Brand Designer - Junior

Gensler; Paris; On-site; EUR 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Gensler in Paris seeks a junior Brand/Graphic Designer to join our creative design team and help tell stories through visual systems in the built environment.

You will develop concepts for environments, signage, digital solutions, and retail/workplace projects, while coordinating with internal teams, fabricators, and clients.

The ideal candidate holds a bachelor’s in graphic design, is fluent in French and English, and can translate strategy into compelling visuals using 2D/3D skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related field.
• Fluent in French and English.
• Interest in built environment branding and experiential graphics.
• Experience in brand storytelling across multiple channels (physical, digital, VM).
• Strong conceptual thinking and ability to translate strategy into visuals.
• Ability to visualize ideas in 2D and 3D.
• Excellent typography, composition, and information design.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with insights and strategy teams to develop breakthrough ideas.
• Design branded environments including environmental graphics and signage.
• Present concept work to internal teams and clients.
• Create design presentations that are verbally and visually compelling.
• Coordinate with external design support and production teams.
• Ensure information for production is clear for successful output.
• Work with cross-functional teams from business development to delivery.
• Stay current on market trends and share insights with the team.
• Multitask across projects with tight deadlines and attention to detail.
• Coordinate with regional and international offices as needed.

Skills

Brand storytelling

2D/3D design

Cross-disciplinary

Typography & info design

Communication

Bilingual French/English

Education

Bachelor's degree in graphic design

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

SketchUp

Job description

Your Role

We are seeking an exceptionally talented and passionate Junior

Description

We are seeking an exceptionally talented and passionate Junior Brand/Graphic Designer to join our creative design team in Paris who specialise in helping to tell stories and create experiences in the context of the built environment.

We are looking for an individual who can support our worldwide base of diverse clients and projects by bringing a passion for creative visual solutions, an understanding of brand, and an ability to translate this into all kinds of brand storytelling, including communications systems, environmental graphics and wayfinding, environments, visual merchandising, marketing installations, and digital solutions.

Our ideal candidate is a strong 2D and 3D designer who can quickly generate multiple initial concepts and develop them into viable design solutions. A strong emphasis on integrating concepts into built environments with environmental graphic and visual merchandising solutions is what we are looking for. This individual will coordinate between multiple internal projects teams, fabricators and clients.

Projects will often cover multiple design disciplines including retail, workplace, entertainment, retail centers, and strategy, allowing for cross pollination between graphic design, environmental graphic design, digital, brand strategy and architecture.

What You Will Do

• Work closely with the insights and strategy team to develop breakthrough creative ideas and articulate the ideas in the creative brief
• Design branded environments including environmental graphics, signage, and digital integration
• Present concept work internally and to external clients
• Compose design presentations that are both verbally and visually compelling
• Liaise with outside design support contracted on projects
• Work closely with the design manager and production team to ensure that all information necessary for the successful production of the design is clearly understood
• Collaborate with design teams from business development presentations through strategy, design and delivery
• Staying current on market trends and research, and communicate it to other team members
• Be able to multitask, working on various projects at once, often with tight deadlines and with careful attention to detail
• Liaising with regional and international offices, where necessary

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, industrial design, environmental graphic design, information design, communication design or similar
• Fluent in both French & English
• Strong interest in designing for the built environment, working on experiential graphic design and signage design projects
• Experience in executing creative brand storytelling across multiple channels (physical, digital, temporary, VM, etc)
• Strong conceptual thinker who can translate strategic thinking into visual solutions
• Ability to visualize ideas in 2D and 3D
• Works well in an interdisciplinary, fast-paced, team-oriented environment
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and communication skills
• Strong typography, composition and information design skills
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) and Figma
• The ability to interest to use 3d programs such as Sketch Up

This job description reflects the core activities of the role although there will be changes in the emphasis of duties as required from time to time.

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 programs as strategic investments in our future.

This job description reflects the core activities of the role although there will be changes in the emphasis of duties as required from time to time.

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