As a multimarket firm, our experiential design and wayfinding (XDW) group touches many areas of life: from designing airports that connect people to hospitals that heal people, parks where people play, schools where people learn, and corporations where people work are all part of what we do! That's why we're able to offer exciting opportunities for people to hone their skills and strengthen their understanding of different design disciplines and perspectives that extend well beyond XDW. Behind all the hard work is a team of really sharp, down-to-earth people who love a good challenge - and a good time.
We are seeking a talented Experiential Designer to join our team!
Every space tells a unique story, and our Experiential Designers and Branded Environment experts at Gresham Smith dig deep, research, and collaborate with other disciplines like architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and transportation that connect communities and bring places to life. We explore visual, verbal, and virtual solutions for communicating information so people can easily navigate airport terminals, healthcare facilities, and other public spaces.
Responsibilities: Research and analyze the context of the project's needs to understand the client's objectives and priorities. Identify potential creative strategies in responding to client goals and project challenges. Explore and integrate findings and insights into design ideas and detail studies. Communicate the project concepts through hand sketching, photo rendering, 3D modeling, etc. Develop design solutions to coordinate with the functional wayfinding logic. Coordination with clients, design team disciplines, and general contractors to ensure alignment of all design elements. Communicate strategic recommendations with the design team and clients. Contribute and/or lead internal design sessions and critiques - as well as client reviews and work sessions. Leverage your working knowledge of materials and fabrication techniques and apply this experience to design concepts. Create technical drawings to scale and compile construction documents. Follow the project through construction to completion. Travel as needed for onsite meetings and or client presentations. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree from an accredited university in Architecture, Experiential Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Interior Design, or related field. A minimum of 4 years of job-related design experience is required. Excellent skills using Adobe Illustrator. Proficient in Adobe Photoshop and InDesign. Demonstrated experience using the Microsoft Suite. Additional knowledge of Revit and SketchUp software is a plus.
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