Gensler

Gensler New York’s Brand Experience studio is expanding; with our growing efforts and opportunities to further develop and incorporate digital design into the built environment, we’re seeking a Senior Motion Designer to add to our team.

Gensler’s Brand Experience studio is a collaborative team of designers, strategists, and storytellers that engages with a wide variety of clients on projects of all sizes. We help our clients tell their unique stories effectively via every channel available in today’s diverse media landscape. Our approach combines design and architectural expertise with a unique point of view and strong communication skills. We believe that this approach results in brands that build trust, inspire confidence, and forge lasting relationships.

Your Role

The ideal candidate has a background in graphic design and some prior experience designing visual identity systems, signage and environmental graphics. This individual will work on a wide variety of visual identities, environmental graphics, branded environments and signage/wayfinding projects, supporting project directors, teams, fabricators and clients.

What You Will Do

• Be a maker and quickly move from paper / visualization into a real-world environment, keeping prototyping as a core element of how you approach and refine design.
• Translate user needs into visual concepts and designs using a variety of tools and software
• Evolve early ideas and concepts from ideation to sketches and storyboards to viable design solutions for our clients
• Design and produce rich visual assets and presentation decks to help communicate design solutions to both internal and external teams and clients
• Share design work and creative materials with internal teams and clients through crafted stories and dynamic presentations
• Support and work with other designers to produce immersive and/or interactive content for both virtual (online) solutions as well as physical installations
• Design rich user interfaces for digital touchpoints in the built environment and/or mobile experiences and platforms
• Continuously grow your skill set, including learning new design tools, testing out new design workflows, and integrating with the tools and techniques used by other Gensler team members.
• Participate in new business development activities like pitches and written proposals.

Your Qualifications

• 6+ years of Visual Design and/or related design experience
• Experience designing for physical space, in 2D and 3DExceptional critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills
• Strong organizational skills to juggle multiple tasks within the constraints of timeline and budget
• Ability to work and thrive in a fast-paced environment, learn quickly and understand diverse technologies and techniques
• Proficiency with design tools including Adobe Suite, After Effects, Cinema 4D
• Experience with Revit, Escape, Blender, Unreal, Twin Motion, Figma is a plus
• Desire to employ best design practices and to develop new bold ideas
• For consideration, you must submit a portfolio and your resume.
• The base salary range will be estimated between $118-140k plus bonuses and benefits, contingent on relevant experience.

Life at Gensler

At Gensler, we are as committed to enjoying life as we are to delivering best-in-class design. From curated art exhibits to internal design competitions to “Well-being Week,” our offices reflect our people’s diverse interests. We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life.

Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401k, profit sharing, employee stock ownership, and twice-annual bonus opportunities. Our annual base salary range has been established based on local markets.

As part of the firm’s commitment to licensure and professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programs or classes. We view our professional development programs as strategic investments in our future.