Experiential Graphic Designer Jobs

The Experiential Graphic Designer works in a collaborative environment to create and implement branded experiences, experiential graphics, digital environments, and wayfinding solutions for national and international clients.

This role supports the Senior Experiential Design Team in executing compelling, cutting-edge visual work for unique brands.

Reporting to the Associate Director, Experiential Design, the Experiential Graphic Designer will collaborate cross-departmentally with the wider Global Design Department including Technical & Production Design and Digital & Immersive Design, Strategists, Producers, and Account Managers on a daily basis.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a custodian of our clients’ brands, ensuring visual and tonal fidelity to all brand guidelines and associated properties through graphic design.
• Attend select client discovery calls and meetings on time, appropriately representing Shiraz during in-person meetings.
• Understand company vision and design aesthetic, helping drive a consistent design sensibility and quality true to Shriaz’s values and brand across all events.
• Effectively communicate design concepts, both verbally and visually, through sketching and 2D and illustration.
• Creates 2D graphic renderings, illustrations, and other graphic support/visuals as needed for proposals, projects, and client requests, including all graphic design adjustments.
• Maintain excellent communication with all Project Managers, including the direct manager, design and production management, the global design team, and local production departments to promote a positive and collaborative team atmosphere.
• Responsible for timely and accurate delivery of design components.
• Advance and explore new design skills with the creative team.
• Foster and partake in Design Team calls and meetings on time and in a productive manner.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Manage project scope and execute designated tasks within the budgeted timeframe, as per design expectations.
• Work on multiple projects, often simultaneously, as support to the wider Global Design Team, other departments in need of graphic design needs, meeting internal and client deadlines to bring projects to life.
• Prepare presentation frameworks for pitch presentations.
• Research and understand emerging ma rketing trends and stay current on design trends.
• Have a deep knowledge of design systems, adhere to, and iterate from them.
• Actively contribute with creative and breakthrough designs and ideas.
• Responsible for making sure all print elements are print-ready and making sure the files get to the printer in the format requested per deadline.

Required Skills, Training, and Experience to Perform the Essential Functions:

• Highly organized, detail-oriented, a strong work ethic and a sharp sense of time management.
• Strong skills in typography, composition & layout, wayfinding, and information design
• Ability to clearly articulate and explain design decisions.
• Experienced in leading and designing compelling experiential graphic design projects from ideation to completion.
• Effective at managing multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong experience in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop specifically).
• Working knowledge of sign and environmental graphics production materials and methods.
• BA / BS degree or comparable training in a relevant degree.
• Ability to work both independently and actively collaborate with peers in other disciplines to develop holistic design solutions.
• Strong with ideation, conceptualizing, and implementation.
• Minimum of 3 years experience at design-focused agency.

Other Qualifications:

• Experience creating Motion Graphics desired.
• Working knowledge of software such as (but not limited to): After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Maya, Cinema 4D, and 3D Max.
• Knowledge of MS Office, Google Suite, Monday.com and/or Slack.
• Working knowledge of SketchUp, CAD Tools, Rhino, Revit, and/or 3D modeling software.