Welcome to the City of Charlotte

Charlotte is Americas Queen City opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe family-oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety health and quality of life for all residents.

Our guiding principles include:

• Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce

• Valuing teamwork openness accountability productivity and employee development

• Providing all customers with courteous responsive accessible and seamless quality services

• Taking initiative to identify analyze and solve problems

• Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions

SUMMARY

Responsibilities:

• Assist with the development of design concepts for public-facing and operational materials. Support the creation of branded visual content across print digital and environmental platforms.
• Contribute to wayfinding signage systems and spatial layout design within the airport campus.
• Help maintain design standards that align with airport branding and user experience goals. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including communications planning and facilities.
• Participate in job shadowing mentorship and on-the-job training assignments.
• Present project ideas and receive feedback from mentors and managers.

What Youll Gain:

• A paid apprenticeship with progressive wage increases.
• Full employee benefits including health dental retirement and tuition prepayment.
• An Associates Degree in Graphic Design from CPCC fully paid by the City. Professional certifications and software training (e.g. Adobe Creative Suite 3D modeling tools).
• Real-world experience in a dynamic and highly visible municipal operation.
• A potential pathway to full-time employment with the City of Charlotte upon successful completion.

Minimum Qualification/Education & Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Acceptance and Candidate must maintain successful enrollment per educational requirements at Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC).
• Graphic Design program at CPCC.
• Demonstrated interest in design art architecture or visual communication. Strong interpersonal skills and eagerness to learn.
• Willingness to work in a team-oriented deadline-driven environment.

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Spends about 70% of the time standing bending reaching walking and driving. The rest of the time includes a combination of sitting twisting keeling squatting crawling lifting shoveling and carrying. Must be able to lift and carry up to 50lbs. About 5% of time can lift pull or carry up to 100 lbs a short distance with another person.
• Works inside and outside. May include exposure to machinery dust chemicals fumes solvents moving objects/vehicles scaffolding ladders vibrating tools excessive noise large crowds and slippery or uneven surfaces. Uses a variety of electrical and hand tools.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

The Citys Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes but is not limited to: reference checks social security verification education verification criminal conviction record check and if applicable a credit history check sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.

Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidates written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.

Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination. During the selection process candidates may be asked to take a skills test and/or participate in other assessments.

The City of Charlotte is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race religion color sex national origin marital status age disability sexual orientation political affiliation or on the basis of actual or perceived gender as expressed through dress appearance or behavior.

Our culture is to serve the community honorably.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply online.

Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job.

You are welcome to visit the City of Charlotte Human Resources Department lobby where self-service application kiosks are available. They are located in our office at 700 East 4th Street Suite 200 Charlotte NC 28202. We are open Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EST) excluding official City holidays.

For questions about your application or the hiring process please email .

The City of Charlotte is committed to making our services and programs accessible to all. Upon request auxiliary aids written materials in alternate formats language access and other reasonable accommodations or modifications will be provided. To make a request please fill out the Innovation & Technology ADA request form or call 704.336.4120.

BENEFITS

The City of Charlotte provides a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees.

Clickhereto learn more about the City of Charlottes benefits.

The City of Charlotte is a drug and alcohol-free workplace.