Job descriptions

Mac Operators

A Mac Operator will often do much of the less creative work in a design studio, or publishing house. This can include marked-up text corrections, spell checks and formatting documents to pre-arranged templates. A Mac Operator's role includes typesetting of long and heavy text documents. Mac Operators must have a 'design eye' but design skills are not necessary. Good skills in all graphics software are needed especially in the publishing programs of InDesign and QuarkXpress.

Junior - $35,000 - $45,000
Mid - $50,000 - $55,000
Senior - $60,000 - $70,000

Finished Artists, Artworkers, Graphic Artists

These three terms have the same definition but change depending what part of the world you are from. These roles generally have a high level of skill in the basic graphic design software products, such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, QuarkXpress and so on. Finished Artists are not expected to have much creative input, but implement a concept, based on a designer's or Art Director's brief. This artwork is then prepared ready for prepress or print. High-end Photoshop skills, in particular, are a much sought after skill.

Junior - $35,000 - $45,000
Mid - $50,000 - $60,000
Senior - $65,000 - $80,000

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Junior Designers

Junior Designers are employed straight from college and will generally be considered 'junior' for up to three years. Junior Designers will layout pages, draw logos, redraw logos, do text corrections and help out the more senior designer.

$30,000 - $45,000

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Middleweight Designers

Middleweight Designers should usually already have some kind of professional portfolio. They will probably have mainly worked on parts of larger campaigns and a few smaller projects of their own. They will be able to take design briefs and implement them, but will still generally be overseen creatively by a Senior Designer or Art Director.

$50,000 - $65,000

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Senior Designers

Generally a minimum of eight years working experience will have been clocked up before a designer is called Senior. Senior Designers will be adept at taking briefs and will have been involved in client liaison experience. A senior designer should have developed problem solving abilities to a degree where each design project is not seen in isolation. But rather, they will also be able to look at the 'bigger picture' in a creative or advertising campaign. They will also have worked and mentored junior designers in the team. They should also be involved in budget setting and will have good production knowledge when it comes to implementing their concepts.

$65,000 - $90,000

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New Media

Web design is the design or designing of a Web page, Website or Web application. The term generally refers to the 'front end' graphical design of a website. Web designers need some proficiency in Flash and/or Dreamweaver.

Junior: $42,000 - $45,000
Mid: $55,000 - $65,000
Senior: $60,000 - $75,000

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Creative Services Manager

They are in charge of total agency workflow, systems (hard and soft), hiring Creative Services staff (studio, production, traffic) and overseeing supplier relationships. Creative Services Managers have probably done a bit of everything - Production, Traffic, Studio - successfully for a while and are Clinton-esque in their ability to park huge amounts of information and stress while looking like they're doing some gardening. If Traffic are the glue of the agency, the Creative Services Manager is the hardener or the horse!

$100k++

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Studio Manager

This supervisory role is now mostly hands-on, so often Senior Mac Operators become Studio Managers. Studio Managers distribute jobs as they come in to the studio and monitor workflow. They liase with account service or traffic and are responsible for checking files, booking freelancers, Mac maintenance and studio budgets. In smaller Studios this role does everything and then some.

$60-$90k

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Print Producer or Production Manager

Print producers are responsible for print and reprographic buying. Or, managing anything that no-one else wants to do. You estimate and buy stuff, play with big machines, check proofs endlessly, manage distribution, collect bric-a-brac and weird things. Production Co-ordinators assist the managers by giving them someone to shout out and do most of the incredibly mundane - it is after all an entry level position. Production Directors negotiate and manage supplier relationships and budgets for the whole department. This is either a senior management role, or reports directly in to one.

Coordinator: $35 - $45k
Producer/Manager - ATL: $50-$75k

Producer/Manager - DM: $60-$85k+
Director - $85 - $110
Director with DM - $100 - $120+

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Account Services

Account Management staff are usually an agencies main point of contact with the client marketing team. They manage the process of producing creative work by liaising with all concerned internal departments - creative, media, strategic planning, traffic, production etc. As a rule of thumb, junior account service people focus more on the implementation side, whilst seniors "manage" and develop the strategy. Account Service people are also involved in new business pitches.

Account Coordinator $30 - $35k

Account Executive $35 - $40k

Junior Account Manager $40 - $45k

Account Manager $45k - $60k

Senior Account Manager $60 - $75k

Account Director $75 - $95k

Senior Account Director $95 - $120k

Group Account Director $120k +++

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CREATIVE

Junior Art Director/Copywriter $35k-$50Kpackage

Art Directors and Copywriters usually work as part of a team and are responsible for the concepts and finished artwork behind advertising material (TV, Print, Radio, Direct Marketing, Online)

Art Directors create and oversee the look and feel of the ad from concept through to finished artwork ready for dispatch.

Copywriters create the copy and its tone. They ensure all grammar punctuation and spelling is correct ready for dispatch.

