HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL DO:
LEADERSHIP
Lead conceptual and design development across multiple projects.
Mentor junior design team members on technical skills, art direction, and storytelling strategies.
Share the team’s work across internal and external platforms, including design award programs and social media.
Translate clients’ needs and ideas into compelling concepts that express their mission and purpose.
Contribute to marketing pursuits and internal team initiatives.
CREATIVITY
Execute a project from strategy to storyboard to final design with confidence.
Engage by using curiosity, empathy, and intuition to clarify complex ideas, visions, and strategies.
Design creative, highly detailed solutions across all media types that express a unique vision.
Develop documentation for a variety of design projects to include graphic programs, wayfinding and signage systems, donor recognition programs and interpretive exhibits.
Explore compelling ways to spread CannonDesign’s Living Centered Design ethos and integrate best practices to the team and the firm.
COLLABORATION
Manage projects and diverse project teams with creative and artistic direction from start to finish.
Review and redline shop drawings and submittals throughout construction administration phases.
Communicate during team calls and actively engage in lively design critique.
Coordinate with vendors, fabricators, and outside consultants.
Advocate for the team’s expertise and capabilities across CannonDesign’s network of disciplines and services.
HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
Minimum bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Architecture, or a related design field.
Minimum of 10 years of related experience.
Exceptional design portfolio and strong background in a variety of markets.
Strong typography skills.
Robust communication skills and proven strategies for collaborating in fast-moving, complex project teams.
Strong knowledge of signage and wayfinding design and methodology.
Deep understanding of all aspects of experiential design.
Strong client leadership and technical leadership for production team: large, complex projects.
Ability to perform work with a high degree of latitude.
Must be a critical thinker, highly analytical, and possess business acumen.
Proficient in project management.
Attention to detail a must.
Proficiency on Mac in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign required. Skills in Revit and SketchUp a plus.
The salary range for this position is $81,955 to $102,398 annually. This is the anticipated salary range at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on candidate's geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level.
We offer a full benefit package including medical, dental, and vision coverage as well as flexible spending account options and voluntary insurances. Employees may be eligible for discretionary bonuses. We provide paid time off (PTO), flex‑time schedules, hybrid work options, a 401(k) plan, and employee perk programs.
As a condition of employment, all employees are expected to complete mandatory training, including compliance training, within required timeframes and adhere to our internal policies and the Code of Conduct.
CannonDesign is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CannonDesign is committed to maintaining a work environment that is free from any and all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment. It is therefore the firm’s policy to prohibit discrimination and harassment against any applicant, CannonDesign employee, vendor, contractor, or client on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. CannonDesign’s policy also prohibits any and all forms of retaliation against any individual who has complained of harassing or discriminatory conduct, or participated in a firm or agency investigation into such complaints.
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Experiential Graphic Designer IV
CannonDesign, San Diego, CA, USA
Pay: $81,955-$102,398/yr
Job type: Contract