Your Role
Gensler’s London office is looking for a Graphic Communications Designer to join our team of marketing and communications specialists. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker who is passionate about storytelling with superb design skills, eager to collaborate and create impactful presentations, infographics, brochures, event collateral and pitch decks that communicate the firm’s value to our clients and wider audiences. The Graphic Communications Designer will collaborate with MarComms, Architecture, Brand, Interior Design and Strategy professionals to support Gensler’s external and internal communications platform.
Please note, this role is not remote. We look forward to working with our new Graphic Communications Designer in our incredible London office
What You Will Do
- Work with leadership, senior staff, and new business teams to design visually compelling presentation materials
- Develop creative conceptualisation and illustration of complex ideas, visions, and strategies
- Develop creative solutions for presentations, brochures, event collateral, portfolios, leave-behinds and more
- Present your work and ideas to key stakeholders with clear commercial application and rationale
- Take a keen interest in creative partnership across the business, taking part in or leading content and brand strategy brainstorms when required
- Create high quality templates & visual assets and manage and maintain for wider user groups
- Independently coordinate multiple marketing efforts against rapid and frequent deadlines
- Be a resource to the marketing team for graphic design needs, questions, tips, and tricks.
Your Qualifications
- 3-5 years professional experience in a communications/graphic design position, this is a mid-level role.
- Strong graphic design portfolio demonstrating knowledge of presentation and information design
- Experience working directly with leadership and senior staff on critical projects with minimal supervision
- Storytelling aptitude—the ability to craft raw ideas into compelling messages
- Strategic, creative thinking, with the ability to brainstorm, collaborate, and build consensus among multiple stakeholders
- Well-developed communication and analytical skills
- Understanding of and experience in corporate branding, layout, colour theory, and typography in both digital and print media
- Understanding of the strengths and limitations of presentation technology including aspect ratios, projectors, sound, and video equipment
- Expert user of Adobe Creative Suite
Please apply for this Graphic Communications Designer role and submit your CV and portfolio for review. Candidates who do not meet the criteria or provide work samples will not be considered.
Life at Gensler
We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical and dental insurance, season ticket loans, pension, and twice annual bonus opportunities.
As part of the firm’s commitment to professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional qualifications and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programmes or classes. We view our professional development programmes as strategic investments in our future
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What We Do
Gensler is a global architecture, design, and planning firm with 53 locations and more than 6,000+ professionals networked across the Americas, Europe, Greater China, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East. Founded in 1965, the firm works globally with more than 4,000 clients across more than 33 practice areas spanning the work, lifestyle, community, and health sectors.
Everything we do is guided by our mission: To create a better world through the power of design.
We believe the power of design can spark positive change and create a future that promotes equity, resilience, and wellbeing for everyone.
Gensler was named one of Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work in 2020, 2019, 2017 and 2016, and our award-winning culture has been recognized by Fast Company as one of the 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators in 2021. Our people-first philosophy is centered on the core ideas of diversity empowerment, impact, community, respect, and growth. You can learn more about our commitment to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace at https://www.gensler.com/careers#diversity.
