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Sr. Designer / Art Director (Experiential Agency) Job at Place. Staffing in Bost

Place. Staffing · Boston, MA, USA ·

Job type:
Contract

Specialized event/trade show agency is looking for talented senior 2D visual designer with agency experience designing integrated 360 campaigns for experiential / events for well known entertainment brand clients.


In this dynamic long term contract, you will be an integral part of the hands-on creative team working very closely with the creative leadership, clients and marketing team to ensure that the vision set forth is brought to life on all 2D Graphic Components in a unique and thought provoking way across all mediums (traditional large scale graphics/print, illustration, environmental/experiential).


The ideal individual is someone who appreciates and thrives on the design process from concept through completion, has a good amount of environmental/large experiential experience and works well in a fast paced creative environment.


This position is a contract remote position but needs to be within the US/east coast preferred.


Responsibilities:

  • Assist in leading wayfinding, brand / digital graphics, customer stories
  • Assist with design/layout of all 2D key creative elements (signage attendee flow, illustration, motion, and traditional design)
  • Assist in generating creative ideas and help direct how those ideas/events come to life
  • Present ideas to clients and brand team
  • Partner closely with event producers to vet ideas
  • Coordinate design projects with creative project managers and digital producers
  • Concepts aligned to briefs with words, found images and sketches
  • Client facing role helping establishing look and feel for key event-wide work streams
  • Assist designers with design, animate the creative elements of each project


Coming in with agency and event/experiential experience with samples will cater towards the need to be able to juggle multiple high-level design components simultaneously.


Qualifications:

  • 3+ years agency design and industry experience
  • Degree in Graphic Design or a related creative discipline
  • Portfolio, showing a strong sense of print, typography, brand design in 360 campaigns with events/environmental/trade show
  • Storyboarding experience
  • Poise and focus under pressure
  • Advanced in the Adobe Creative Suite; InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator
  • High level sense of design, layout, and typography combined with strong conceptual skills reflected in portfolio
  • Strong creative, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills; a team player who is positive and collaborative
  • Passion (the ability to view the work as fun!)


If interested, please submit a resume and portfolio showing relevant creative experience to be considered.