Experience Designer - Brand - Mid Level

Gensler

About Us

At Gensler, the value of our work stems from its positive impact on the human experience. We are a dynamic and collaborative design firm uniting creativity, research, and innovation to solve complex problems for our clients. Our work challenges conventional ideas about architecture and the built environment. We aren’t just designing buildings—we are reimagining cities and places that make a difference in people’s lives.

https://www.gensler.com/

Position Details

Experience Designer - Brand - Mid Level
Job
Full-time
8/29/2024
Chicago Illinois
Chicago, IL

Your Role

As an Experience Designer at Gensler, you will tap into your boundless creativity to design unique experiences across a diverse media landscape. You are passionate about helping clients enhance their brand and business performance through strategy and design. Join a team of thinkers and doers who help clients express their story through graphic and branded communications.

What You Will Do

  • Work with a multi-disciplinary team of architects and designers to design graphics, branded environments, signage and wayfinding solutions that connect people to place for diverse client projects 
  • Conduct research for organizational, cultural and physical context surrounding a project to develop project program, goals and vision 
  • Generate multiple initial concepts and develop viable, documented design solutions that help solve a variety of problems for our clients 
  • Integrate messaging, color, imagery, type and composition into two and three-dimensional built environments 
  • Develop presentation materials, present at client meetings, and assist with synthesizing client feedback 
  • Prepare final documentation and production-ready artwork for 2D/3D, print, or digital applications 
  • Together with Design Manager, support organizing project kick-off, oversee all project phases and fabrication/vendor coordination 
  • During implementation review vendor shop drawings, samples, mockups and conduct on-site visits to review project progress 
  • Collaborate on project close-out process for file archiving and marketing purpose

Your Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, industrial design, environmental design, architecture, visual communication or related field 
  • 5+ years professional experience in environmental graphic design, print/digital design, or similar studio experience 
  • Strong verbal/written communication and organizational skills 
  • Flexibility to work both collaboratively and independently on projects of all scales and types 
  • Ability to create and present design strategies and concepts 
  • Ability to assemble, coordinate and review design intent documents and production artwork 
  • Knowledge of material types, production capabilities and product details for 2D/3D, print or digital applications 
  • Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop), CAD Tools and MS Office 
  • Familiarity with architectural construction documents, scales, sections, plans and elevations; proficiency in drawing in scale 
  • Use of SketchUp, Revit, or other 3D modeling programs a plus 
  • Working knowledge of motion graphics software, digital video editing, or other skills related to designing for and creating dynamic content a plus 
  • Demonstrated commitment to sustainability and sustainable building practices required

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