BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange seeks year-round, part-time 10 hour/week Print & Digital Graphics Associate to assist in designing print and web materials.

Founded in 1991, BAX is a community based performing arts center dedicated to developing artists of all ages, from children to professionals. The organization offers community access to arts and culture, supporting the creation of new work by emerging artists, engaging diverse audiences and providing arts education to youth and families. BAX has intentionally constructed an environment where children study and professional artists create under the same roof. Students are mentored by professional directors and choreographers. The organization’s distinct focus on developmental process makes it a nurturing incubator for experimental dance and theater artists and is an important advocate for under-represented voices in the New York City performing arts community.  

 

Duties include (but are not limited to):

-Update weekly signage templates and place throughout the building

-Customize postcard templates for performances and events

-Website and social media graphics support

-Create graphics for digital display

-Design wayfinding and special event signage for the building

 

Requirements:

-An understanding of brand implementation

-Must have experience with Adobe Creative Suite

-Must work on-site at least 2 days, 10 hours per week (Mondays and Fridays preferred)

-Experience with the following software is not required, but a plus: QuarkXpress, iMovie, GarageBand, WordPress.

 

Ideal Candidate

-Will have a thorough understanding of the performing arts

-Will be comfortable moving into an entry level position and/or is an artist transitioning careers with an interest in developing their nascent design skills

-Will be familiar and aligned with BAX’s core commitment to issues of racial equity, anti-oppression and social justice. (For more information, visit bax.org/homepage/about-us )

 

To start November 2017

TO APPLY: Please send cover letter, resume, and links to work samples to Fernando Maneca, Marketing & Communications Director, at search@bax.org.

 

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

 

BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange welcomes students, families, faculty and artists to BAX, an organization with a core commitment to social justice. In keeping with BAX’s mission to “encourage artistic risk taking and stimulate dialogue among diverse constituencies” we intentionally and purposefully support the voices of under-represented individuals and groups of all origins, ages, abilities, races, sexual orientations, and genders including -  trans identified individuals, or those with varied immigration statuses. All our constituents join an organization whose staff and Board is actively engaged in challenging the manifestations of whiteness, able-bodiedness and privilege as part of our ongoing anti-racist efforts and our other anti-oppression, pro-inclusion work.