Graphic Designer
Syracuse, NY - USA
Job Summary
Agency:
FutureBrandJob Function:
CreativeJob Subfunction:
DesignJob Description:
Who we are
Were the US Brand Experience practice of FutureBrand a global strategic design consultancy with offices in Syracuse Cincinnati Detroit and New York City and the secret weapon to countless global innovators.
Through the unique combination of the insight and strategy expertise of a management consulting firm the creativity of world-class storytellers and design innovators and the rapid in-context prototyping of a manufacturer weve become indispensable partners to some of the worlds best clients.
We make what should be creating transformative brand experiences that bridge the gap between what a brand promises and what people experience in the real world using a totally original synergy of behavioral design thinking and creative brand expression.
Our work works for a living and we measure ourselves by tangible design solutions on the street not awards on the walls.
Who you are
Youre humble.
Confident in who you are and what youre capable of but equally aware of how you can learn from others and continue to improve.
Youre agile.
Aware that work like ours takes myriad different forms and paths unexpectedly shifts on a dime and requires flexible thinking and working plus an unassailably optimistic mindset and youre here for it.
You excel at your craft.
Passionate and completely invested in the work you do and driven to do what it takes to make it stand above and constantly improve.
Youre collaborative.
Excited by the prospect of coming together with co-workers clients and other partners to turn individual talents into extraordinary collective accomplishments by leveraging the diverse cross-pollination of perspectives and talents.
Most importantly youre uniquely unabashedly unashamedly you.
There is no singular path to a career at FutureBrand. No formula for the perfect strategic design consultant. Because its our differences in background and perspective that make us and the work we do stronger more effective and more meaningful.
What the role is
Our Graphic & Communications Designers solve complex problems and persuasively deliver dynamic visual solutions in a fast-paced highly strategic collaborative design-thinking environment. Whether designing a new package collaborating on a brand identity system reinventing a retail experience or creating an immersive omnichannel future vision all our designers bring inherent curiosity strategic design thinking and a human-centered outlook to work every day. We are looking for team members who will actively engage in understanding todays human experiences in order to create and design for tomorrows opportunities. As Designer you will:
- Collaborate with our Business Leadership Researchers Strategists Project Managers and other 2D 3D and Multimedia design teammates to deeply understand our clients business problems participate in our strategic approach to problem solving and design solutions to meet project and client objectives
- Immerse in clients brands audience and market insights and the context of each challenge to begin the design thinking process
- Brainstorm scrap thumbnail and develop future ideas/concepts/workflows/frameworks in gestural layout and sketch form
- Co-create with our internal team to refine and mock-up future solutions in forms such as renderings physical and digital mock-ups animation and VR experiences
- Learn to persuasively present our human-centered approach to strategic design problem solving both internally and externally
- Co-create engaging and well-crafted presentations that evocatively tell the story of our insights strategies and design solutions via PowerPoint (and other presentation software) and multimedia methods
- Collaborate with our creative production team to develop final design files for print and digital production
What it requires
- A strong desire to create in and contribute to an inclusive design environment
- Bachelors degree in graphic design/visual communications
- A desire to innovate collaborate and co-create with a wide variety of diverse thinkers
- Strong proficiency in the Adobe Creative Suite
- Highly creative with amazing visualization skills
- Understanding of UI/UX systems thinking (knowledge of Figma a bonus)
NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.
Omnicoms policy requires employees to work in the office for a minimum of three days a week unless additional in-office days are directed by their agency or manager. Our objective is to increase this requirement over time and many of our agencies as well as Omnicoms corporate group already require five days of in-office attendance.
Omnicom is committed to hiring and developing exceptional talent. We agree that talent is uniquely distributed and were focused on developing inclusive teams that can bring the best solutions to everything we do. We strongly believe that celebrating what makes us different makes us better together. Join uswe look forward to getting to know you. We will process your personal data in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice.
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