The Senior Graphic Designer (SGD) has a passion for helping our clients enhance their visual storytelling through communication and environmental graphic design. Our Senior Graphic Designer has stellar conceptual and hands-on design experience and a portfolio of work that is compelling and highly creative. The SGD will focus on translating a client’s brand and story, into a built expression of that brand through environmental graphic design. With exceptional organizational skills and design sensibilities they will lead the design and production of complex projects through tight deadlines.
The Senior Graphic Designer (SGD) works collaboratively with the project teams to bring our clients stories to life using communication design strategies. This is a client facing role designed to manage and support the environmental and communication design portion of our project work.
This role will lead and be responsible for all graphic design aspects and art direction of their individual assigned projects. The SGD will serve as a collaborator of the creative vision for Luci projects. They will be responsible for setting and communicating their work plans, design strategy, project schedules and budgets and as the lead representative of the graphics teams on assigned projects.
Our Senior Graphic Designer is passionate, driven, motivated; and possess exceptional communication, design skills, and strategic thinking!
- Lead the conceptual development and illustrate design concepts through a variety of mediums, including hand sketches and computer renderings.
- Create and apply graphic systems to exhibit and experience design projects
- Collaborate with 3D exhibit designers and strategists to conceptualize and execute project deliverables
- Work closely with the Design team from concept to production as the graphic design lead
- Lead the development of an experience’s look a feel through use of color, form, hierarchy, and type
- Lead the creation of presentations, graphics, or documents
- Lead the design and organization of graphic systems, panels, super graphics
- Develop and design interactive interfaces (UI/UX)
- Be a design ambassador for client and internal work
- Bridge the gap between senior leadership and mid-to entry-level designers, providing mentorship along the way
- Interpret and execute feedback with a collaborative and positive mindset
- Manage your time across multiple projects from design development through documentation and coordination
- Hands-on creation of print-ready graphics
Project: Guide and inspire the development of original graphic and experience design strategies based on content, creative, and exhibit design goals
- On projects, and as assigned by the COS and ECD, the SGD will fulfill the role of Creative Director or 2D Lead
- Maintains a well-integrated project team that keeps each project cohesive, relevant, accessible, on trend, and on brand.
- Responsible for co-leading project kick-off design, leadership, and ongoing team communication through the life of a project
- Collaboration with Content, 2D, and 3D Project Leads to ideate, benchmark and establish the design concept and look and feel of a space through the use of finishes, color and composition.
- Evaluates and manages project time budgets to ensure that proper time is being aligned to scope
- Establish project templates, style guides, and workflow for each project; manage creation of presentations and ensure the team adheres to clean asset management and clear communication
- Develop clear communication guides and communication flow within the team
- Process requests and assign resources and priorities
- Establish clear tasks to team members, manage calendar deadlines, and conduct regular check-ins
- Provides constructive feedback and communications with team leads to manage client expectations
- Keeps an eye on project budgets – flags potential problems – builds a plan to course correct if needed
- Oversees production of project graphic systems, panels, and super graphics
- Act as a liaison between project team and Project Directors to ensure successful execution of project and client goals
- Manage expectations and output from external design vendors, media partners and freelancers, providing guidance and direction.
- Experience with museum graphic design or related field
- 8+ years’ experience in graphic design, environmental graphic design, communications design
- Excellent typography and layout skills
- Experience in brand identity creation and/or experience in the application of established guidelines
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and Microsoft Office (Word, and Excel), Google workspace
- Experience in 3D modeling (SketchUp) a plus
- An eye for detail and accuracy
- The ability to rapidly communicate and execute on ideas
- Flexibility and agility; excellent problem-solving skills
- Excellent communications skills; verbal, written, and sketch
- Ability to work well under pressure in a highly collaborative environment.
- Strong understanding of exhibit construction and materials and print production process a plus
Luci Creative is composed largely of local staff with a hybrid schedule of in-person and remote work. Given the responsibilities of this role, we anticipate at least 3+ days in-office weekly will be necessary to effectively complete responsibilities. We value the collaboration, creativity, mentorship, and learning that comes from being in the same workspace with your team. We also value flexibility, and understand that some work is done best at home or in an otherwise remote environment away from the office.
Luci Creative is a multidisciplinary full-service experience design agency helping the world’s leading corporations and cultural institutions. Our integrated approach allows us to take all aspects of a project from concept through design and construction. We work collaboratively with our partners as one team to anticipate, mitigate, and solve project challenges guided by our core values: Collaboration, Advocacy, and Spark.Equal Opportunity Employer.
We actively encourage and welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds with a range of professional and educational experiences.
