- Participate in all phases of the design process from concept development through artwork production.
- Translate clients’ needs and ideas into compelling concepts that express their mission and purpose.
- Support project execution from storyboard to final design.
- 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, including two- and three-dimensional graphics, signage, and exhibits.
- Develop documentation for a variety of design projects to include graphic programs, wayfinding and signage systems, donor recognition programs and interpretive exhibits, under the direction of design leaders.
- Produce camera-ready artwork for fabrication.
- Communicate during team calls and actively engage in lively design critique.
- Prepare visualizations and mockups of proposed signage and graphic content on digital models.
- Collaborate with design leaders on the EGD team and the larger project team.
- Minimum Bachelor degree in Graphic Design, Architecture, or related design field required.
- Minimum of 4 years of related experience required.
- Strong design portfolio and background in a variety of markets.
- Strong typography skills.
- Robust communication skills and proven strategies for collaborating in fast-moving, complex project teams.
- Must have demonstrated skill and interest in 3-dimensional design, wayfinding, exhibition design and environments.
- Must have a working knowledge and experience in all phases of design process.
- Must be analytical and an independent thinker.
- Attention to detail a must.
- Proficiency on Mac in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign required. Skills in Revit and SketchUp a plus.
- We are relentless in our pursuit of client adoration (not simply satisfaction). Consistent delivery of the best service is what we are about.
- We are committed to ensuring our practice provides equal opportunities for all employees, as we strive to connect with communities around us and focus on the future of design. We support equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts that benefit all employees through the leadership of our DEI Council, our Employee Resource Groups which are open to everyone, and other community initiatives.
- We’re about communication and transparency here. If you want to talk to someone about an idea you have, or a challenge that needs addressing, we’re ready for you.
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What We Do
As an integrated design firm, we do a lot of things. But at our core, we help people continuously flourish.
We leverage the heart, passion and intelligence of our more than 1,000 creative thinkers to develop solutions for some of the greatest challenges facing our clients and society. Whether designing for equity in education, accessible healthcare, inclusive communities, new scientific discoveries or the “next big idea” in business, we partner with organizations to help them improve human life.
We do this through a design approach we created called Living-Centered Design. Our approach realizes that to create a world where people continuously flourish, we must address the complex interdependencies that exist between people, businesses, communities, society and the environment.
Learn more at cannondesign.com/livingcentereddesign.






