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Senior Environmental Graphic Designer, Project Manager

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Senior Environmental Graphic Designer, Project Manager

A powerful balance of imaginative creativity and technical expertise, as one of our Senior Environmental Graphic Designers, you’re essential to driving the ideation and realization of innovative placemaking, intuitive wayfinding, and complex sign systems. You’ve been doing this for a while and can easily see the intricate connection between visual communication and the built environment.

Combining your expertise in Environmental Graphic Design with your project management prowess, you enjoy being the critical link between design teams and clients. Your ability to balance quality and efficiency are essential to our firm’s ability to realize our boldest visions. You believe that small actions lead to extraordinary results and understand that well-coordinated teams create the greatest impact, especially when they bring together diverse perspectives.

You thrive in situations that require clear and consistent communication and stakeholder engagement, while ensuring seamless project execution through meticulous planning, from scope and resources to timelines and budgets. In this role, you will oversee quality assurance processes for projects to ensure all deliverables meet our high standards and client expectations.

As a member of our studio:

You have an irrepressible willingness to attempt the unexpected, not only driven by creative curiosity, but also by your relentless dedication to helping our clients and communities solve their most challenging problems.
You bring a positive, open mind to the studio and your work.
You’re as equally adept at working collaboratively in multi-disciplinary teams as you are working autonomously.
You’re a maker at your core and you thrive at both digital and physical creation. You believe that creativity flourishes when it involves drawing, modeling, audio/visual, and other experimental hands-on work.
You have a curious and empathetic lens and you use it to listen to and observe the needs of our clients, partners, and communities. You believe that this builds critical insight that drives more meaningful design research, process, engagement, and solutions.
You’re a storyteller, exceptional at presenting both ambitious concepts and complex programs that effectively blend beauty and function.
You’re approachable, reliable, and trustworthy. You understand that our work isn’t siloed, it’s entangled, and our connection and support for one another and our partners allows us to collectively thrive.

As a Senior Environmental Graphic Designer and Project Manager:

You have a deep understanding of the design and production process of environmental graphics, placemaking, wayfinding, and signage. You can comfortably guide a project from start to finish through all phases of development and implementation.
You’re at ease driving client communication and facilitating stakeholder alignment.
You’re comfortable with (and advocate for) working side-by-side with fabricators, artists, and specialized experts to solve creative challenges like assembly, medium, longevity, sustainability, cost, and schedule.
You have fully realized technical skills with advanced proficiency in industry software and best practices. You also recognize that time and technology move quickly, and as a designer committed to your practice, you remain adaptable and open minded, staying in lock-step with new methods and resources as the industry evolves.
You are an extraordinary planner and can easily develop project plans outlining scope, goals, deliverables, resources, timelines, and budgets.
You have a track record of maintaining clear and consistent communication with stakeholders, including clients, team members, and senior leaders, to ensure alignment and transparency throughout the project lifecycle.
You enjoy working with spreadsheets, especially when they are beautiful. You have deep experience with budgets and project financial performance.
You have a keen technical eye and act as an advocate for project quality and integrity.
Tracking project progress and providing regular updates on status and performance will be a key part of your responsibilities.
As a senior project manager, you will guide and mentor project teams, fostering a collaborative and safe environment.

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