Aalto University is a community of bold thinkers where science and art meet technology and business. We shape a sustainable future by making research breakthroughs and innovations in and across our disciplines. We spark the game changers of tomorrow and create radical solutions to wicked global challenges. Our community is made up of over 12 000 students, 400 professors and close to 5 000 other faculty and staff working on our dynamic campus in Espoo, Greater Helsinki, Finland.

Design Factory (https://designfactory.aalto.fi/) is an experimental co-creation platform for interdisciplinary teaching and learning. Altogether 35-40 Aalto University courses are utilizing the spaces and Design Factory expertise in a typical academic year. Roughly 30% of the floor space is dedicated to workshops that support the learning activities, e.g. Machine, Electro and Print Shops.

We are now seeking for a Graphic Designer for a permanent, full-time position

Your role and goals

Your role will be part of the service staff of Design Factory. The tasks include general helping in typical daily routines of Design Factory, such as hosting visitors, maintenance tasks, participating in common staff activities, participating specific development projects or requests from the Design Factory Global Network amongst others. However, the main responsibilities include the following:

●    Lead regular in-house design and publication projects (digital and print) for eg.

Annual Report, Global Design Factory Network publications, Design Factory Book, DF Bootcamp material, flyers, posters, website maintenance etc.

●    Help students, teachers and researchers with their needs and queries about

communication design
●    Develop and maintain the info graphics everywhere at DF and contribute in

the development and maintenance of these in the common building areas, in order to guarantee smooth people and process flow

●    Supporting the function of prototype labs especially cut and ink, printshop, VR

lab
●    Coaching/teaching modules in courses/workshops

●    Designing workshops for different audiences and visitors
●    Other in-house projects and developing them

Your team

You will work closely with other in-house designers and experts. While there are existing structures in place, the team is very open minded and keen to constantly develop the space and try out new experiments.

Your experience and ambitions

We highly appreciate it if you already have an understanding about the Design Factory concept. That understanding may have been built as a student on DF courses or as a teacher/assistant or in at similar roles at another Design Factory somewhere in the global network.

At the Design Factory, the students should come first, and we are looking for a person with teaching experience or experience of mentoring/coaching student teams. We wish that you are passionate about the process of learning and understand the role of teachers and support staff in supporting students’ learning.

Design Factory is a dynamic and continuously developing environment, where the community is our main asset. Therefore, good team working and communication skills are mandatory, as well as general project skills including planning, execution and timely closing and handing over the results. You need to have good communication skills in English. Knowledge of Finnish language is a bonus but not mandatory. The level of skills required for this role would have been ideally acquired through a relevant academic degree or other equivalent extensive work experience. In addition to the academic qualification, we require you to have practical hands-on experience of having executed communication design projects.

What we offer

Responsible and meaningful role with true impact in Design Factory’s future as Aalto University’s experimental platform. We provide an inspiring environment where we educate students with research-based knowledge, and inspire creativity and an entrepreneurial mindset.

It is the people that create Aalto and we aim to develop a culture that includes everyone. We want to be an open community where equality and inclusion enable curiosity and collaboration. Great possibilities for competence development and learning. We constantly keep learning to find the most impactful ways to empower – and invest in – our people. Competitive salary based on the university pay system and on your experience. Flexible modern working culture.

We value work-life balance and well-being in all aspects of life.

Salary is based on university salary system, depending on experience (range 3205 € - 3345 €/ month).

Join Us!

To apply for the position, please submit your application with CV and motivation letter electronically through our online recruitment system.

The deadline for applications is the 21st of April, 2024, at 23:59 Finnish time (UTC +2) and the position will be filled as soon as possible.

Aalto University reserves the right for justified reasons to leave the position open, to extend the application period, and reopen the application process.

Please note: Aalto University’s employees and visitors should apply for the position via the internal HR system Workday (Internal Jobs –> Find Jobs) by using their existing Workday user account.

Further information

For additional information, please contact George Atanassov (email: [email protected]). In questions related to the recruitment process, please contact HR Advisor Paula Thomsson-Levä ([email protected] .

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