Environmental Branding Designer for Immersive Retail Spaces

Citizens Bank; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Citizens Bank is seeking an Environmental Branding Designer to lead interior design, exterior signage, and brand experiences across our retail branches, offices and ATM network. You will translate branding standards into welcoming environments and collaborate with stakeholders through pre-design, test-fit, design development and construction.

You will manage multiple projects, review drawings, coordinate with vendors, and ensure accessibility and compliance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in architecture, interior design, or retail design.
• Portfolio of interior architecture or interior design accomplishments.
• Strong influencing, negotiating and presentation skills.
• Ability to lead multiple design projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to build partnerships with peers, internal partners, suppliers and leaders.

Responsibilities

• Develop, evolve and maintain design standards for interior construction, architectural/interior finishes, lighting, environmental graphics, materials and furniture to carry out our design intent. Review construction drawings, specifications and technical details to ensure that elements are coordinated within design documents, to meet interior approved décor package standards.
• Design and execute exterior signage and trade dress concepts to support the transformation of our retail branch and ATM network. Review engineer drawings, control drawings and prototypes and manage vendors to execute successfully in terms of quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.
• Develop décor, signage and environmental playbooks / architectural guidelines based on a variety of tiered budgetary alternatives and branch format types. Review design budgets, materials, and value engineering to ensure standards coincide with branch format business case.
• Responsible for managing multiple projects on a daily basis and communicating effectively with project team and supplier, including production schedules, scopes of work, contracts, invoicing, renderings, prototypes and samples.
• Ability to communicate and coordinate with suppliers, internal and external partners to assist with approving design documents, floor plans / brand books while also resolving project design, budget issues.
• Perform site visits and inspections of completed work, and facilitate the resolution of punch list items.
• Evaluate finished projects and prototype designs to understand key learnings, recommend strategy and design development adjustments and apply value engineering to gain cost saving efficiencies. Leverage stakeholder and customer feedback to assess project effectiveness.
• Ensure all design concepts and completed projects amplify our brand and are consistent with our brand design standards, Americans with Disabilities Act requirements, compliance requirements, zoning, landlord and municipality requirements.
• Possess a true passion for interior design and environmental branding, continuously examining and building a working knowledge of trends, new materials and design executions. Test and learn through innovative new design approaches.

Skills

Interior design

Environmental branding

Presentation skills

Project management

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or Interior Design

Tools

AutoCad

Adobe Suite

Microsoft Office

Job description

Citizens Bank is seeking an Environmental Branding Designer to lead interior design, exterior signage, and brand experiences across our retail branches, offices and ATM network. You will translate branding standards into welcoming environments and collaborate with stakeholders through pre-design, test-fit, design development and construction.

You will manage multiple projects, review drawings, coordinate with vendors, and ensure accessibility and compliance.