Toole Design Group is hiring: Environmental Graphic Designer in Seattle

Overview

Toole Design Group in Seattle, Washington is looking to hire a talented full-time Environmental Graphic Designer. This role focuses on wayfinding and environmental graphics for active transportation. Earn a competitive salary with great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, a health savings account (HSA), a flexible spending account (FSA), and at least 24 days of PTO. We support transportation for employees with incentives to bike, walk, or use transit for a better quality of life.

About Toole Design

Toole Design is the leading engineering, planning, and landscape architecture firm specializing in multimodal transportation. Since 2003, we have expanded across the United States. Our team of planners, landscape architects, and engineers delivers quality work that serves people of all ages and abilities. We are an Engineering News-Record top 500 design firm, have been named a best firm to work for, and maintain one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry. We foster a collaborative, team-oriented environment.

A Day in the Life

As an Environmental Graphic Designer, you will be part of the Graphic Design team, collaborating with urban designers, landscape architects, planners, and engineers to help users engage with the built environment. You will bridge 2D and 3D design, applying visual communication to help users understand and navigate spaces, and help public clients envision possibilities for streets, trails, and transit stations. You will participate in stakeholder outreach and design workshops, concept plans, design guidelines, wayfinding strategies, branding, signage, and map design, with deliverables ranging from presentations and reports to design intent documents and final artwork. Opportunities for work in urban design, illustration, and 3D renderings are available depending on background and skills.

The EGD team includes designers in Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, and Austin, and the selected candidate will collaborate with interdisciplinary teams across Toole Design’s 19 offices nationwide.

Salary target: $72,000 to $80,000, with flexibility for exceptionally qualified candidates.

Work Schedule

This full-time position typically requires 40 hours per week and will work from our Seattle office. The role offers the flexibility to work from home 2 days per week. The Seattle office is located in the heart of Seattle’s Business District, near Pike Place Market, Seattle Art Museum, Central Public Library, and Waterfront, with easy access by foot, bicycle, transit, or ferry. RapidRide lines C, D, and E stop nearby, and several Sound Transit lines are within a short walk. Bike lanes are nearby on 2nd and 4th Avenues.

Ready to Join Our Seattle Team?

We have a quick and easy application process. If you feel you would be right for this Environmental Graphic Designer position, please fill out our application by following the link on this page.

At Toole Design, diversity is a necessity, not a nice-to-have. We have a collaborative culture where people of all backgrounds come together to share ideas and build better, more inclusive communities. We encourage those from underrepresented communities — women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, those with disabilities, and people at all intersections — to apply. Even if you don’t think your current skill set checks every box, if this role aligns with your strengths, we want to hear from you.

We are proud that about half of our managers are women and are committed to achieving diversity in leadership to better represent the communities where we work. Toole Design is a woman-owned business and an equal opportunity employer (EO/AA/VEV/Disabled employer).

Individuals may request accommodations or assistance with the application process by contacting 301-927-1900 and asking for Human Resources or emailing HR@tooledesign.com.

For more information about Toole Design, visit our website and follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram, or Facebook.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in graphic design, industrial design, landscape architecture, or related field from an accredited college or university and/or comparable work experience in lieu of a degree
• 3+ years of graphic design experience
• Excellent typography, color, and layout skills
• Proficiency in graphic production using Adobe Creative Suite
• Some experience in 3D design preferred, such as experience with CADTools, Sketchup, SignAgent, and the preparation of signage and wayfinding drawings. Please apply if you have other 3D experience and a strong interest to learn.
• Strong logic and writing skills that support the development of sign locations and messaging
• Enthusiasm and interest in human-centered design

You’ll be great here if

• You are creative and have strong design skills
• You are a team player, organized, thoughtful and know how to take initiative
• You are passionate about sustainability and multimodal projects that make communities more livable
• You enjoy producing high-quality work products and seeing your projects built
• You have strong visual and written communication skills
• You can build relationships, bring enthusiasm to exciting projects, and are detail oriented with strong problem-solving skills