of CHAT and Nan Fung Group is the Main Donor.

About CHAT

Scheduled to open in Spring 2019, the Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile (CHAT) is a part of the heritage conservation project of The Mills, the former cotton spinning mills of Nan Fung Textiles in Tsuen Wan. Through CHAT’s own curated multi-faceted programmes that will include exhibitions and co-learning programmes, we invite our visitors to experience the spirit of the innovative legacy of Hong Kong's textile industry and engage in new dialogues and inspirational journeys that interweave contemporary art, design, science, heritage, community and craftsmanship.

Welcome to visit our website : http://www.mill6chat.org