Brand Designer - Mid Level

Gensler; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, vision, dental coverage

401k and profit sharing

Employee stock ownership plan

Bonuses opportunities

Job summary

Gensler’s San Francisco Brand Design team seeks a talented graphic designer to join our studio, collaborating with designers and storytellers on projects ranging from sports venues to cultural institutions. The candidate will integrate 2D/3D concepts into built environments, coordinating with internal teams, fabricators, and clients.

Ideal candidates have strong technical skills from design development through documentation, fabrication coordination, and production.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of experience in design or a related field.
• Strong graphic design, illustration, typography, composition, and information design across multiple project types.
• Experience designing for built environments and understanding architectural scales, sections, plans, elevations.
• Ability to visualize ideas in 2D and 3D.

Responsibilities

• Design visual communications, branded environments and experiences, including brand identity extension, environmental graphics, signage, and digital integration.
• Own project tasks and deliverables within a wider team, ensuring client needs are met on time and within budget.
• Assist the Design Director in developing client relationships, winning new work, and contributing to pitches.
• Create design presentations that are verbally and visually compelling.
• Coordinate with internal design practices, architecture, interior design, and strategy.

Skills

Graphic design

Illustration

Typography

Composition

Information design

3D visualization

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Rhino

SketchUp

Figma

After Effects

Final Cut Pro

Adobe Premiere

Adobe Express

Job description

Gensler’s San Francisco Brand Design team is seeking an exceptionally talented and passionate graphic designer to join our creative studio, a collaborative team of designers and storytellers that engages with a wide variety of clients on projects of all sizes. As Gensler brand experience designers, we help our clients tell their unique stories effectively via every channel available in today’s diverse media landscape, with an emphasis on tangible experiences. Our approach combines design and architectural expertise with a unique point of view and strong communication skills. We believe that this approach results in brands that build trust, inspire confidence, and forge lasting relationships.

Your Role

As a Gensler Brand Designer, you will focus on ideation, design, documentation and implementation of graphic design, experiential graphic design and signage. Familiarity in digital experience design, motion graphics and 3D visualization is a plus. Our ideal candidate is a strong 2D and 3D designer with experience integrating concepts into built environment s, who can quickly generate multiple concepts and develop them into viable design solutions. You have strong technical skills from design development through documentation , fabrication coordination , and production , and will coordinate between multiple internal project design teams, fabricators and clients. Project s will span multiple project types including sports venues , workplace, mixed-use developments , corporate campus , aviation , cultural institutions and education .

What You Will Do

• Design visual communications, branded environments and experiences, including brand identity extension, environmental graphics, signage, and digital integration
• Own your project tasks and deliverables while working within a wider team, ensuring client’s needs are met on time and within budget
• Assist the Design Director in developing client relationships, winning new work, and creating and participating in pitches
• Compose design presentations that are both verbally and visually compelling
• Interface and coordinate with multiple internal design practices, including architecture, interior design, and strategy
• Collaborate with other designers within varied project team sizes and provide mentorship for junior staff
• Coordinate with external production partners to ensure delivery excellence
• Communicate with clients to ensure design goals are met
• Be able to multitask, working on various projects at once, often with tight deadlines and with careful attention to detail

Your Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience after graduation in design or a related field
• Strong graphic design, illustration, typography, composition, and information design skillsacross multiple project types
• Experience designing for the built environment and comprehension of architectural scales, sections, plans, and elevations
• Ability to visualize ideas in two and three-dimensions
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving solving and communication skills that work well in an interdisciplinary, fast-paced environment
• Strong presentation skills with an ability to communicate the “why” behind design decisions
• Software Competency:
• Strong proficiency: Adobe Creative Suite(Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop),MS Office
• Working Knowledge: Rhino, Sketchup or similar3D modeling software, Figma, After Effects, AI visualization
• Nice to have: Revit, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Express, Final Cut Pro or similar.

*The base salary range is estimated between $90,000 - $100,000, plus bonuses and benefits, and is contingent on experience and qualifications.

Life at Gensler

At Gensler, we are as committed to enjoying life as we are to delivering best-in-class design. From curated art exhibits to internal design competitions to “Well-being Awareness Week,” our offices reflect our people’s diverse interests.

We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401k, profit sharing, employee stock ownership, and twice annual bonus opportunities. Our annual base salary range has been established based on local markets.

As part of the firm’s commitment to licensure and professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programs or classes. We view our professional development programs as strategic investments in our future.

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS

We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affimative Action employer of choice. All aspects of employment decisions will be based on merit, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of any status protected under federal, state and local law.

Individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with federal, state and local law.

Gensler endeavors to make gensler.com/careers accessible to all applicants. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us .

Regarding Gensler’s approach to recruiting new talent, we will never ask an applicant for sensitive or personal financial information during the recruitment process. We advise all applicants seeking employment with Gensler to review available information on recruitment fraud . Anyone who suspects that they have been contacted by someone falsely representing Gensler should email [e-mail] .

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