Graphic Design Team Leader

ARIS is a student initiative based at ETH Zürich (Dübendorf) that inspires students across Switzerland to gain hands-on space-related project experience and contribute to space-related project challenges through academic and industry collaborations. As part of the business team, you will tackle the challenge of enhancing our competition systems, growing our team, and building our network.

From the technical side, ARIS is currently making progress on several exciting projects, including developing a hybrid rocket engine with a guided recovery system for the European Rocketry Challenge in Portugal. Additionally, ARIS is developing a CubeSat with the SAGE project and working on the Karman rocket project to build a rocket capable of flying up to 100 km. We are also building a biliquid engine test stand to further our research and development in this field.

On the business side, ARIS has been expanding its team in areas such as marketing, finance, and HR, and collaborating with new academic partners to provide the best possible framework for all engineering projects.

The goal of the business team is to constantly develop processes to address ongoing growth. To achieve our ambitious projects and continue our exciting growth, we require a motivated Graphic Designer Team Leader who can contribute to the team by enhancing competition systems, growing our team, and building our network.

As a Graphic Designer Team Leader, your main responsibilities would include:

• Leading the design team: You would be responsible for leading and managing a team of graphic designers, ensuring that they are meeting project deadlines and producing high-quality work that meets the company’s branding guidelines.
• Creating designs: You would be responsible for creating designs for a range of marketing materials, including advertisements, social media graphics, brochures, packaging, and website design.
• Conceptualizing and presenting ideas: You would need to be able to conceptualize and present design ideas to the company’s stakeholders, including executives, marketing teams, and clients.
• Managing the design process: You would need to oversee the design process from start to finish, ensuring that designs are completed on time and within budget.
• Collaborating with other departments: You would need to collaborate with other departments in the company, including marketing, sales, and product development, to understand their design needs and help them achieve their goals.
• Training and mentoring: You would be responsible for training and mentoring your team, providing guidance and support as needed to help them grow as designers and develop their skills.

Overall, your role as a Graphic Designer Team Leader would be to ensure that your team is producing high-quality designs that meet the company’s branding guidelines and help the association achieve its goals. You would need to be an excellent designer yourself, with strong leadership and project management skills. You would also need to be able to collaborate effectively with other departments and stay up-to-date with the latest design trends and technologies.

Expectations

As a team member, we expect you to:

• Attend team meetings and workshops at Switzerland Innovation Park in Dübendorf, ZH
• Be proactive and take responsibility for your work
• Embrace failure, learn from it and move forward
• Take ownership of your projects and tasks
• Collaborate closely with both the business and engineering teams as well as the board.

We believe that with these expectations, you will be able to contribute effectively to the team and help ARIS achieve its goals.

What do you get?

By participating in this unique challenge, you will:

• Design skills: Understanding of design principles and techniques, proficiency in design software.
• Leadership skills: Ability to manage and motivate a team, delegate tasks, and provide constructive feedback.
• Project management skills: Ability to define project goals, timelines, and budgets, and ensure projects are completed on time and within budget.
• Communication skills: Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders and present design ideas.
• Collaboration skills: Ability to collaborate effectively with other departments.
• Strategic thinking: Ability to think strategically about design and how it can support the company’s branding and marketing goals.
• Training and mentoring skills: Ability to train and mentor team members to develop their skills.

Project start: July 2023 or later

Duration: 2 semesters (autumn 2023 & spring 2024)

Working hours: 5 – 8 h/week or per project

Please be informed that your work will be entirely voluntary. As we are a student project, we do not offer any paid employment. But you will be able to proof your practical experience in your CV.

Any questions? Get in touch.

We look forward to hearing from you! Please submit a complete application, including CV. If you have any questions, please reach us on hr@aris-space.ch.

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