Brand Design Lead

Your Role

As a Gensler Brand Design Lead, you will be responsible for leading design and collaborating with fast-paced interdisciplinary teams of architects, interior designers, graphic designers, illustrators, digital designers and more to deliver a wide variety of graphics, branded environment, signage, and way-finding projects. You will also demonstrate exceptional vision, oversee projects from conception to completion, and ensure successful project outcomes. Your work will span a diverse range of practice areas. Through these efforts you will be contributing to Gensler’s mission to create a better world through the power of design.  

What You Will Do

• Work with a multi-disciplinary team of architects and designers to design graphics, branded environments, and signage and wayfinding solutions that connect people to place for diverse client projects
• Conduct or lead research for the organizational, cultural and physical context surrounding a project
• Encourage teams to generate multiple initial concepts and develop viable, documented design solutions that help solve a variety of problems for our clients
• Lead teams to integrate messaging, color, imagery, type and composition into two and three-dimensional built environments
• Prepare or lead final documentation and production-ready artwork for 3D/EGD, print, or digital applications
• Collaborate with clients, design teams and other graphic designers across multiple industries
• Facilitate great design results by cultivating and maintaining positive client and team relationships
• Perform as point of contact on projects for clients, vendors, and teams
• Manage design workflows with multidisciplinary project team workload for multiple projects
• Co-development project scopes, budgets and workplans
• Support and lead the development of proposals and collaborate in the strategic development of new business; continually to learn and draw from Gensler’s Brand Design portfolio
• Engage and stay connected with internal team members, project managers from other areas, representatives from accounting and external vendors

Your Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Interior Architecture, Architecture, or Interior Design
• 10-15 years of experience as a hands-on designer and project leader, thinker, design advocate and client relationship steward for projects
• Passion for design with the ability to push new ideas, manage diverse projects, and collaborate with extremely talented creative leaders
• Thoughtful and flexible; able to put oneself in another’s shoes and see things from multiple perspectives
• Excellent organization, analytical, problem solving, and communication skills that work well in an interdisciplinary, fast-paced environment

• Strong presentation and writing skills
• Strong time management and organization skills; able to juggle multiple tasks, clients and resources
• Expertise in planning, documentation and management of environmental graphic, wayfinding and signage projects in the context of the built environment
• Expertise with architectural construction documents, scales, sections, plans and elevations; proficiency in drawing in scale
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop) and MS Office
• Proficiency in 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

Expectations

• Lead creative efforts on client projects, developing concepts and design presentation strategies
• Deliver thoughtful, creative design packages that satisfy client expectations, goals, timelines and budgets
• Exhibit design leadership through projects, learning and initiatives to achieve high quality design deliverables
• Collaborate with colleagues to promote an inter-disciplinary design approach and philosophy
• Lead in a manner that inspires the trust, respect and well-being of the team
• Meet the firm's standards for productivity and financial success
• Learn the Gensler portfolio to represent our best work
• Engage as a team player in office culture and initiatives, keeping in mind that billable work takes priority
• Learn to work within the Gensler model of One-Firm-Firm values: collaboration, entrepreneurialism, excellent ethics, client focus and fun.

Life at 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 to “Well-being Week,” our offices reflect our people’s diverse interests.

We encourage every person at Gensler 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.

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