Retail Brand Creative Designer

Insight Global (United States); Vancouver; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Retail Brand Creative Designer to collaborate with Store Design, Construction, and cross-functional teams, bringing brand concepts to life from brief through production and installation.

You will develop mood boards, environmental graphics, custom artwork, and experiential moments that tell a compelling story within physical spaces, presenting concepts to leadership and balancing vision with brand standards, budgets, and feasibility.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of retail brand creative / graphic design experience.
• Experience designing for physical retail environments, stores, pop-ups, or experiential spaces.
• Strong understanding of how 2D brand/graphic design translates into a built environment.
• Portfolio should clearly demonstrate the brief, ideation process, design thinking, and final execution.
• Experience creating custom, large-scale brand moments such as barricades, installations, environmental graphics, artwork, or pop-ups.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with Store Design, Construction, Project Management, artists, agencies, and vendors to determine how concepts will work within the physical environment.
• Art direct and curate external artists when a project requires specialized artwork.
• Balance creative vision, brand standards, budget, constructability, and production feasibility.
• Stay involved through vendor workshops, production, and installation to ensure the final execution maintains the original design intent.

Skills

Retail brand creative

Graphic design

3D environments

Storytelling

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

InDesign

Photoshop

Job description

Job Description

Insight Global is looking to Retail Brand Creative Designer. Partner closely with Store Design, Construction, and cross-functional teams to bring retail brand concepts to life from initial brief through production and installation. Develop mood boards, environmental graphics, custom artwork, and experiential brand moments that tell a compelling story within the physical space. Present concepts to leadership, incorporate feedback, and collaborate with artists, agencies, and vendors to ensure the final execution balances creative vision, brand standards, budget, and feasibility.

Partner with Store Designers from the beginning of new stores, renovations, and other retail projects.Review the project brief, community insights, brand priorities, budget, and physical space to determine the creative direction.Develop mood boards, conceptual directions, artwork, graphics, and storytelling for the overall store experience.Design a mix of:Custom artwork and environmental graphicsEvergreen and city-specific artworkFloor inlays and semi-custom brand elementsBarricades and large-format graphicsPop-ups and experiential brand momentsBring creative concepts to leadership through decks and presentations, explaining the story and rationale behind the direction.Incorporate feedback and refine concepts through the approval process.Partner closely with Store Design, Construction, Project Management, artists, agencies, and vendors to determine how concepts will work within the physical environment.Art direct and curate external artists when a project requires specialized artwork.Balance creative vision, brand standards, budget, constructability, and production feasibility.Stay involved through vendor workshops, production, and installation to ensure the final execution maintains the original design intent.

Skills and Requirements

5+ years of retail brand creative / graphic design experience

Experience designing for physical retail environments, stores, pop-ups, or experiential spacesStrong understanding of how 2D brand/graphic design translates into a built environment

Strong conceptual design + storytelling

Able to take a brief from concept mood board storytelling design development production/installPortfolio should clearly demonstrate the brief, ideation process, design thinking, and final executionExperience creating custom, large-scale brand moments such as barricades, installations, environmental graphics, artwork, or pop-ups

Strong graphic design capabilities

Advanced experience with Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign and PhotoshopStrong eye for composition, typography, brand expression, and visual storytellingComfortable balancing highly creative work with more production-focused design

Experience designing within real-world constraints

Ability to maintain the creative vision while considering budget, feasibility, production requirements, architecture, and brand guidelinesComfortable collaborating with vendors to bring concepts into production

Highly collaborative + low ego

Self-starter who is open to feedback and comfortable iteratingAble to partner closely with Store Design, Construction, Project Management, external agencies/artists, and leadershipStrong communicator who can present and enroll stakeholders in creative concepts

Comfortable in a fast-paced environment

Able to work through ambiguity, changing priorities, and quick pivotsStrong judgment around when to push creative thinking versus when to adaptPop-up / experiential retail design experienceExperience with 3D environments, sculptures, installations, environmental graphics, or spatial designExperience curating or art directing external artistsExperience working with external creative agencies and production vendorsBackground with a major retail, fashion, lifestyle, or consumer brandExperience creating localized artwork or storytelling that incorporates community/city-specific elements

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [e-mail].