Senior Environmental Graphics/Experience Designer Graphic Design Studio

Company: NBBJ
Location: Seattle
Posted on: October 19, 2020

Job Description:

Senior Environmental Graphics/Experience Designer --- Graphic Design Studio Environmental Graphic Design Seattle, Washington Senior Environmental Graphics/Experience Designer --- Graphic Design Studio Seattle, WA NBBJ is an award-winning design and architecture firm, fueled by ideas and a culture of collaboration. With offices around the globe, the diverse perspectives of your future colleagues and clients will inspire and challenge you to be extraordinary. Innovation and creativity are at the heart of our work: creating spaces and experiences that better connect people to each other as they live, learn, and work in their communities. We partner with pioneers like Amazon, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Massachusetts General Hospital as we create solutions for tomorrow guided by our vision: we design for life. Are you interested in designing what---s next? Join us. This role at a glance: NBBJ Seattle is seeking a full time, in-house Senior Environmental Graphic/Experience Designer to join our Experience Design Studio. We are looking for a passionate and creative designer with exceptional skills to join our dynamic team - someone who is thoughtful, highly creative, and thorough in their design process. This individual will work cross-functionally within the studio team and collaborate with design teams across our corporate, commercial, civic, healthcare, and sports practices within NBBJ worldwide. Why this role is important to NBBJ: As a Senior Environmental Graphic/Experience Designer, you will lead design teams, collaborate with Architects and designers from many disciplines, and tap into your creativity to make our client---s brands, business goals, vision and values come to life in the built environment. You are adept at developing creative, design concepts to evoke emotion, add clarity, and create unique experiences for end users. You have experience in, and a keen interest in the business of design, and have a desire to shape the trajectory of our design studio, working among studio and firm leadership to keep the studio relevant into the future, maintain a the highest design quality, seamlessly service our clients, and increase studio profitability. You are a collaborator, ready to join a team of thinkers and doers who help craft the brand, story, and experience for our clients. You have technical skills, fabrication and architectural knowledge, and understand how to deliver large-scale, multi-faceted EGD/XD projects. You would be responsible for leading design for projects, coordinating with architectural project teams, presenting to clients, orchestrating studio teams, and delivering designs you create. In your new role, you will: Work with a multi-disciplinary team of architects and interior designers to design experiential, branded environments, signage, and wayfinding solutions that connect people to their environment and to our client---s brands. Present to, and collaborate with clients and design teams across multiple building and market types---constantly building rapport with clients. Bring your leadership experience to collaborate with studio leaders in shaping the future of this viable, profitable design business Guide, and collaborate with design teams to create experiences by integrating messaging, color, imagery, type, and digital media with built environments. Understand graphic, signage and architectural materials and construction techniques, as well as electronic display media. Develop innovative wayfinding strategies and methodologies for increasing navigational clarity for end users Be responsible for the delivery of high quality projects, collaborating with builders and fabricators. Deliver EGD and XD selling strategies to align with market conditions, prepare proposals and give presentations. Be accountable to team, budget, and schedule, while upholding the highest design. What you will Need to Succeed: Bachelor---s degree in graphic design, industrial design, environmental design, architecture, visual communication, or related field. 7-10 years professional experience in environmental graphic design, exhibit design, or similar studio experience. Experience in studio leadership, operations and design management Experience with planning, documentation, and management of environmental graphic, wayfinding, and signage projects in the context of the built environment. Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop) and MS Office. Keen knowledge of architectural construction documentation. Deep understanding of how to integrate with architectural materials and building systems. Proficiency in SketchUp, Revit, Rhino and/or other 3D modeling programs is highly desired. Please include a link to your portfolio that contains at least 7-10 examples of your most relevant work or upload a PDF of your work samples (no larger than 4MB). Please provide detailed description about your role in each project. NBBJ is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Why choose NBBJ? We believe that all NBBJ employees should love their work. This means not only loving what you do but having pride in your workplace. We strive to be that irresistible place to work by enhancing your employee experience with customized programs and comprehensive benefits. In addition to 100% covered employee healthcare costs and 401k contributions, we offer unique professional development opportunities, volunteer opportunities and access to leading technology and resources to further help you love your work and advance your career. --- NBBJ has been named three times by Fast Company as one of the most innovative architecture firms. --- Founded in 1943, our first office opened over 75 years ago in Seattle, Washington. We now have over 10 office locations around the globe. --- We are a transdisciplinary, cross-practice focused firm with a deep portfolio of Civic & Cultural, Commercial, Corporate, Healthcare, Higher Education, Science and Technology, Sports, and Urban Environment projects. We also have several areas of service expertise including: Architecture, Environmental Graphic Design, Interior Design, Lighting Design, Workplace Consulting and more. --- In the past decade, NBBJ has received more than 300 awards from leading global, national and regional award programs across the business, real estate and design communities. --- We work with 5 of the top global high-tech companies, 14 of the U.S. News and World Report Top Hospitals, and 4 of the top 10 highest-ranked learning institutions. --- Our clients include institutional leaders such as Cambridge University, Google, Samsung, Cleveland Clinic, Tencent, and Stanford University. Our Values More than words on a page, our values sustain our culture, drive our actions, and impact every level of our practice. In our work, we never settle for the status quo and always strive to live by our values in service to our clients' organizations, our profession, our society and ourselves. --- We exist to create enduring value for our clients and society. --- We fulfill our legacy through brilliant design, steward leadership, and enabling rewarding careers. --- We know that our people are the lifeblood of our firm --- and essential to our humanistic heart and soul. --- We embrace the power of teams and collaboration to unleash breakthrough creativity. --- We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion through listening, learning, and humility. --- We are a leadership intensive and role based firm. --- We prize innovation, never stop learning, and seek to share what we know. --- We are dedicated to the realization of resilient and sustainable outcomes. --- We all share in the realization of our ---design, people, business--- triple bottom line. We deliver design excellence --- and we design for life. NBBJ is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F Disabled and Vet EEO/AA Employer. NBBJ does not accept unsolicited resumes or similar submissions from third party recruiters or employment agencies. Any unsolicited materials received by NBBJ from a source other than an individual candidate will be considered NBBJ property and NBBJ reserves the right to pursue and hire candidates referred to us without any financial obligation to the third party in question. If you are interested in becoming an approved NBBJ external recruiter, please contact a member of the NBBJ Talent Acquisition Team. You have been redirected to a NBBJ job page

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