Accomplished Architectural Brand and Communications Designer

A+I (Architecture Plus Information) Employer:
New York, NY, USLocation:
Wed, Sep 11 '24Posted on:
$100,000 - $120,000 annually Pay:

A+I is an award-winning strategy-led architecture and design agency focusing on design in the built environment.  We are looking for a creative, engaged, strategic-minded person interested in exploring the overlap between architectural design, strategic narrative, and spatial branding. We believe deeply that great design depends on the collaborative output of our teams and as a key member of A+I project teams, you will work closely with--not only other brand and graphic designers, but also strategists, architects, and interior designers--to deliver meaningful, beautiful, highly integrated projects through well-managed processes and communication.

A+I is an equal opportunity employer.

We are committed to achieving a workforce as diverse as the city we call home. 

You will create impact by:

• Embracing project goals and concepts and helping develop design that supports them.
• Providing creative initiation of design ideas, both independently and with teams.
• Offering and soliciting constructive and clear critical design feedback.
• Being passionate about design and having a point of view, while fostering design collaboration within your team and with office leadership.
• Communicating complex ideas with clarity:  verbally, graphically, and in writing.
• Managing the production and output of integrated brand, wayfinding, and graphic details
• Designing strategies and generating narratives, and the communicating materials, to guide the architectural work in clear and clever ways. 
• Not only generating original thoughts and concepts, but developing and refining them all the way through to a final, deliverable product
• Caring as much about the culture and people you work with as the projects you work on.

Qualifications:

• Work examples that demonstrate, in addition to technical acumen, a sophisticated design sensibility
• Expert experience in digital and physical graphic production
• High degree of expertise with the Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Excel & Word
• Comfort with modelling in Revit and Rhino would be helpful but are not mandatory
• Professional architectural degree in architecture, branding and/or graphic design, or a closely related field,  from an accredited institution
• Strong client-engagement skills, strong analytical skills, strong graphic design & presentation skills
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in a mix of hands-on branding, graphic design, and spatial design experience in a design-focused architectural office or similar.  A background in architecture is highly desirable, but not required.
• Excellent English language communication skills
• Legally eligible to work in the United States, without need for employer sponsorship
• Available to start within 2-3 weeks of interview
• Currently living in NYC area and/or willing & able to relocate

More about us:

A+I believes in building towards a responsible practice.

We stand firmly for progressive social policy, responsible stewardship of our planet, and combating climate change.

A+I builds to better the world we inhabit.

We live our purpose through our devotion to creating more compelling human experiences - ones that seek to unite people and organizations, amplify their purpose, and better the world we inhabit. We believe that researching and building informed strategies to guide the design of spaces and experiences is a powerful lever for achieving the greater goals of those for whom we design as well as building towards more humane, inclusive, and sustainable futures. As such, building beautiful, meaningful, purposeful, and sustainable spatial experiences is deeply dependent on the strategies that organize that thinking. We achieve this through fostering diverse collaborative creative teams, integrated across research and design disciplines, and aligned around our client’s vision. 

Please submit resume and work samples—with descriptions of your role in the work-- in a single PDF, maximum size 8 MB, (or a link to a personal website) to [email protected].   No phone calls, please. Special consideration will be given to candidates who tell great tales and enjoy good snacks.