Position: Junior Designer
Reports To: Manager, Creative
Last Updated: June 2025
Qualifications: A full-time or part time daytime student at Sheridan College with a GPA of at least 2.5, and not undergoing a co-op term between the months of September and April.
Term: August 2025, to April 30, 2026
Location: Trafalgar Campus in-office / travel to all campuses for events and assignments.
Commitments: 10 - 15 hours per week
Pay Rate: $17.46 / hour.
SCOPE AND NATURE
Sheridan Student Union Inc. (SSUI) is a student-led organization representing all full-time and day part-time fee-paying students at Sheridan College. Our mission is to create an exceptional student experience through student-focused programs, services, and advocacy. Our vision is to empower our student community to succeed in a changing world. We strive to do this as an active member of the Sheridan community, facilitating opportunities for student leadership, and creating strategic partnerships to improve the quality of life on campus. The Junior Designer is responsible for producing content for print, web, and digital spaces. As a Junior Designer, you’ll have the freedom to explore new designs and add your personal touch to projects while also maintaining brand guidelines at the SSU. It is the Junior Designer’s responsibility to ensure that Sheridan students receive information about SSU events, clubs, and services in clear, accessible, and engaging ways through the leverage of good graphic design practices (and lots of colors).
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Junior Designer will work closely with the Manager, Creative, other Creative Team members, the Marketing Street Team Supervisor, the Digital Community Coordinators, and management to brainstorm and execute SSU print and web content. The Junior Designer will be expected to work in a respectful manner with all SSU staff, volunteers, Sheridan College staff, and Sheridan College students.
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
The Junior Designer will report to the Manager, Creative. They will work alongside other Junior Designers, SSU Photographers, and Creative Video Editors
JUNIOR DESIGNER RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Design and develop creative solutions for a wide range of promotional materials across varying mediums (print, web, digital spaces social media etc.)
• Researching current design trends and strategizing how those trends can be translated into SSU content
• Maintains or exceeds the level of work already established, while staying true to the brand guidelines
• Manages time efficiently to ensure successful and timely completion of any given task.
• Ensures a positive work environment and culture within the Creative Department, but also the SSU in general.
BENEFICIAL QUALIFICATIONS:
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite programs.
• Understanding of basic design principles (typography, layout, brand application, etc.).
• Professional work ethic, exercising of good judgment, tact, and initiative.
• Enjoys working as part of a team but also excels when working independently.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to conceptualize layout and brand image.
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview. Please no phone calls.
The Sheridan Student Union is dedicated to employment equity and encourages applications from people of all genders, persons with disabilities, racial/visible minorities, and Indigenous peoples. The SSU is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process, in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).
To request any accommodations, you may require in order to participate in the hiring process, please contact Human Resources by emailing [email protected].
Sheridan is deeply committed to implementing the Calls to Action framed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. We acknowledge that we live and work on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nations, Anishinaabe Nation, Huron-Wendat and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Sheridan is situated on these lands and it is our collective responsibility to honour and respect those who have gone before us, those who are here, and those who have yet to come. We are grateful for the opportunity to be working on this land
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