Graphic Designer

**Tō Mātau Moemoeā **Our Vision is to use the past, present and future technology and ingenuity
of Aotearoa to educate and inspire the innovators of tomorrow.
- KIA WHAKATŌMURI TE HAERE WHAKAMUA
- **Position**:Graphic Designer - Visitor Experience

**Reports to**:Graphic Design Manager

**PURPOSE OF THE ROLE**

As part of an in-house design team, the Graphic Designer - Visitor Experience will provide creative graphic design

support and solutions to all areas of the organisation and predominantly to our Public Programmes, Event and

Education offers. All work is done in accordance with the overall brand, marketing and communications approach.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Meet with internal clients to interpret the concepts they want to communicate and note their requirements from

the marketing brief.
- Determine creative strategies to deliver a clear message to specified target audience/s.
- Collaborate with and be guided by the Graphic Design Manager to ensure MOTAT Brand Guidelines are upheld,

processes are adhered to and quality of deliverables is consistent.
- Create innovative design concepts for campaigns for MOTAT events, holiday experiences and visitor engagement

activities based on internal client theme briefing and targeted to appeal to specific audience/s.
- Project manage the design requirements for advertising and campaigns as per campaign schedule including

advertising for web, print and out-of-home, ensuring supplier deadlines are met.
- Collaborate with Visitor Experience teams to provide graphic design and services for events, holiday experiences,

regular and wide format print based signage, collateral including: booklet, branded merchandise and unique take
home items, and craft activity requirements that meet the needs of the Visitor Experience offer to target
audiences.
- Provide on demand photography services for promotion of staff profiles, events and public relations.
- Manage all graphic design tasks / projects, ensuring the more urgent tasks are prioritised and deadlines are met.

Communicate any potential delays to relevant stakeholders. Use task scheduling and other platforms as
required.
- Collaborate with Brand and Communications team members and provide graphics and banners for use on

MOTAT website, EDMs and event listings.
- Liaise with external printers and other suppliers when necessary, ensuring the best prices / quotes are obtained,

artwork is provided to specification and deadlines are met.
- Work with Graphic Design Manager to conduct regular supplier reviews for the Museum’s main print supplier

contracts and recommend preferred suppliers.
- Provide support and troubleshooting problems of installation of billboard, tramline flags, onsite promotional

material and signage of events and holiday experience
- Manage and communicate costs and charges associated with the Visitor Experience Graphic Design function

including liaising with MOTAT teams and suppliers on quotes, budget management and purchase orders.
- Ability to multi-task, simultaneously and independently support both immediate graphic design requests while

managing long term projects
- Protect the MOTAT brand integrity by managing the correct use of the MOTAT logo on all branded materials and

achieving overall consistency of the MOTAT brand in the marketplace.
- Actively contribute new ideas towards the development of future marketing opportunities that will help MOTAT

achieve its business objectives.
- In liaison with the Public Programmes team, coordinate the production of printed collateral of events and

activities to ensure the deadlines are met and produced and delivered on time.
- Analyse and plan the framework of design according to the laid-out concept and established scope of the project.

Determine the deadline of all design aspects for each project to initiate the ideation process.
- Manage the development of a creative concept with various stakeholders, conducting presentations, collating

feedback, providing design advise to ensure the output is on brief and on brand.
- Allocate, schedule and prioritise daily workflows using the Marketing resource tools.
- Maintain a high standard of filing system for design and photography assets.
- Manage the quality of print and digital asset outputs in line with brand standards.

promotions. Manage the communication line between suppliers and internal team to ensure that all Health and
Safety standards are met during installation of billboard, tramline flags, onsite banners and signage.
- Embrace a mindset of continuous improvement in understanding and implementing the principles of Te Tiriti o

Waitangi.
- Model behaviours consistent with MOTAT values and MOTAT competency framework.
- Comply with all museum policies and procedures including but not limited to Health & Safety and the Museums

Aotearoa’s Code of Ethics.
- Undertake any other reasonable duties as may be required from time-to-time to ensure that MOTAT’s business

objectives are met.