Job description

We are seeking a creative, engaged, strategic-minded Brand and Graphic Designer to join a team interested in exploring the overlap between architectural design, strategic narrative, and spatial branding.

You will create impact by:
? Embracing project goals and concepts and helping develop and drive design that supports them.
? Providing creative initiation of design ideas, both independently and with teams.
? Offering and actively soliciting constructive and clear critical design feedback.
? Communicating complex ideas with clarity: visually, verbally, graphically, and in writing.
? Being passionate about design and having a point of view
? Caring as much about the culture and people you work with as the project.
Responsibilities:
? Contribute to the design conversation throughout the full project duration
? Produce multiple iterations of design options in early stages of the process, and of equal importance, developing and refining them all the way through to a final, deliverable product.
? Actively engage with all disciplines, including Architecture, Strategy, Interior Design, Graphic Design, and Brand Design, to produce integrated projects
? Work closely with architectural teams to design strategies and generate narratives, and produce the communicating materials to express them with graphic clarity and punch
? Communicating complex ideas with clarity—graphically, verbally, and in writing—to both internal teammates and external partners, including down to earth and professional client engagement

Qualifications:
? +/- 6-10 years of a mix of hands-on branding, graphic design, and spatial design experience in a design-focused architectural office or similar.
? Work examples that demonstrate, in addition to technical acumen, a sophisticated design sensibility
? Professional degree in architecture, branding and/or graphic design, or a closely related field, from an accredited institution. While not required, a background in architecture is highly desirable.
? Expert digital and physical graphic production, through demonstrated skill with the following programs/devices: Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop), Google Workspace (Slides, Sheets, Docs), Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Digital and hard copy printing
? Experience with the following programs, helpful but not mandatory: Adobe Aftereffects or other motion/animation platforms, AutoCAD, Revit, Rhino
? Excellent English language communication skills
? Legally eligible to work in the United States, without need for employee sponsorship
? Available to start within 2-3 weeks of interview
? Currently living in NYC area and/or willing & able to relocate quickly