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New York & Company

DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL GRAPHIC DESIGN

New York & Company, New York, New York, us, 10261


Minimum Requirements

High school graduation or equivalent and two years of training in an approved technical school in oils, water colors, painting, design, black and white, layout and other art media and seven years full-time paid experience as a commercial artist, four years of which must have been in supervision and planning of art work done by a staff; or Education and/or experience which is equivalent to the above However, all candidates must have the four years of supervisory experience as described above. New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. Responsibilities

Develop up-to-date, well-written procedures, supported with effective training, to provide workers with the knowledge and standards required to operate the agency's program consistently and effectively. Under the general direction of the Senior Director for Centralized Support Services, with wide latitude for the exercise of initiative, technical skill and independent judgment, work with various levels of agency leadership (deputy commissioners, deputy chiefs, executive directors, etc.). Supervise and advise all subordinate staff to ensure that all current policy and procedures pertaining to DSS/HRA/DHS programs and related support services are accessible before posting to the DSS eDocs system, providing timely access to information for all levels of DSS employees located throughout the five boroughs. Direct and advise graphic artist staff, performing quality control of their work, ensuring adherence to current industry standards including accessibility and format. Provide guidance and instruction on any new technology or formats that become available for agency use. Manage the timely and accurate posting of original or revised versions of DSS/HRA/DHS policies and procedures on DSS eDocs. Liaise with the Office of Communications and Marketing (OCM) to request and monitor web changes. Maintain a Change Tracking System and prepare production reports for the Senior Director. In collaboration with DSS Information Technology Services (ITS) programmers, develop policy document accessible formats appropriate for various technology systems. Adapt content to technical specifications to accommodate challenging layouts such as foreign language forms. Learn new software as needed to perform tasks. Provide technical support within the Office of Procedures Forms Unit with emerging template creation technology such as Microsoft Forms and Adobe. Develop and maintain an online system for monitoring and tracking requests for new forms and form revisions. Maintain a content approval process log for OPPT Web change requests and evaluate OPPT Web design, making recommendations for improvements and/or corrections. Supervise the maintenance of the Multilingual database of all forms and monitor developing policy and procedures to alert the Senior Director when translated versions of existing documents are required. Monitor production to ensure translated materials are produced where required by federal, state, local regulation, and court mandates. Ensure the maintenance of the OPPT Shared Procedures Document Production database storing current and historic versions of all OPPT documents for staff to use in the research and development of policies, procedures, forms, and materials. Assist the Office of Procedures with the development and writing of procedural documents when necessary. Perform accessibility checks on documents prior to posting internally on eDocs as well as sharing with OCM for external posting.

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