Your Role
We are seeking an exceptionally talented and passionate Senior Graphic Designer to join our team of design thinkers and doers who specialise crafting stories and create experiences in the context of the built environment. You will join a multi-disciplinary agency that includes graphic designers, strategists, retail designers, architects, master planners and interior designers.
Alongside the Design Director and Practice Area lead, you will have a key role in growing the Graphics and Branding business. You will have stellar conceptual and hands-on design experience and show a portfolio of work that is creative & compelling. Everything you do is driven by strategic thinking and communicated though storytelling influencing the design outcome.
Your work should be story driven with clear strategic thinking in place through brand creation, wayfinding and with a strong steer towards environmental design.
Please note, this role is not remote. We look forward to working with our new Senior Graphic Designer in our incredible London office.
What You Will Do
- Create powerful narratives and storytelling driven by strategic thinking
- Design branded environments with a passion and key skillset for environmental graphics
- Lead own projects within a wider team, ensuring client’s needs are met on time and within budget
- Assist the Design Director and Practice Area lead in winning work, create key pitches, and building client relationships
- Interface with multiple internal design practices including Interior Design, Architecture, Consulting and Master Planning
- Have great personable skills that aid strong client relationships
Your Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or higher degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication or similar
- 5 years+ previous work experience in a creative agency
- Excellent presentation and conceptual skills and the ability to articulate design rationale to internal teams and clients
- Working knowledge of production, implementation, and supplier coordination
- Comprehend projects at a high level and be solution orientated
- Experience in effectively managing time and project schedules
- Proficiency of Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop)
- Knowledge of in Digital tools such as After-Effects. SketchUp, Figma and Revit to bring work to life a bonus
- Up to date with popular culture and trends
This job description reflects the core activities of the role although there will be changes in the emphasis of duties as required from time to time.
Please apply for this Senior Graphic Designer role and submit your CV and brief portfolio for review.
Candidates who do not provide work samples will not be considered.
Life at Gensler
We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical and dental insurance, season ticket loans, pension, and twice annual bonus opportunities.
As part of the firm’s commitment to professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional qualifications and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programmes or classes. We view our professional development programmes as strategic investments in our future.
Top Skills
What We Do
Gensler is a global architecture, design, and planning firm with 53 locations and more than 6,000+ professionals networked across the Americas, Europe, Greater China, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East. Founded in 1965, the firm works globally with more than 4,000 clients across more than 33 practice areas spanning the work, lifestyle, community, and health sectors.
Everything we do is guided by our mission: To create a better world through the power of design.
We believe the power of design can spark positive change and create a future that promotes equity, resilience, and wellbeing for everyone.
Gensler was named one of Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work in 2020, 2019, 2017 and 2016, and our award-winning culture has been recognized by Fast Company as one of the 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators in 2021. Our people-first philosophy is centered on the core ideas of diversity empowerment, impact, community, respect, and growth. You can learn more about our commitment to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace at https://www.gensler.com/careers#diversity.
