Our
People
We have attracted a talented group of people with a richly diverse range of skills and experience who believe that they too can follow their heart, trust their judgment and do it with joy.
If you believe that great design can effect social change and you are excited by the possibilities of following your heart, we would love to hear from you.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply for all of our positions.
Social Enterprise Coordinator
Koskela is seeking an Aboriginal / Torres Strait Islander tertiary graduate to coordinate projects in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Design Facilitation and Social Enterprise arm of our design and lifestyle business.
We are seeking an enthusiastic individual with strong attention to detail and excellent interpersonal skills for this full-time position.
The Social Enterprise Coordinator provides operational and administrative support to contribute to the effective and efficient delivery of exhibitions and art projects. This role acts as a liaison with our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community art centre partner organisations.
To be successful in this role you will have tertiary qualifications in visual arts / design, arts management or relevant discipline and should possess high-level administration skills with computer literacy. You must demonstrate you can work within a team environment, and possess a high level of attention to detail.
Key Duties
Assist the Art and Social Enterprise Curator in the delivery of exhibitions and art projects.
Act as a point-of-contact for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community art centre partner organisations
Assist with exhibition installations and artwork registration
Assist with the development and implementation of exhibition specific events and public programs.
Assist the Social Enterprise Curator with other duties and project work as required.
Key requirements
Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline or equivalent professional experience and training
Demonstrate excellent attention to detail and the ability to prioritise activities to meet deadlines
Computer literacy
Desirable skills
Experience in gallery/ museum operations, artwork handling, reporting & installation
An understanding of Intellectual Property / Copyright
Pre-screening questions
How do you understand Intellectual Property in regards to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and cultures, and how would you communicate that to our team and clients
Describe an example of a cross-cultural collaborative project that you felt demonstrated best practice, and why?
To apply
Apply via email with a CV/resume addressing the selection criteria and pre-screening questions to harriet@koskela.com.au
For further information, please contact Harriet Fesq on 02 9280 0999 or harriet@koskela.com.au
Koskela considers that being Aboriginal / Torres Strait Islander is a genuine occupational qualification under s 14 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW).
Graphic Designer
Koskela is on the hunt for an exceptional full-time Graphic Designer to join our team! We are looking for a designer with 3-5 years experience who is excited about working across print and digital design, and if you have a love of photography too that would be a bonus!
You would be responsible for championing and evolving Koskela’s brand aesthetic and for developing engaging visual assets that excite our customers.
Outcomes:
Design all marketing campaign assets for digital and retail. This will include signage, posters, decals, pamphlets, catalogues, press releases, digital banners, website pages, EDMs, social media GIFs and Instagram stories.
Design templates that can be utilised by marketing and sales according to their needs. Examples include EDMs, retail signage and presentations.
Be willing to tackle challenging graphic design projects such as t-shirt artwork and Christmas wrapping paper.
Assist the rest of the Koskela team with any graphic designs needs they have, such as designing graphics for furniture.
Key Skills required for this role:
Advanced knowledge of Adobe suite is essential
Knowledge of print production, or a willingness to learn
Comfortable with designing for digital marketing products: websites, EDMs, social media
Photography and photo editing skills would be a bonus
Experience using Shopify and Squarespace would be great.
To apply, please email your CV and portfolio to careers@koskela.com.au
General Manager
This is a new role within our business and will see you effectively managing and running the day-to-day operations of the business. With Finance, Retail, Sales and Production reporting into yourself, you will be responsible for strategically delivering on the vision of the organisation and ensuring our growth targets.
What can you expect from Koskela:
The opportunity to shape and make this role your own
Join a B Corp organisation.
Be an integral part of an exciting growing business.
An awesome, focused and passionate team
Managing a multi-functional company: Commercial, Retail, Design and Delivery
What we expect from you:
You will have high levels of integrity, honesty, be hardworking and willing to learn.
You will be extremely dependable, fair, honest, and interested in the success of our company.
Our perfect GM is someone who can take the ideas of plans of our founders (our vision), break them down into actionable steps, and ensure that they're done efficiently.
You will love details, do what you say you’ll do, and you will love creating systems to make our company operate better as a whole, whether you are physically in the building or not.
You will utilise strategies based on data-driven decisions and use actionable metrics to effectively evaluate and set goals.
Previous experiences where you have taken an organization from its infancy to higher growth
You will be passionate about what we stand for as an organisation.
You will be an excellent communicator, able to quickly gain the respect of the team, be able to communicate our strategic vision with our managers, and get their buy in.
Be able to communicate with our founders with total honesty and transparency.
