Job Description

Specific information regarding this recruitment process is listed below:

• Application Opening: Friday, January 3, 2025
• Application Deadline: Interested applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as this announcement may close at any time after 5:00 PM on Friday, January 17, 2024.
• Annual Compensation Range: $97,344 - $118,326
• Recruitment IDs: PEX-5320-154250 
• Position Status: Full-Time
• Appointment Type . This is a Permanent Exempt (PEX) position excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process, pursuant to the City and County of San Francisco, Charter Section 10.104. This PEX position is considered "at will" and shall serve at the discretion of the Appointing Officer. The duration of this appointment is up to 36 months.

Working at SFO

San Francisco International Airport (SFO), an enterprise department of the City and County of San Francisco (CCSF), has approximately 1,700 CCSF employees and strives to be a diverse, equitable, and inclusive employer.

SFO’s mission is delivering an airport experience where people and our planet come first and our core values are Safety and Security, Teamwork, Excellence, Care, and Equity. Learn more about careers at SFO.

For more information about SFO, visit . Follow us on Twitter and Facebook .

Job Description

Under general supervision, the Illustrator and Art Designer performs complex illustrator and graphic design work, including but limited to preparation of reports, flyers, brochures, graphs, charts, infographics, ads, maps, signage, banners, event collateral, large format displays, announcements, and web and social media graphics.

As a team member of SFO, you will embrace SFO’s core values and SFO’s Racial Equity Action Plan .

You are excited about this opportunity because you will:

• Create original digital and print graphics and illustration projects that adhere to the SFO brand standards. Projects may include, but are not limited to reports, flyers, brochures, graphs, charts, ads, infographics, maps, signage, banners, event collateral, large format displays, announcements, and web and social media graphics.
• Communicate and coordinate with stakeholders to discuss their graphic and illustrator needs, develop concepts, and acquire approval of final designs.
• Prepare and package final design files for printing or web use.
• Select print materials, coordinate print production, conduct press checks and approve final prints for quality.
• Capture and edit photographic images to incorporate into design layouts.
• Perform other functions outlined in the 5320 Illustrator & Art Designer .

Qualifications

Minimum

Qualifications

:

Education:

Possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.

Experience:

Four (4) years of professional experience in graphic design or commercial art, which must include journey-level experience using a desktop publishing (DPT) platform (Mac or PC) with associated scanners, printers, and software.

Substitution:

Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year for year basis. One year full-time employment is equivalent to 2000 hours (2000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a 40 hours work week.) Any overtime hours that you work above forty (40) hours per week are not included in the calculation to determine full-time employment.

License or Certification: Possession of a valid California driver’s license (CA driver’s license must be obtained prior to appointment).

Desirable

Qualifications

:

• A broad array of creative design experience in both print and web with excellent design sensibility, strong use of typography, composition, and color.
• Extensive mapping and photography experience.
• Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (i.e., InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator) and Microsoft Office Suite (i.e., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, meet deadlines and work well under pressure.

Verification

Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If education verification is required, information on how to verify education requirements, including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at .

Note: Falsifying one’s education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.

All work experience, education, training and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum

qualifications

must be included on your application by the filing deadline. Information submitted after the filing deadline will not be considered in determining whether you meet the minimum

qualifications

.

Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed City and County of San Francisco application.

Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility, disqualification or may lead to lower scores.

Additional Information

SELECTION PROCEDURES

The selection process will include evaluation of applications in relation to minimum requirements. Applicants meeting the minimum

qualifications

are not guaranteed advancement to interview. Depending on the number of applicants, the Department may establish and implement additional screening mechanisms to comparatively evaluate the

qualifications

of candidates. If this becomes necessary, only those applicants whose

qualifications

most closely meet the needs of the Department will be invited for an interview.

NOTE: Applicants who meet the minimum

qualifications

are not guaranteed advancement through all of the steps in the selection procedure.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Security Clearance:  Candidates for employment with the San Francisco Airport Commission are required to undergo a criminal history record check, including FBI fingerprints, and Security Threat Assessment in order to determine eligibility for security clearance and may be required to undergo drug/alcohol screening. Per Civil Service Commission Rule Section 110.9.1, every applicant for an examination must possess and maintain the

qualifications

required by law and by the examination announcement for the examination. Failure to obtain and maintain security clearance may be basis for termination from employment with the Airport Commission.

Additional Information

Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:

HOW TO APPLY

Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are  only  accepted through an online process. Visit and begin the application process.

• Select the “I’m Interested” button and follow instructions on the screen

Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment and, therefore, it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept up-to-date. Also, applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking, applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses (@sfgov.org, @sfdpw.org, @sfport.com, @flysfo.com, @sfwater.org, @sfdph.org, @asianart.org, @sfmta.com, @sfpl.org, @dcyf.org, @first5sf.org, @famsf.org, @ccsf.edu, @smartalerts.info, and @smartrecruiters.com).

Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records.  Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.

Recruitment Analyst Information:  If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact recruitment analyst Sandra Aguayo at Sandra.Aguayo@flysfo.com .

 

Location: Airport Reprographics Office

Working Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 8 am - 5 pm (HYBRID work schedule may be available).

 

 

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.

Job Tags

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