PPG Industries' vision is to continue to be the world's leading coatings and specialty Products Company.
Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation,
consumer products, construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways
than does any other company. Founded in 1883, PPG has global headquarters in Pittsburgh and operates
in nearly 70 countries around the world. Sales in 2012 were $15.2 billion.
Within our Architectural Coatings business, we produce paints, stains, and specialty coatings under
the PPG Pittsburgh® Paints, PPG Olympic® Paints and Stains, and PPG Porter® Paints brands,
and service the North American coatings industry across three channels.
PPG is proud to announce that we have recently completed the acquisition of the AkzoNobel North
American Architectural Coatings business. This acquisition provides our newly combined Trade
organization a tremendous platform for profitable growth.
This acquisition enables us to now operate in 800+ retail stores, sell through over 4,000 dealer stores
and supply product to large home improvement retailers, such as Lowe's and Home Depot.
This acquisition also brings a portfolio of well established brands to PPG such as Glidden, Glidden
Professional, Ralph Lauren Paint, Devoe Coatings and Martha Stewart Living paints; Flood, Sikkens
and Synteko woodcare products; plus Liquid Nails adhesives and caulks.
PPG Industries has an immediate opening for a Graphic Designer at our Longueuil, Quebec office.
The primary role of the Graphic Designer is to provide creative design, production and electronic
multimedia communications for the collateral materials, advertising, product labels, various special
events and special projects. This position will support the entire Canadian-based Marketing
Department across all brands for Retail/Dealer and company-owned stores.
Key Responsibilities
Handle creative design and production on a variety of marketing projects including the sales tools,
point-of-sale materials, brochures, circulars, customer ads, in-store materials like header boards,
special advertisements, posters, invitations, rebate coupons, and others.
Handle design, art and production for a variety of special projects.
Design and produce slides, viewgraphs, PowerPoint presentations, nametags, signs and other graphic materials as assigned.
Negotiate supplier contracts for production services.
Hire and supervise prepress and production services as needed.
Assume responsibility for color reproduction and overall appearance of projects.
Evaluate and maintains familiarity with a full range of outside suppliers including printers, prepress vendors,
free-lance designers, photographers, and others in order to provide professional, productive and cost-efficient
outside services to PAF.
Coordinate and maintain the REMay Internet Asset Manager databases of photography and art work.
Qualifications
Must be fluent in French and English and be able to translate in both written and verbal communication.
Degree in Graphic Design.
5-7 years work experience in a corporate communications department, deign studio, advertising agency
or multimedia firm.
Expertise in the field of graphic design, electronic multimedia communications, prepress and full graphics print production.
Expertise in layout, typesetting, electronic photo-retouching and traditional art methods and building mock-ups.
Proficiency in Adobe CS 5 or newer, and Microsoft Office.
Versatile and highly detail-oriented.
Outstanding human relations skills for regular dealings with outside designers, suppliers, photographers, printers, reproduction center personnel; marketing department managers and other customers within the company.
Ability to adjust design concepts quickly to meet last minute changes and short deadlines.
PPG prides itself on the quality of it's employees and as such, candidates who receive a job offer will be
required to successfully pass a hair drug/toxins test and a background check.
PPG Industries, Inc. offers an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides
a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces
the ideas and diversity of others.
We would like to thank candidates who submit their interest for this position.
Due to the volume of resumes that we receive, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
