Graphic Designer Job at NAC in Los Angeles

Handbuilt is the graphic design studio of NAC, an architectural firm specializing in design for education, healthcare, and other civic projects. NAC is a national firm with over 230 employees working in offices in Seattle, Spokane, Los Angeles, and Columbus. Handbuilt provides graphic design services within NAC and pursues its own educational, civic, cultural, and artistic projects. We collaborate with space‑makers, educators, designers, and artists to enrich educational, civic, and cultural experiences.

Job Description
The hired designer will be part of a small team of graphic designers responsible for a diverse range of projects serving the practices of NAC and Handbuilt. Design areas include environmental, print, motion, screen‑based, branding, and marketing. Applicants should have entry‑level to 5 years of experience with an academic background in graphic design. Professional experience in graphic design preferred.

Key Responsibilities
Collaborating

Collaborating closely with graphic designers, architects, and project teams to enrich architectural concepts, spatial experiences for users, promote our projects, and contribute meaningfully to the development of the office.

Ability to receive feedback and efficiently iterate.

Ability to report progress throughout all phases of a project.

Creating Sophisticated Motion, Graphic, and Environmental Designs

Translating architectural ideas and research into storytelling assets for presentations, marketing materials, award submittals, and community outreach.

Creating sophisticated typographic systems across print, digital, and environmental applications.

Planning, designing, and refining motion graphics and animated content for digital and environmental design. Applications may include presentations, marketing materials, award submittals, community outreach, project promotion, social media, web‑based environments, and exhibitions.

Managing Workflow

For each project, developing distinct visual concepts and communicating their intent, value, and strategic alignment to the team through mockups, pitch materials, and presentation decks.

Analyzing projects’ scopes and translating them into manageable steps.

Working across multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines and maintaining high design quality.

Elevating the Office’s Design Culture

Contributing to the development of the NAC and Handbuilt brands, visual identities, and graphic standards across projects.

Staying current with design, typography, and motion trends to continuously elevate the studio’s creative output.

Maintaining a form‑making practice that enriches the visual style and culture of the studio.

Maintaining visual precision and consistency across all deliverables.

Preparing final artwork and motion assets for production and digital distribution across our offices.

Requirements

Strong technical skills in Microsoft and Adobe suites, especially in InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and After Effects.

Application Process

A letter of interest describing what resonates for them in our practice.

A résumé.

A portfolio of work samples demonstrating design process, ability to iterate, motion and animation skills, typographic finesse, and presentation and organization skills.

Position Details
This is a full‑time, in‑person position located in our Los Angeles office. Candidates may be based in Los Angeles, Spokane, Seattle, or Columbus offices. Salary: $48,000–65,600. Please indicate your preferred office location when applying.

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In Summary: Handbuilt is the graphic design studio of NAC, an architectural firm specializing in design for education, healthcare, and other civic projects . Design areas include environmental, print, motion, screen‑based, branding, and marketing . Applicants should have entry‑level to 5 years of experience with an academic background in graphic design .

En Español: Handbuilt es el estudio de diseño gráfico de NAC, una firma arquitectónica especializada en diseño para la educación, salud y otros proyectos cívicos. NAC es una empresa nacional con más de 230 empleados que trabajan en oficinas en Seattle, Spokane, Los Ángeles y Columbus. Experiencia profesional en diseño gráfico preferido. Responsabilidades clave Colaboración Colaborar estrechamente con diseñadores gráficos, arquitectos y equipos de proyectos para enriquecer conceptos arquitectónicos, experiencias espaciales para los usuarios, promover nuestros proyectos y contribuir significativamente al desarrollo de la oficina. Capacidad para recibir retroalimentación e iterar eficientemente. Habilidad para informar sobre el progreso a lo largo de todas las fases de un proyecto. Las aplicaciones pueden incluir presentaciones, materiales de marketing, envíos de premios, divulgación comunitaria, promoción de proyectos, redes sociales, entornos basados en la web y exposiciones. Gestión del flujo de trabajo Para cada proyecto, desarrollar conceptos visuales distintos y comunicar su intención, valor y alineación estratégica con el equipo a través de maquetas, materiales para lanzamiento y cubiertas de presentación. Analizar los ámbitos de los proyectos y traducirlos en pasos manejables. Trabajar en múltiples proyectos simultáneamente mientras se cumplen las fechas límite y mantener una alta calidad de diseño. Elevar la cultura de Diseño de Office Contribuyendo al desarrollo de NAC y marcas construidas a mano, identidades visuales y proyectos gráficos. Mantenerse informado sobre sus intenciones, valores e tendencias estratégicas para elevar continuamente las habilidades creativas de producción del estudio . Mantiene un interés que refuerza el estilo y la práctica visual de la arquitectura y el diseño de imágenes. Esta capacitación está ubicada en nuestras oficinas, así como en nuestra cartera de dibujos y ilustraciones, especialmente en nuestro portafolio de fotografías y muestras, después de presentar resonancias digitales. Los candidatos pueden estar basados en oficinas de Los Ángeles, Spokane, Seattle o Columbus. Salario: $48,00065,600. Por favor indique su ubicación de oficina preferida cuando solicite. #J-18808-Ljbffr