Creative teams work with all agency departments to deliver a concept that is on brief, on time and on budget.

Junior creative positions usually require at least 1 years previous agency experience. Most junior creatives will have completed AWARD School (www.awardonline.com), a 12 wk intensive training course and will have a portfolio of their ideas.

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Mid-Weight Art Director/Copywriter $50-$80Kpackage

Art Directors and Copywriters usually work as part of a team and are responsible for the concepts and finished artwork behind advertising material (TV, Print, Radio, Direct Marketing, Online)

Art Directors create and oversee the look and feel of the ad from concept through to finished artwork ready for dispatch.

Copywriters create the copy and its tone. They ensure all grammar punctuation and spelling is correct ready for dispatch.

Creative teams work with all agency departments to deliver a concept that is on brief, on time and on budget.

Mid-Weight creative positions usually require at least 3-4 years previous agency experience.

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Senior Art Director/Copywriter $80Kpackage+

Art Directors and Copywriters usually work as part of a team and are responsible for the concepts and finished artwork behind advertising material (TV, Print, Radio, Direct Marketing, Online)

Art Directors create and oversee the look and feel of the ad from concept through to finished artwork ready for dispatch.

Copywriters create the copy and its tone. They ensure all grammar punctuation and spelling is correct ready for dispatch.

Creative teams work with all agency departments to deliver a concept that is on brief, on time and on budget.

Senior creative positions usually require at least 7-8 years previous agency experience.

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Creative Director $100Kpackage+

Creative Directors oversee and approve all creative concepts and artwork developed in the agency.

They staff and manage the creative department and work closely with all agency departments to build and maintain healthy relationships with the client.

They allocate the creative briefs to each of the creative teams and are responsible for the standard of creative work that leaves the agency.

Creative Directors have usually excelled in their field as an Art Director or Copywriter and have been awarded by the industry for their work. They have also demonstrated their passion and ability to lead.

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Administration

Positions and Salary/Hourly rates

PA-$50K-$70K $25+ hr

Assist Managers, team leaders with admin duties, set meetings, minutes meeting, computer literate MS Word, Excel, set presentations, type letters, meet and greet clients, organise accommodations, flights. (2-4 years) exp.

EA-$60K-$85K $30+ hr

Assist Directors/CEO more than one manager at a time, excellent computer skills, good with presentations, formating, typing, organise functions, events, meet and greet clients, flexible with duties, demanding role corporate experience, report writing, document handling, minutes meeting, computer literate MS Office, Power Point. (3-5 years exp)

Administration/Secretary-$42K-$55K $21+ hr

Admin duties filing, faxing, photocopying, type letters, answer phones, general cleaning, good computer skills MS Word, Excel, Outlook, general report updates, data entry.(1 yr plus exp)

Data Entry-$30K-$38K $18+ hr

Good computer skills, Excel knowledge, 10,000 ksph plus, good attention to detail, (1 year plus exp)

Receptionist-$36K-$40K $20 hr

Good communication and written skills, customer service exp, professional approach when meeting and greeting clients, assist with couriers and deliveries, typing letters, MS Word, Excel, mailing duties, banking duties. (1 year plus exp).

Bookkeeper-$40K-$60K $20+ hr

Accounts background, data entry, good attention to detail, qualified, bank reconciliations, general ledger reconciliations, payroll, accounts payable and receivable, MYOB, Excel, Word system knowledge. (2 years plus min exp)

Accounts Payable-$38K-$45K $20+ hr

Data entry, Excel skills, bill payments, invoices reconciliations, good attention to detail, petty cash handling, receipts updates (1 yr plus exp)

Account Receivable-$38K-$45K $20+ hr

Invoices, Excel knowledge, money handling, cheque handling, banking, receipts, data entry, MYOB knowledge. (1 yr plus exp)

Payroll Clerk-$38K-$45K $20+ hr

Inputting and outputting of payroll, up to 50 staff depending on company size, Micropay, MYOB system knowledge, good attention to detail, Excel exp, administrators duties. (1 yr plus exp).

Accountants ( non CPA/CA qualified )-$50K-65K $25+ hr

Commerce/ Industry, SAP, Oracle, MYOB systems knowledge exp, Excel, good attention to detail, report writing, document handling. (3-5 yrs exp)

Accountants (Degree qualified)-$60K-$75K $30+ hr

Commerce/ Industry- SAP, Oracle, MYOB systems knowledge exp, good attention to detail, flexible in duties, admin, customer service skills, Tax, GST, PAYG knowledge, report writing, document handling. (5-10 yrs exp).

Telemarketing/Customer Service-$35K-$45K $19+ hr

Customer assistance, answer and solve problems, researching, good verbal and written skills, telemarketing over the phone and face to face, set meetings, general report writing, good Excel and Word exp, cold calling, good attention to detail. (1 yr plus exp)

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