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Gensler Chicago is seeking a passionate, high-initiative Graphic Designer that can thrive within a well established brand environment as a key member of the Marketing Team. The ideal candidate is positive, creative, able to collaborate across multiple teams, incorporate the perspective and feedback of multiple stakeholders, and able to create a myriad of materials (print, digital, graphic and information design) that reflect the Gensler brand and effectively reinforce the business objectives guiding each initiative.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Thrives in an energetic team environment
- Passionate about design, communication and client service
- Passionate about communication strategy and about using emerging collateral and presentation platforms
- Strategic thinker and creative
- Possesses outstanding facilitation skills to build consensus in team settings
- Strong in project management and coordination skills
- Thrives in high volume, deadline driven environment
- Understands the importance of brand and is able to create new content within established brand standards
What Your Will Do
- Work with senior staff, new business teams to develop content in support of business development
- Develop creative content to simplify complex business/technical structures, visions, processes and strategies
- Design and create solutions and infographics for presentations, proposals, collateral, reports, and various initiatives within the office
- Independently coordinate multiple marketing efforts against rapid and frequent deadlines
- Coordinate with studios and other Gensler offices to synthesize and integrate “best practices”
Your Qualifications
- 5-10 years of professional experience in a marketing/graphic design position
- Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or visual communications (or related field, with relevant experience)
- Strong design portfolio demonstrating design talent for collateral, presentation and information design
- Experience working directly with senior staff on critical projects with minimal supervision
- Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment under tight deadlines with attention to detail and an emphasis on accuracy and quality
- Storytelling aptitude—the ability to craft raw ideas into compelling messages
- Strategic, creative thinking, with the ability to brainstorm, collaborate, and build consensus among multiple stakeholders
- Well-developed communication and analytical skills
- Understanding of and experience in corporate branding, layout, color theory and typography in both digital and print media
- Expert user of Adobe Creative Cloud
- Working knowledge of Dreamweaver, After Effects, Premiere is preferred