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- Vacancy Number: #404
- Position Title: Designer Employment Type: Ongoing FTE / Hours: Part-Time – 8.0 (30.4 hrs per week) Department: Marketing and Communications Location: Preston Award / Agreement: Melbourne Polytechnic Academic and Professional Staff Agreement 2025 (PACCT) Classification Level: PACCT 4.1 Salary: $70,547 per annum pro rata, plus superannuation
- Applications Close: Thursday, 24 September 2026

Job Summary Provide skilled design production support across Melbourne Polytechnic, producing high-quality print and digital assets within established brand, accessibility and design standards. Why You'll Love Working Here

Melbourne Polytechnic has delivered hands-on, future-focused education for more than 110 years. Our people play a vital role in supporting students, industries and communities across Victoria.

In This Role, You’ll Enjoy

- Meaningful work that supports education, training, innovation andstudent success
- A supportive and collaborative team environment
- Flexible work arrangements, where applicable
- Exposure to diverse programs, systems and continuous improvement initiatives
- A values-driven organisation committed to inclusion, wellbeing and quality

About The Role Reporting to the Lead Designer Brand and Institute Services, the Designer provides skilled design production support for high-volume, repeatable and template-based work across Melbourne Polytechnic. You will produce print and digital assets within established brand, accessibility and design standards, including marketing assets, event collateral and the adaptation and rollout of approved creative across relevant channels.

Working collaboratively with senior designers and the broader Marketing and Communications team, you will provide flexible production support across shared priorities, including during major campaign and priority delivery periods.

What You'll Do

- Produce print and digital assets using established templates, guidelines and standards, including flyers, simple promotional materials and event collateral
- Resize, adapt and roll out approved creative across relevant channels, supporting Marketing and Communications requirements and Institute activities
- Create,



update and maintain design templates in Adobe Express and apply established Melbourne Polytechnic brand and accessibility standards
- Provide flexible design production support across Marketing and Communications, including marketing and growth channels during major campaign planning and delivery periods
- Work collaboratively with senior designers and other team members to respond to shared production requirements and contribute to efficient and sustainable creative production workflows
- Support major Institute events and priority Marketing and Communications activities as required
- Manage and prioritise assigned design and production tasks under general direction to meet agreed deadlines, quality and accuracy requirements
- Communicate effectively regarding requirements, progress and delivery, identifying and escalating issues that may affect quality, timelines or delivery

Essential

What You'll Bring

- Demonstrated experience working in a professional design environment, producing print and digital assets within established brand guidelines and under general direction
- Demonstrated experience using Adobe Creative Suite, including InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop, to produce print and digital design assets
- Basic proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word and PowerPoint
- Solid attention to detail and demonstrated ability to follow established brand and accessibility guidelines
- Ability to manage multiple tasks under general direction while maintaining quality and accuracy
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively as part of a creative team
- Good time-management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines under general direction





Qualifications & Mandatory Checks Appointment to this position is subject to meeting the qualification requirements (where applicable) and the successful completion of all mandatory employment checks. Qualifications To be considered for this role, applicants must hold relevant qualifications and/or equivalent experience aligned to the requirements of the role, as outlined in the Position Description.

Mandatory Checks

You Must Hold, Or Be Eligible To Obtain

- A valid Victorian Working with Children Check (Employee)
- A National Police Check
- Any other role-specific employment, regulatory or safety checks required for the position

How To Apply Click Apply to submit your application through Melbourne Polytechnic’s careers portal. You will be able to view the full Position Description and upload your documents online.

Please Ensure You

- Complete all pre-screening questions
- Upload your CV and a brief cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how your skills and experience align with the role

File Requirements

- Maximum file size: 2MB per document
- Preferred format: PDF (Word .doc or .docx accepted)
- Avoid special characters in file names (e.g. ! @ # % *)

What Happens Next Our selection process may include:

- An interview (in person or via Microsoft Teams)
- Reference checks
- Employment and qualification verification

We aim to provide a respectful and timely recruitment experience for all applicants. Questions?

For further information, please contact the Recruitment Team via [email protected]

Diversity and Inclusion

Melbourne Polytechnic is an equal opportunity and child-safe employer. We value the knowledge, skills and perspectives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and strongly encourage applications from First Nations candidates. We also welcome applications from people with disability, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, women in underrepresented areas, and people of all genders, gender identities, sexual orientations and LGBTQIA+ communities.

Recruitment Agencies

Melbourne Polytechnic manages all recruitment directly. We do not accept unsolicited applications from agencies unless engaged through the State Purchasing Contract and with prior written approval.

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