Visual/Graphic Designer

As a Visual/Graphic Designer, you leverage your passion and expertise as a Visual Designer to drive the design of our projects forward and enhance the human experience of the spaces and structures we design. Your role will be both hands-on – injecting progressive, strategic design-thinking into the work - as well as higher level oversight to guide the digital approach and execution as you partner with Gensler practice areas including architecture, interiors, brand, digital, and consulting to ensure digital design is thoughtfully considered and integrated within the overall design vision. You should be ready to present work to client stakeholders and represent our firm’s culture & principles. Additionally, you will provide direction and leadership to junior staff working on their project teams, scope design phases of projects accurately and efficiently, and attend pitches and industry events as required.

What You Will Do

• Advocate for the application of visual storytelling through graphic and visual across a myriad of design opportunities
• Collaborate with strategy and delivery teams to ensure design falls within project scope, feasibility, and delivery potential
• Lead design conversation as you partner with other graphic designers, animators, artists, copywriters, architecture, and interior teams to deliver the various phases of a project
• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients on all creative endeavors
• Share design concepts and creative materials with clients through crafted stories/presentations
• Participate in business development, RFP responses, account growth, and practice area advancement
• Develop, motivate, and mentor junior and other mid-level design professionals
• Design trend research and presentations

• 6-8 years of multi-platform design or related design experience
• Expertise in designing brand identity, visual identity systems including iconography and typography.
• Demonstrated design success with integrated technology and digital content in physical spaces
• Experience designing for digital products, systems and platforms
• Heavy experience in applying design thinking to User Experience (UX) scenarios across product ecosystems (web, mobile, native app, etc) and physical/digital touchpoints as well (retail, hospitality, service design, etc)
• Experience with the entire design lifecycle from concept to delivery and support
• Experience managing and mentoring creative teams
• Exceptional design sense and design strategy with the ability to provide clear, critical design reviews to project teams
• Knowledge of digital design, development, standards, and solutions
• Strong presentation, communication, and relationship management skills
• Must have the ability to maintain existing client relationships and serve as a trusted design leader
• Prior experience with branding agency, digital marketing agency, event marketing, tradeshows, or related experience design fields a plus
• The base salary will be estimated between $98,000 - 120,000 plus bonuses and benefits and contingent on relevant experience. To learn more about our compensation philosophy and full benefits offerings, please visit Great People, Great Rewards | Gensler

At Gensler, we are as committed to enjoying life as we are to delivering best-in-class design. From curated art exhibits to internal design competitions and hackathons, to “Well-being Week,” our offices reflect our teams’ diverse interests.

We encourage our employees to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays and paid time off. We also offer a 401k, profit sharing, employee stock ownership and twice annual bonus opportunities. Our annual base salary range has been established based on local markets.

As part of the firm’s commitment to licensure and professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programs or classes. We view our professional development programs as strategic investments in our future.