Graphic Designer

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 who can contribute to the team by enhancing competition systems, growing our team, and building our network

As a Graphic Designer working on a project for ARIS, your responsibilities would include:

• Creating design concepts: You would be responsible for creating visual design concepts for a range of marketing materials, such as social media graphics, advertisements, brochures, packaging, and website design.
• Adhering to branding guidelines: You would need to ensure that all designs adhere to ARIS’ branding guidelines, maintaining a consistent visual identity across all marketing materials.
• Collaborating with other departments: You would need to work closely with other departments within ARIS, such as marketing and product development, to understand their design needs and create designs that support their goals.
• Reviewing and revising designs: You would need to review and revise designs based on feedback from stakeholders, ensuring that designs meet their needs and expectations.
• Keeping up-to-date with design trends: You would need to stay up-to-date with design trends and technologies, and be able to adapt your approach to design as needed.

Overall, your role as a Graphic Designer for a project with ARIS would be to create high-quality design concepts that support the company’s branding and marketing goals. You would need to be an excellent designer with a strong understanding of design principles and techniques, and be able to collaborate effectively with other departments. You would also need to be able to work efficiently, manage your time effectively, and be open to feedback and revisions.

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:

• Creating visual design concepts for a range of marketing materials
• Adhering to branding guidelines to maintain a consistent visual identity across all marketing materials
• Collaborating effectively with other departments to understand their design needs and goals
• Reviewing and revising designs based on stakeholder feedback
• Staying up-to-date with design trends and technologies
• Managing time effectively, working efficiently, and being open to feedback and revisions.

Project start: as soon as possible

Duration: 2 semesters (autumn 2023 & spring 2024)

Working hours: 4 – 6h/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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