Lead Environmental Graphic Designer – Sustainable Innovation

Society for Experiential Graphic Design; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

SOM seeks a Senior Environmental Graphic Designer to lead projects from concept through delivery, coordinating diagrams, 3D models, drawings, renderings, and animations while communicating with project teams, consultants, and clients.

Ideal candidates have a professional degree and 6+ years of environmental graphic design experience, strong sustainability knowledge (LEED a plus), and proficiency in Adobe Suite, Google Workspace, Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, and rendering tools.

Qualifications

• Completion of a professional degree in Graphic Design, Architecture, Interiors or a related field.
• Minimum 6 years of environmental graphic design experience with supporting portfolio
• Strong understanding of sustainable strategies and LEED or other green building rating systems.
• Strong interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in Adobe Suite, and Google Workspace. Familiarity with Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, parametric and rendering software.
• LEED or other green building accreditation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Actively leads Projects with periodic supervision by Project Leadership. Exhibits initiative, process innovation, problem solving, and decision quality with a high attention to precision and accuracy at a project level.
• Produces, coordinates and/or oversees presentation and contract deliverables such as diagrams, 3D models, drawings, renderings, physical models and animations.
• Effectively communicates internally with project teams and externally with consultants and clients through timely and appropriate written, oral, and visual means.
• Creates and innovates with a strong conceptual design ability and integrates interdisciplinary criteria to effectively move forward the design of projects.
• Actively collaborates at a project, consultant team, and client team level by critically and constructively evaluating ideas. Contributes to and actively participates within the studio and office.
• Demonstrates an advanced understanding of materials, specifications, codes, details and construction techniques. Is able to enrich design concepts through technical strategies and effectively uses appropriate tools to design and document at all project phases.
• Manages time and workload of own work efforts and those of others to meet project task deadlines and commitments, with occasional interaction and direction from team leaders while guiding and teaching less experienced staff.
• Proactively checks and coordinates project documents (including but not limited to drawing set organization, details, dimensions, interdisciplinary coordination items, specifications coordination for compliance with the project's technical requirements.
• Inspires and leads others by example, participates in staff mentoring and training, clearly defines team member expectations and responsibilities, empowers others, and delegates where appropriate based on team members’ recognized abilities and potential.
• Directly supervises staff and is committed to direct reports’ professional development.
• Develops and engages in talent strategy to find specialists, leaders, and future professionals for the firm through resume review and interviews.
• In collaboration with team members, develops a clear and consistent work plan to achieve the project budget, deliverables, and schedule.
• Actively engages in internal and external professional development opportunities.
• Contributes to the implementation of sustainable strategies in all project assignments and the associated development of staff knowledge.
• Contributes to the development of standards, policies, and procedures.
• Protects SOM from financial and legal risk.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Verbal communication

Written communication

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Professional degree in Graphic Design, Architecture, or Interiors

Tools

Adobe Suite

Google Workspace

Revit

AutoCAD

Rhino

Parametric software

Rendering software

Job description

SOM seeks a Senior Environmental Graphic Designer to lead projects from concept through delivery, coordinating diagrams, 3D models, drawings, renderings, and animations while communicating with project teams, consultants, and clients.

Ideal candidates have a professional degree and 6+ years of environmental graphic design experience, strong sustainability knowledge (LEED a plus), and proficiency in Adobe Suite, Google Workspace, Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, and rendering tools.