Sr Designer

POSITION SUMMARY

SGK is seeking a highly driven Senior Designer to join the brand experience team. As Senior Designer, you will lead and contribute to design exploration and production for a range of deliverables including campaign design, environmental design, brand design, guidelines and playbooks, social content, and more. Candidate needs a strong ability to build design concepts from scratch, a strong understanding of brand/design systems, the ability to clearly communicate design approach and creative problem solving.

Our agency environment is fast-paced and requires someone who is flexible, detail-oriented, and comfortable working with multiple co-workers, teams, vendors, and management. This is an exciting opportunity to join a tight group of creatives. SGK continues to be one of the best brand experience agencies in the world. If you are passionate about design, have raw talent and are ready to work in a highly creative environment, we are looking for you.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead design projects from concept through successful completion
• Work under the guidance of the Creative Director and other creative leadership
• Ensure alignment of the work with creative brief and timelines
• Collaborate with fellow designers, copywriters, animators, etc.
• Mentor junior designers
• Ideate visual centers (visual identities)
• Present work internally and to clients
• Provide rationales for design choices and approaches
• Work on production and documentation of design systems
• Iterate design work based on direction and feedback from the Creative Director
• Prioritize work for timely delivery of projects
• Stay current on industry trends
• Understand and leverage cultural moments
• Occasional travel
• Contribute to office culture
• Do amazing work!

QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS

• BFA in Graphic Design or related field
• 5-10 years of experience (agency or in-house)
• Strong online portfolio that demonstrates graphic design, typography, storytelling, attention to detail, and personality.
• Ability to work autonomously and within a team
• Excellent communication skills
• Strategic mindset
• Self-motivated
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Expertise in Mac, Adobe Creative Suite, and Figma

PHYSICAL ASPECTS / WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.  
• Regularly/Occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.  
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually low/moderate.

* Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

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