Brand/Graphics Designer

Your Role

As a Gensler Brand Leader in Dallas, you are a people and project leader, a creator of strategy, a design thinker, a client advocate and a relationship steward. You are a practice builder, who leverages a diverse portfolio of projects and business acumen to engage in new clients and project work. This role is for a leader who loves to push new ideas, is passionate about design, and gets excited about leading diverse projects and extremely talented creatives. 

What You Will Do

Strategic Growth

• Marketing and Developing new business consistently

• Attending, hosting, or speaking at industry events

• Increasing Gensler’s visibility in the marketplace

• Working closely with our marketing team to ensure business development reporting, lead generation, fee development, project marketing, proposal writing, and ensuring timely responses

Leadership

• Building the industry’s most creative team of designers

• Enabling the team to reach their potential and maintain a positive team environment

• Building staff capabilities through programs that improve individual design skills, technical skills, communication, and project management

• Provide a creative, innovative, and nurturing environment

Team Management

• Representing the interests of the Brand team and ensuring issues are addressed and resolved expeditiously

• Monitoring and evaluating the efficiency and effectiveness of all staff, business, and financial operations within the Austin Brand team

• Managing and mentoring team members

• Providing direction on initiatives and project focus

• Participating in management meetings, studio meetings, staffing, mentoring, and providing creative direction to design teams

Staff Development

• Working closely with your team to ensure an outstanding experience

• Overseeing hiring, employee work performance, learning, professional development, bonus review, appointment input, and evaluation.

• Inspiring creativity by partnering with design leaders to develop Brand strategies

Projects

• Leading projects and ensuring client satisfaction

• Focusing on project process, service/delivery, work environment, project documentation, and building clients’ trust and loyalty in Gensler

• Where appropriate, acting as the liaison to our clients and becoming the voice of the client guiding project teams

• Collaborating with other office leaders, Practice Area Leaders, team members, and colleagues to promote an inter-disciplinary design approach and philosophy

Your Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience (including leadership) in brand strategy, print design, and environmental graphics

• Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts, Graphic Design, or related field

• Ability to be client-facing and bring in business

• Exceptional design sense with the ability to provide clear, critical design reviews to project teams

• Excellent communication skills and experience as the main point of contact for clients, vendors, consultants, and project teams

• Ability to lead complex, multifaceted projects while exhibiting financial stewardship and adhering to demanding project schedules

• Ability to work closely with design leadership across Gensler to promote an interdisciplinary design philosophy and to facilitate its advancement both inside and outside of the firm

• Desire to develop, motivate, and mentor young design professionals

• Demonstrated success in building, nurturing, and sustaining client relationships

This is not a hybrid or remote position. If you’re open to relocating to the Dallas, Texas area, please apply! Non-local candidates are welcome. U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-2024 study ranks Dallas in the top 3 places to live in Texas!! 

Life at Gensler 

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