GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF CLASS

The GRAPHIC ARTIST 3 coordinates work of contract artists, designers, and illustrators in the production of printed materials, consults with high-level administrators and faculty members on project needs and presents design concepts for projects; and prepares a full range of highly skilled and highly technical graphic art work for an agency.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES

This is the third level of a three-level series. It is distinguished from the lower levels by having coordinating responsibility involving contracts, budgets, and work prepared by freelance artists and photographers or responsibility for independently developing concepts or projects and coordinating production.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Project Coordination. Typical tasks: determines the need for contract artists, designers, illustrators, or photographers to help meet project needs; develops project budgets to include contracted work, printing costs, and materials; insures that contracted work meets quality standards; oversees projects from the time of conception to completion to meet time and budget constraints; prepares specifications to accompany materials sent to the printer; coordinates works of authors, printers, editors, publications office, artists and designers, and others to produce materials of high visual quality.
2. Consultation. Typical tasks: plans and participates in departmental or agency policy and program decisions which will involve graphic arts needs; consults with administration and/or faculty members to help and make recommendations on existing or proposed forms, projects, printing, layout, colors, and graphic material needs in which information is to be communicated visually.
3. Graphic Art. Typical tasks: produces or oversees production of freehand and technical illustrations, photography, charts, graphs, and other materials in support of departmental or agency projects and programs; designs logos, letterheads, brochures, pamphlets, and booklets; draws, paints, sketches, letters, and does calligraphy for posters, charts, graphics, tables maps, diagrams, illustrations, covers, brochures and flyers; prepares final designs; does layouts; prepares camera-ready art work; conducts research in order to depict technical illustrations accurately; works with overhead transparencies; prepares 35-mm slides and photographs; uses computer graphics to type text, create format, code colors, font sizes and types, and to produce computer generated illustrations, graphs, or charts.

RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS

Employees in this class are in regular contact by telephone or in person with administration, faculty members, and other agency employees to advise and discuss graphic arts needs and projects; with freelance artists, designers, illustrators, and photographers to contract work on special projects; with printers for printing orders and typesetting specifications; and with vendors for graphic art supplies and equipment.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

Employees in this class receive general supervision from an administrative superior or academician who reviews finished work for desired results. Work must be of professional quality and meet agency rules and regulations; State rules and regulations regarding contracts, rules and laws relating to copyright; General Services rules and regulations relating to printing; and the Right to Privacy Act for photography and recording.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Six years of graphic arts production experience, two years of which included providing direct technical consultation to customers and coordinating graphics design projects through to completion. Successful applicants will have experience in color separation, calligraphy, technical illustration, and/or computer graphics.

Successful applicants will have experience in color separation, calligraphy, technical illustration, and/or computer graphics.

A Bachelor's or Associate degree in Graphic Arts may substitute for two years of experience.

A Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts with a minimum of 18 quarter (12 semester) hours of graphic arts courses may substitute for one year of the experience.

Transcripts must be submitted for all required and/or related courses.